The Red Scare Index: 38
July 09, 2009 11:59 am 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, Wednesday, July 08, 2009:
TOTAL: 38
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 15
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 18
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 5
By Network:
CNN: 2
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
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: 0Fox News Channel: 6
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 3
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0Fox Business Network: 11
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 7
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2MSNBC: 7
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 3
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 3CNBC: 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.
Curious to see communist's doing so well.
Marx has failed to leave the gate...again.