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26 August 2005
a.c. nielsen ratings (for july 2005, except *)
*nightline 2.6
the o'reilly factor 2.1
hannity & colmes 1.8
the newshour w/ jim lehrer 1.4
day side w/ linda vester 0.9
*the daily show w/ jon stewart 0.6
countdown w/ keith olbermann 0.3
scarborough country 0.3
hardball w/ chris matthews 0.3
the situation w/ tucker carlson 0.2
courtesy of mediabistro.
*for summer 2005, defined as the period from may 30 - august 14. courtesy of usatoday.


arbitron station ratings for new york, spring 2005
wabc 3.2
wor 2.3
wlib 1.0
wnyc 0.0*
*a guess, really, or a faulty syllogism: wnyc, either am or fm, isn't on arbitron's list of new york stations; the lowest stations on the list have a 0.0 rating.

arbitron show audience size for new york, spring 2005
rush limbaugh 139,000
sean hannity 103,700
al franken 61,400
michael savage 60,900
randi rhodes 42,300
jerry springer 37,100
courtesy of the new york post.

i was unable to get ratings for either all things considered or the majority report, which suggests that, at least in new york, they're relatively low.

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my name is fred solinger. on wednesday, september 7, i will provide running commentary on seventeen straight hours of running commentary, opinion, and straight news from a variety of radio stations and television networks. my objective is to be objective ... beyond that, i'm not quite sure, but hopefully it'll be more lucid at 4am, when all of this is over. one thing is for sure: i won't be lucid at that hour.

links to the monitored programs, arranged ideologically*, in alphabetical order, lest i be charged w/ bias:

the fair & balanced:
all things considered
countdown w/ keith olbermann
the daily show w/ jon stewart
dayside w/ linda vester
factcheck.org
hannity & colmes
hardball w/ chris matthews
the newshour w/ jim lehrer
nightline w/ ted koppel
the o'reilly factor

the left:
the al franken show
the majority report w/ sam seder & janeane garofalo
media matters
the randi rhodes show
springer on the radio

the right:
media research center
the rush limbaugh show
the savage nation w/ michael savage
scarborough country w/ joe scarborough
the sean hannity show
the situation w/ tucker carlson

*that is, when the host has an avowed political position; otherwise, they are assumed to be independent. this is as applicable to bill o'reilly, who leans right, as it is to jon stewart, who leans left.





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