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The Red Scare Index: 66

April 10, 2009 11:07 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, Thursday, April 9, 2009:

TOTAL: 66
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 32
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 26
Marxism/Marxist: 8

By Network:

CNN: 4
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 3
Marxism/Marxist: 0

CNN Headline News: 4
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 4
Marxism/Marxist: 0

Fox News Channel: 17
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 7
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 10
Marxism/Marxist: 0

Fox Business Network: 18
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 16
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0

MSNBC: 20
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 5
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 7
Marxism/Marxist: 8

CNBC: 3
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 3
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, Attacks on Progressives, Propaganda/Noise Machine

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    • Author by MrBrown (April 10, 2009 12:39 pm ET)
         

      Its growing each and every day.

      A storm is coming...And I am afraid...Afraid of words I dont know the meaning of.

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    • Author by Tbone Slickens (April 11, 2009 8:35 am ET)
         
      It's OK mrbrownshirt.  Don't be afraid.  When they come to round you up, you'll be in Utopian social democrat bliss!  
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    • Author by eweston8542983 (April 11, 2009 4:28 pm ET)
         
      Save me a shady spot.
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    • Author by Marke (April 12, 2009 12:45 am ET)
         
      Can we have a graph versus time to see how it's trending?
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