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The Red Scare Index: 27

July 07, 2009 3:27 pm ET by Media Matters staff

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, Monday, July 06, 2009:

TOTAL: 27
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 6
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 15
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 6

By Network:

CNN: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
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: 7
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 4
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0

Fox Business Network: 12
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 2
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 4
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 6

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

CNBC: 6
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 5
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.

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    • Author by Byrdthestampede (July 07, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
         
      Don't you have to discount some of these particular mentions because Obama's currently actually IN Russia?
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    • Author by oscar the grouch (July 07, 2009 8:12 pm ET)
         
      Big jump over last weeks average. Must be the long weekend.
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