The Red Scare Index: 31
April 23, 2009 11:20 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, Socialists, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communists,
Communistic, Marxism, Marxist, Marxists, Marxistic, Fascism, Fascist, Fascists and
Fascistic.
Here are the numbers for Wednesday, April 22, 2009:
TOTAL: 31
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 7
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 21
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 3
By Network:
CNN: 0
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0CNN Headline News: 6
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 6
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
Fox News Channel: 7
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2
Fox Business Network: 3
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 1
MSNBC: 14
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 13
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
CNBC: 1
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
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.
Media Matters: The right-wing media's election analysis just ain't that good
The Friday Rush: For conservatives, $400 million buys defeat at the ballot box
The myth of Fox News' ratings spike
It is ok to refer to the president as a communist but god forbid someone call a tea bagger a redneck. Maybe the American people should crash the next News Corp sharholders meeting?
This particular report from the battlefield is unsettling, for how few casualties are mentioned in it: because if there are no casualties being reported from the battlefield, then either our troops are running from the fight, or we're running out of troops to be casualties...
A paltry seven mentions total on Fox News Channel, and zero on CNN?
Only MSNBC it seems, is still eager to and engaged in the fight (for this particular day at least): fourteen total mentions, thirteen of them right at the heart of the dreaded matter, the dreaded Communism, Communist(s), or Communistic category.
As for the other battalions, and the low casualty figures being reported from the field by them?
Either the House Un-American Activities Committee is shrinking from the fight, or else we've lost too many of them in battle, and that Committee is literally shrinking...
In which case, we need reserves to bolster the HUAC... let's get "temps", they're readily available and expendable too! Call the Temp Agency, quick: have 'em send a dozen commie fighters over to Fox News Channel, pronto!