Well, I must say that this is a good sign:
Mr. Dobbs’ first began reporting on Obama birth certificate conspiracy theories on the night of Wednesday, July 15. In the roughly two weeks since then, from July 15 through July 28, Mr. Dobbs’ 7 p.m. show on CNN has averaged 653,000 total viewers and 157,000 in the 25-54 demo.
By contrast, during the first two weeks of the month (July 1 to July 14) Mr. Dobbs averaged 771,000 total viewers and 218,000 in the 25-54 demo. In other words, Mr. Dobbs’ audience has decreased 15 percent in total viewers and 27 percent in the demo since the start of the controversy.
Arguably, interest in cable news has slumped across the board since early July when attention over Michael Jackson’s death was still at a fever pitch.
But, that said, Mr. Dobbs’ ratings over the past two weeks, during the height of the “birthers” controversy, are also down significantly compared to his overall numbers during the second quarter of 2009 when he averaged 769,000 total viewers and 222,000 in the 25-54 demo.
Apparently, paranoid ranting doesn’t play well on television.
H/T: Donklephant
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
I think the term ‘birthers’ was created by Axelrod and his ilk to make the folks who want BO to prove he is actually eligible to be POTUS look like lunatics. What’s wrong with asking every nominee to prove he/she is eligible? It’s only the most important job on the planet!!! The fact that BO won’t make the effort to shut up his critics by directing the official in HAWAII to make the BC public tells me he has something to hide. It’s not nutty to ask ‘Where’s the birth certificate?’, it’s simply common sense.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Has anyone pointed out how strange it is that Barack Obama allegedly went to Kenya to be born while his mother stayed in Hawaii? The only words suitable to describe that birther nonsense are adult and vulgar and unfit for a family website. Let me just say that a lot of people have heads full of natural fertilizer.