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The Red Scare Index: 8

June 29, 2009 12:41 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 last Friday, June 26, 2009:

TOTAL: 8
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 6
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 2
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

By Network:

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

CNN 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: 6
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 5
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

Fox Business Network: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

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

CNBC: 0
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
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.

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

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    • Author by ReasonAndResolve (June 29, 2009 1:11 pm ET)
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      I love how this number is trending downward lately. I guess there just aren't too many new adherents to the paranoia flocking to the news channels anymore, so the talking heads have moved on to other lies and misrepresentations.
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      • Author by mescal (June 30, 2009 4:14 am ET)
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        Well, since Obama's approval rating is still holding pretty strong, the corporate media is moving subtly away from this mindless slander in preparation for the Antichrist talking points that they next intend to roll out.
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    • Author by punch999 (June 29, 2009 1:23 pm ET)
      1  
      Glad to see Fox News is keeping is keeping McCarthyism alive and well.
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (June 29, 2009 3:57 pm ET)
      1  
      Wow, Fox Business is trailing Fox News 6 to 2, better ratchet up the rhetoric over there on the business side.
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