The Red Scare Index: 47
May 20, 2009 4:46 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, Socialists, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communists,
Communistic, Marxism, Marxist, Marxists, Marxistic, Fascism, Fascist, Fascists and
Fascistic.
Here are the numbers for yesterday, Tuesday, May 20, 2009:
TOTAL: 47
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 34
Communism, Communist, Commnistic: 5
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 8
By Network:
CNN: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0CNN Headline News: 0
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
Fox News Channel: 17
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 15
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
Fox Business Network: 8
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 6
MSNBC: 17
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 15
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2
CNBC: 3
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 3
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.
It's hard to terrify people with it when all your allies are "socialists" to one degree or another and you live in a mixed economy. Hey, but we'll keep on trying because we are the "news".
Wonderful.