TV Liberals Outtalked Conservatives on Health Bill
The liberal hosts spent 44 percent of their airtime talking about health care from June 2009 to March 2010, while conservative hosts spent 26 percent of their airtime on the subject…MSNBC, which leans left in prime time, devoted 32 percent of its news time to health care, while Fox News, which leans right in prime time, devoted 20 percent.
Full article on liberal talk show hosts’ focus on the health bill.
Even so, I don’t think they convinced many people.
Neil, that’s true for two reasons: (1) their arguments are weak and (2) nobody watches those programs.
I think leftwing talk TV is mainly the blind talking to the blind.
Both sides can talk as much as they want. But how many people are listening?
Cable News Ratings for Friday, July 9, 2010
FNC – 1,060,000 viewers
CNN – 387,000 viewers
MSNBC – 375,000 viewers
CNBC – 215,000 viewers
HLN – 295,000 viewers
Even if they were listening, it seems that strong opinions have been held on the subject for much longer. I suspect we’d have to look at similar cases to draw any conclusions.