The Red Scare Index: 82

Here is today's daily Red Scare Index -- our search of CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, MSNBC and CNBC for uses of the following terms: Socialism, Socialist, Socialists, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communists, Communistic, Marxism, Marxist, Marxists, Marxistic, Fascism, Fascist, Fascists and Fascistic.

Here are the numbers for last Friday, May 1, 2009:

TOTAL: 82
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 33
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 44
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 5

By Network:

CNN: 13
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 12
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

CNN Headline News: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

Fox News Channel: 20
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 10
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 9
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 1

Fox Business Network: 17
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 11
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 4
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2

MSNBC: 23
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 18
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2

CNBC: 7
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 6
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

The above numbers are the result of a TVeyes.com power search for these terms on these networks.