Almost every day on his show Jon Stewart Rips the Media, but for years now his rapier wit has found a very special place in the halls of Fox News. Day in and day out he has exposed their hypocrisy and ridiculous partisan propaganda.
And it just might be starting to have an impact.
According to the May Nielson ratings, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart beat the entire Fox News network in terms of total viewers. Stewart averaged 2.3 million viewers, while the Fox News prime time and day time line up averaged 1.85 million viewers.
While Stewart is on the rise, Fox News had a really, really bad May. Total viewership was down 10%, and Fox News lost viewers in the 25-54 demo in every prime time show. Bill O’Reilly was down 9%, Sean Hannity was down 6%, and Greta Van Susteren dropped 12%
Watch as Thom Hartmann discusses this subject with Right-Wing Radio Host Steve Malsberg.
The point, which Malsberg seems to completely miss, is that what Stewart is doing is innoculating his audience to Fox News endless parade of Bull Shit. And as a result he threatens their long term viability as he cuts off their ability to attract these types of viewers to the News product.
Jon Stewart is the biggest threat to Fox News’ future out there. He is literally teaching his audience, which is bigger than FNC’s, how to see through the partisan propaganda that Rupert Murdoch has based his network on. Stewart is educating an entire generation of viewers on how to watch cable news, or more specifically how not to watch Fox News.
Unless Fox News can figure out a way to attract younger viewers, they are facing a future where their audience will eventually, literally, die off. A 2010 survey found that the average age of the Fox News viewer is 65 years old. Fox has the oldest audience on all of cable. (FNC’s audience is older than The History Channel, The Hallmark Channel, and The Golf Channel).
And for the record -
Stewart: I'm sorry I told you to Go Fuck Yourself the other night. And the other time I told you "GO Fuck Yourself" six months ago.
I know I criticize Fox News a lot, but only because you're a terrible, cynical, disingenious News Organization
Stewart RIPS Megyn Kelly on Health Care.
Stewart even PWNS them on their Own Shows.
Stewart Points out Hypocrisy over Common and Ted Nugent
Gradually, bit by bit, Jon Stewart is Drinking Fox's Milk Shake, draining the swamp of wingnuts until they're all gone, over just barely lingering in nursing homes.
Vyan