Who Saw the Tea Parties, And By What Network?

By way of  TV By The Numbers here’s the ratings of the cable news orgs who covered the Tea Parties yesterday:

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for April 14, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,455,000 viewers
CNN – 697,000 viewers
MSNBC -457,000 viewers
CNBC – 253,000 viewers
HLN – 386,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,812,000 viewers
CNN—1,006,000 viewers
MSNBC -1,043,000 viewers
CNBC – 161,000 viewers
HLN – 804,000 viewers

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Here’s the story in graphic detail:

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I doubt the numbers, of themselves are going to need much explaining.  But perhaps some of the fallout, will.  To that end, let’s just for the moment take as a given that Fox shamelessly promoted the Tea Parties of yesterday. Offhand, I’d suggest to you that with that kind of lead, the message of those protests of yesterday resonated rather well with the public. And that may well account for the fearful reaction we’ve been seeing from the left ^[4], the government ^[5], and the remainder of the press. ^[6]  And that’s what it is we’re seeing among these… fear.

And personally, I couldn’t be more pleased.