The Red Scare Index: 63

March 26, 2009 12:49 pm 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 25, 2009:

TOTAL: 63
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 45
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 17
Marxism/Marxist: 1

By Network:

CNN: 9
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 7
Marxism/Marxist: 0

CNN Headline News: 6
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 6
Marxism/Marxist: 0

Fox News Channel: 29
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 25
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 3
Marxism/Marxist: 1

Fox Business Network: 9
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 9
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

MSNBC: 9
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 9
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 0
Marxism/Marxist: 0

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

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

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- by Max Credits (March 26, 2009 1:12 pm ET)
  
  And Wall Street continues to not get the memo. Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are either up or even since Jan. 20th.
  
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- by mk3872 (March 26, 2009 1:16 pm ET)
  
  So the American public must LOVE them some socialism, eh? 63% approval rating ... not bad for a Nazi Commi ...
  BTW, 63 on the red scare yesterday? That's the highest reading to date according to my tracker ...
  
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- by Dem02020 (March 26, 2009 3:25 pm ET)
  
  I don't understand the ratio of total mentions of Communism, Communist, Communistic: 17...
  ...to total mentions of Marxism/Marxist: 1.
  That's sort of ignoring Karl Marx I think, by mentioning his name only once, while mentioning Communism 17 times.
  Communism without Karl Marx, is like Christmas without Santa Claus...
  Actually, Communism itself is like no Christmas and no Santa Claus and no toys under the tree: just a lot of pesky and embarrassing questions from Richard Nixon-types, like "Are you now or have you ever been, a member of the..."
  
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- by seeryer (March 26, 2009 3:47 pm ET)
  
  KF,
  Can you provide a breakdown by percentage of each network in the RED Scare Index so far? Fox represented 46% yesterday. I would like to know how much they represent since you started the index. Thanks.
  
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- by trapezi (March 26, 2009 4:14 pm ET)
  
  The Right's m.o. is to simply repeat false and debunked talking points over and over; such as in the rabid campaign against Health Care reform. No matter how often it's explained that "You can keep your own insurance. etc.." the Republicans send up the same old Fear balloon - SOCIALISM: "Government will control your doctors, which services you get, et. al." The real reason the Right fears the passage of a Health Care reform bill is because once it's made Law, a Rooseveltean era of progressive, Democratic majority rule will be ushered in - and they will do anything to stop it.
  
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- by wildoffroader6126 (March 27, 2009 12:53 am ET)
  
  You forgot commisar now hannity is calling our president commisar in cheif... hannity is such a propaganda artist!
  
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