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Originally Posted by DrWho17
Now you are dismissing Fox's ratings, are you saying the same 3 million people watch Fox all day long? Or are you just repeating something you read off a website, and really didn't understand what you were repeating? Fox's ratings are exceptional, a wise man probably wouldn't use that call their viewership fringe.
Consider your argument, if Fox viewership is the fringe, what does that make you and the channels you watch? Plus 2/3 million viewers is a huge number, considering people who watch cable news tend to be politically involved and registered voters and more informed. The voting population of the United states is not 300 million (obviously), so even if the 2-3% number you tried to get away with meant anything, it would still be an influential amount of voters.
Here is something more reflective of Fox's viewership.
FOX NEWS REACHES ACROSS PARTY LINES at DickMorris.com |
If you'll notice, 3 million is exactly 1% of the population. I gave you 2-3% (which equals 6-9 million) because I already assumed that not all 3 million would be watching at the same time. So your "discovery" of my "oversight" is nothing groundbreaking. In fact, it is not a discovery at all. Nice try, though.
As far as the voting population goes, ratings aren't calculated based on registered voters; therefore, some of that 3 million that watches Fox during peak periods are not registered voters. So that part of your argument remains flat. Even if 10% of the voting population ended up watching Fox, that would still make them a fringe element of society. Even 15%. Heck, even 20%. To draw conclusions about what "the majority" of people think based on the thought process of Fox News viewers, as Oblong did, is clearly absurd.