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The Red Scare Index: 15

March 19, 2009 10:23 am ET by Karl Frisch

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, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communistic, Marxism and Marxist.

Here are the numbers for yesterday, Wednesday, March 18, 2009:

TOTAL: 15
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 13
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0

By Network:

CNN: 1
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

CNN Headline News: 1
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

Fox News Channel: 9
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 7
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0

Fox Business Network: 2
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

MSNBC: 2
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

CNBC: 0
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

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

Tags: Fox News Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox Business, Attacks on Barack Obama, Propaganda/Noise Machine

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    • Author by mk3872 (March 19, 2009 10:25 am ET)
         
      MMFA - You guys are the BEST. But is it possible to have a running line chart histogram of this red scare index so we can track it over time and correlate it to daily news cycles? Thanks!!
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      • Author by harley (March 19, 2009 10:44 am ET)
           

         

         

        Good idea.  Or perhaps, if I may suggest, a DOW-like line chart so we can watch the dips and gains of the 'Red Scare'.  :) 

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