The Red Scare Index: 55
March 25, 2009 9:56 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, Tuesday, March 24, 2009:
TOTAL: 55
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 45
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 9
Marxism/Marxist: 1
By Network:
CNN: 7
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 4
Marxism/Marxist: 0
CNN Headline News: 2
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fox News Channel: 28
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 26
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fox Business Network: 13
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 11
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 1
Marxism/Marxist: 1
MSNBC: 5
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 5
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.
Good for Faux. I was worried they were letting up.
Stay Classy
Just one single solitary reference to Marx or Marxism?
It would burn that guy (if he were alive) to be so unappreciated.
No, check that: I think the guy (when he was alive) was renowned for being unconcerned with what people thought of him... his wife and children included, tragically so.
Yeah, I've noticed that too. And I love the way Wall Street has reacted to Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communistic, Marxism/Marxist Obama Since Jan. 20:
Dow: -100
Nasdaq: +104
S&P 500: +4