TCG reader A.W. writes in with this question:
I'm part of an online community that is majority liberal and I'm mainly independent. Whenever the O'Reilly or Olbermann topic comes up I'm usually quick to defend O'Reilly and his ratings, pointing out pretty much what you already have that O'Reilly beats the competition with a stone fist. The excuses I get is that Fox news is more widely available than MSNBC or CNN. Some other excuses are that Rupert Murdoch controls the cable market in that Fox is available everywhere on the basic cable as CNN and MSNBC are only available on extended basic or you have to pay more in many markets to get MSNBC and CNN. Also, the high ratings for Fox are also contributed to worldwide numbers and satellite subscribers as the numbers for MSNBC and CNN are not.
The Cable Gamer is much more of a TV watcher than a number cruncher, but she got curious, and motivated, to find out the answer. Here, thanks to an industry source, is the latest estimate of the number of homes in which the key cablers are available:
CNN: 96.2 million
FNC: 92.4 million
MSNBC: 92.1 million
Interesting! Facts are fun.
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