Yes, Glenn Beck just posted another ratings low for the year
May 18, 2010 9:38 am ET by Eric Boehlert
It's getting difficult to even remember when Beck's show was averaging three million viewers each night, even though that was just four short months ago. These days, Glenn Beck is more likely to draw two million viewers, which means that yes, the Fox News host has lost one-third of his audience already this year.
Not only that, but there are increasingly days where Beck no longer hits the two million mark. Like on April 9, when, according to Nielsen data, the show drew 1.97 million viewers, which set the year's low mark. Then on April 22, the show dipped down further, to 1.82 million viewers. And now Glenn Beck has set yet another ratings low: May 14, the show attracted 1.77 million viewers. That is almost exactly half the audience the show was getting at its peak in late January.
Wow.
Last time I documented the precipitous, and undeniable, fall in Beck's ratings, the host became quite defensive and claimed that I had cherry-picked the data.
But of course, my reporting was factual and dead-on. So I can't wait to hear how he spins the fact that he just set another ratings low for 2010.
And oh yeah, as I previously pointed out, last June, July and August were very unkind to Glenn Beck in terms of ratings. There clearly seemed to be a pronounced summer seasonal effect that drove down his audience. (After all, his show does air at 5 p.m. in the afternoon and who spends those summer hours watching cable news?) My point being, I've got a hunch that same seasonal dip is waiting right around the corner, which means Glenn Beck may be setting more rating lows in the coming weeks and months.


















Oh, wait... Har-har-har...
His show brings in the masses, but doesn't get the advertisers, so now the rest of Fox have to keep his show up...
Doesn't that make Beck a hypocrite?
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The Midnight Review
here come defenders of beck's ratings coming up on the inside
now its trogdelytes following
with lamestream media in 3rd place
followed by thanks to racist pig tea partiers trying to cut round the turn on the inside track.
and here they come round the final turn and down the stretch!!!!
and it is a photo finish ladies and gentlemen! a come from behind! Beck's crying has pulled of a come from behind!
and here are your results
beck's crying
has caused advertisers to go home
thanks to racist pig teapartiers.
trogledytes
defends his ratings
because of the lamestream media
have a good night ladies and gentlemen
But a fake getting a fake degree from a fake college did seem totally appropriate.
Folks, never trust any Christian institution that clearly places political conservatism above actual christianity. Even if they hadn't done it before, Liberty has done so now, and absolutely deserves to be shunned.
See that shark behind you? You've jumped it.
There was a man named Beck
Who was a pain in the neck
He ranted and raved
Til his show caved
As his career became a train wreck
Net neutrality and financial reform are poor substitutes for his healthcare conspiracies. Whereas the healthcare bill was unpopular for many Americans (liberals and conservatives alike, though for different reasons), financial reform enjoys broad public support. I don't know about net neutrality's public support, but it's simply overshadowed by other issues for the public to take especial notice of it.
In sum, Beck can either attack a popular financial reform bill or net neutrality--a sub-issue for most people. Beck needs a new bogeyman, and even going back to the old global warming hoax scare tactics will be tougher in the wake of the BP oil spill.
I think what he's doing with Goldline constitutes fraud, and possibly even sedition, since he's enriching himself through turning his viewers against the government and our president. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up before a grand jury within the next few weeks/months.
Here is a google search.
And just to put his numbers in fair context, year over year, everyone in cable is currently down. Some quite a lot. Just to give you a sense. Beck is down 4% from last April, Bill O’Reilly is down 3%, Keith Olbermann is down 28%, Campbell Brown is down 39%, Sean Hannity is down 17%, Rachel Maddow is down 8%.
Beck’s radio show numbers are up 13% over last year.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/is-glenn-beck-losing-his-audience-or-merely-his-mojo/
An example.
"You troglodyte glennda sycofant"
And now that I have summed up their arguments, I liked to point out his low is higher then Matthew's, Olbermann's and Richard Maddow's high.
Excellent point. It's a slow news week and summer is about to start. I wouldn't be surprised if everyshow across all of television was down.
And this goldline thing is bs. Anyone who dares to advertise on his show is attacked. So much for wanting an open dialog.
I have a guilty pleasure listening to Mike Malloy, who can be a left wing version of Levin. But even I don't listen to him all the time. He can be so over the top that he says things to conservative callers that I sometimes don't approve of. Just thought I'd butress your point by mentioning the fact that those of us on the left dont need constant ratification.