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The Red Scare Index: 39

May 22, 2009 2:15 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, Thursday, May 21, 2009:

TOTAL: 39
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 25
Communism, Communist, Commnistic: 11
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 3

By Network:

CNN: 6
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 4
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2

CNN Headline News: 3
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

Fox News Channel: 12
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 10
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

Fox Business Network: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

MSNBC: 13
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 10
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 1

CNBC: 3
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
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.

Tags: Fox News Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox Business

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    • Author by Mickeleh (May 23, 2009 12:12 pm ET)
         
      I'd love to know more about how the MSNBC mentions break down by day part. MSNBC has multiple personalities: Rabid right in the morning, hard left in the evening, something in the middle mid day. Furthermore, since much of the coverage of the MSNBC prime-timers focuses on red baiting and fear mongering by other outlets, you have to ask whether they are monitoring the problem or part of the problem.
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    • Author by the Grey Path (May 23, 2009 10:25 pm ET)
         
      Sure would help if these people understood what these 'isms' actually mean: isms, isms everywhere ...
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      • Author by hotmovies (May 24, 2009 9:51 pm ET)
           
        Your point is spot on. I would take it the further step of pointing out that not only is the right using these "isms" in an anti-intellectual, fear mongering and pejorative way, but their general unwillingness to accept any definitions that are commonly accepted precludes the possibility of the meaningful discussion necessary to reach the compromise positions that makes democratic governance possible in a country the size of ours.
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