Does anyone actually watch MSNBC????

Yes.

Not as many as watch FAUX NEWS, however. But then again, more people read the
National Inquirer than the Harvard Review.


MSNBC beats CNN in Thursday ratings
00:58 BST, Saturday 28th August 2004 -- by James Welsh
CNN was left trailing in third place on Thursday night in yet another twist to
the ongoing cable news ratings war in America.

Numbers posted by MediaBistro's TVNewser blog show MSNBC holding a lead over
CNN from 7pm onwards. By 1am, TVNewser's stats show 180,000 households tuned
into MSNBC and only 76,000 watching CNN.

MSNBC's 7pm political show, Hardball, has been nipping at the heels of - and
occasionally beating - CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 for some time, likely due to
an uptick in political interest during the convention season in the US. These
numbers, however, show Countdown beating Paula Zahn at 8pm, Deborah Norville
Tonight unusually placing ahead of Larry King Live, and Scarborough Country
taking the lead over NewsNight with Aaron Brown. As TVNewser goes on to point
out, whether or not this is a fluke remains to be seen.

Fox News Channel continues to place first, however, with ratings for both total
day and primetime far ahead of those posted by either of its rivals.