The “No Liberals On TV” Rule Needs Revisiting
The “conservatives only” policies of cable news were put to the test by Olbermann. Now Maddow is kicking it.
Rachel Maddow, a woman who does not own a television set, has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable news channel’s 9 p.m. hour in a matter of days.
More important for her bosses at MSNBC is that “The Rachel Maddow Show,” her left-leaning news and commentary program, has averaged a higher rating among 25- to 54-year-olds than “Larry King Live” on CNN for 13 of the 25 nights she has been host.
Maybe these corporations will put their shareholders concerns above their politics and start putting some more liberals on my TV.
Tags: Democrats, MSNBC, Republicans
Gee–and all without benefit of the Fairness Doctrine….
Conservative Talk Radio (sort of like the housing bubble) actually peaked 2 1/2 years ago, and has been declining in station placement and market share since. Maddow and Olbermann (along with a lot of local and regional shows that are cutting into the Limbaugh-Hannity market) are the vanguard of a much more diversified media.