Looking at some of the latest cable news ratings on TV by the Numbers (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/cable-news/), it seems that HLN has been scoring higher ratings than CNN and MSNBC. Heck, it even beat Fox News in the total day ratings on June 29th! Is this really happening?
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RATINGS: HLN BEATING CNN AND MSNBC?
- Thread starter radiojomo
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radiojomo said:
I have been doing everything to avoid this whole charade.
The facts:
1) Nancy Grace hyped this whole thing to benefit her career.
2) The only reason that it got hyped as it did is because it involves a cute white little girl. If she had been African American or Latino nobody would give a damn.
Eric Stein said:
I never even heard of Casey Anthony I've been paying attention to important things like the CA state budget crisis. Look Nancy Grace is like Glenn Beck in a females body. I never even know why Casey Anthony was listed as trial of the century by HLN. Sure Casey is "Trial of the Century" in Florida but that phrase has more of a regional meaning.
Trial of the Century has more to do with a high profile case in your area.
in Illinois its Rod Blagohevich.
in NYC its Bernie Madoff
in LA its Conrad Murray, OJ Simpson, Johannes Mesherle, and Robert Rizzo and the Bell City Politicians
In San Francisco its Your Black Muslim Bakery, Johannes and Prop 8 lobbyists
in other nations its Dictators wanted for Genocide.
Look if a Pakistani, or an Iranian did what Casey Anthony did then the Propagandist would say that Out to destroy America.
If a Filipino, Black, Hispanic or Chinese did what Casey Anthony did then it would most likey to be confined to local media.
Usually I agree minorities get a raw deal with coverage, but this crime was full of really odd things. I don't know it would not have gotten the coverage it did if it was a minority case. Sure it wouldn't have been big, but it was just full of lies and false claims and even with a black, Latino, Asian or whatever, it could've been made big.
Also remember there are little girls and pretty and white that get virtually no coverage as well.
It's really a matter of what will drive the ratings.
Also remember there are little girls and pretty and white that get virtually no coverage as well.
It's really a matter of what will drive the ratings.
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searadiofreak
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There is no question that HLN's Nancy Grace has hyped this story, as "tot mom" has been a constant on her show for what seems like years. I also believe this story would not have garnered as much attention on other networks if not for Nancy Grace. I watched HLN for the verdict today, and guess who was the host? Yes, Nancy Grace, who worked hard to bite her tongue and tried to remain objective, or as objective as she could be. I bet she won't be as objective on her show tonight. And yes, it is on to the next overly sensationalized story...
I watched a part of the verdict on HLN as well and Nancy wasn't being objective at all. In fact, none of the reporters were objective about the case, they were all disappointed that Casey Anthony didn't get charged with anything.
But that's how a majority of America feels about the case, especially the ones who were following the case.
Talking TV now, will HLN benefit from this boost of it's coverage of the trial? Will they keep the viewers they gained from the coverage of the trial?
But that's how a majority of America feels about the case, especially the ones who were following the case.
Talking TV now, will HLN benefit from this boost of it's coverage of the trial? Will they keep the viewers they gained from the coverage of the trial?
radiojomo said:
What do you expect from TruTV and HLN they are the tabloid networks. Nancy Grace is really Glenn Beck with female parts instead of saying that "Obama is running a Death Panel"
Its "Casey Anthony is a B**ch" Casey is a Child Killer." Glenn Beck and Grace sell paranoia. However in 2006 beck on HLN did not sell paranoia then. But Grace did sell paranoia in 2005 when she started on HLN. Nancy Grace did sell paranoia in the Peterson Case in 2004 in Redwood City back then too when she was a local host with now KCBS 740am's Chris Felipe for KFBK Sacramento and KNEW San Francisco.
Laurence Glavin said:
Last I checked, Fox News didn't hack that girl's cell phone. It was a different entity within News Corporation that did that. Nice try at the smear job, though.
Pab Sungenis said:
Sadly, I think the only way old-school Headline News will return is in some sort of online form.
Pab Sungenis said:
"Around the World in 30 Minutes" seems antiquated in the age of social media. It's a sad state of events that Headline News had to become Hardly Legitimate News to stay relevant. Calling their nightime "news" program "Prime News" and not having the biggest and most important stories is misleading in the Fox News "Fair & Balanced" sort of way (Fox News should be allowed to report the way they do, they just need to be honest to their audience about it instead of hiding under a facade of slogans).
It looks like even after "Tot mom" is mostly a memory, HLN will continue this type of coverage, as it is working for them:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43647914/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001
Expect this kind of programming from them come September, when Dr. Conrad Murray has trial for Michael Jackson's death.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43647914/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001
Expect this kind of programming from them come September, when Dr. Conrad Murray has trial for Michael Jackson's death.
Could you imagine if we had no talents like Nancy Grace back when JFK was killed? Nancy dis Grace.
Frank Ferreri said:
Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck would be in mental institutions back then. I miss real anchors like Peter Jennings of ABC, Bernard Shaw of CNN, Jim Leher of PBS and Robert Macneil of PBS. but Since I was born in the Reagan Era you can name better anchors for me that did the news better than the propagandists of CNN, Fox, CNBC and MSNBC. and the tabloid artists of HLN and Tru TV.
Ratings fueled by the Casey Anthony trial - look for great numbers from HLN for this week. The same group that obsesses over American Idol, skanky "housewives" of Newark, and Dancing with the Stars has overwhelmingly become interested in this case du jour.
And yes, there were the makings of a television event here:
1) A fully televised trial, thanks to Florida law allowing it;
2) A cute little girl as victim;
3) An attractive (sorry landtuna, but she is - relatively speaking) little hoochie mama accused of partying her little a** off after murdering her daughter;
4) A fully dysfunctional white trash (yet somewhat telegenic) family; and,
5) Various other salacious details of the case.
Add it all up and it wowed the under 120 IQ crowd. That adds up to boffo ratings for HLN. And, as we all know, it's all about the Benjamins and not about integrity. Nor is it about whether this "news" matters one bit.
I remember a case of a couple of young college kids who were tortured and murdered in Tennessee. The kids were white, the torturers were black. And the case didn't even make it to the ticker. That one didn't have all of the critical ingredients that Nancy Grace and media whores of her ilk can run with to the bank. The Anthony case does.
And yes, it's sad that this is what we have been reduced to as a society.
And yes, there were the makings of a television event here:
1) A fully televised trial, thanks to Florida law allowing it;
2) A cute little girl as victim;
3) An attractive (sorry landtuna, but she is - relatively speaking) little hoochie mama accused of partying her little a** off after murdering her daughter;
4) A fully dysfunctional white trash (yet somewhat telegenic) family; and,
5) Various other salacious details of the case.
Add it all up and it wowed the under 120 IQ crowd. That adds up to boffo ratings for HLN. And, as we all know, it's all about the Benjamins and not about integrity. Nor is it about whether this "news" matters one bit.
I remember a case of a couple of young college kids who were tortured and murdered in Tennessee. The kids were white, the torturers were black. And the case didn't even make it to the ticker. That one didn't have all of the critical ingredients that Nancy Grace and media whores of her ilk can run with to the bank. The Anthony case does.
And yes, it's sad that this is what we have been reduced to as a society.
searadiofreak said:
The upside-down photo of Grace on Drudge Report today pretty much says it all...
I can't wait until the cable news ratings for Tuesday night are released. It'll be interesting to see if the show can actually do what no other competing show in that time slot has done in years: beat Bill O'Reilly.
carolinaradio said:
But wait the Downtown LA court is crowded by two high profile cases one Conrad murray and Robert Rizzo if they are going to have the trials happen at the same time. Nancy Grace and the HLN crew, TMZ, Michael Jackson fans (not the talk show host on KABC), and TruTV would camp at the Downtown LA Court for Murray while the Local LA Media would be at the Downtown LA Courthouse for Robert Rizzo and the Bell city politicians wanted for corruption and fraud. Remember Conrad Murray's and chris browns pre-trial had to be delayed because the San Francisco press and Oakland Activist groups for the Johannes Mehserle trial and verdict in that same court house that OJ was in. Look even the press was crowded at the Twin Towers Jail one the Philippine press was there for the release of wanted spy Michael Aquino to Manila and the San Francisco press was there waiting for Mesherle at the same time on the Final week in June.
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