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 Tuesday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 13, 2009:
TOTAL: 117
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 72
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 21
Marxism/Marxist: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 24
By Network:
CNN: 8
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 8
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0CNN Headline News: 5
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 4
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
Fox News Channel: 18
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 11
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 12
Fox Business Network: 23
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 11
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 12
MSNBC: 42
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 41
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0
CNBC: 16
Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 8
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 8
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.