CBS Evening News Ratings Tie 20-Year Low
25th August 2010
On a week that included the anchor Katie Couric’s trip to Afghanistan, the “CBS Evening News” recorded its lowest total viewer rating in nearly 20 years, tying a record that it set in June.
I guess Katie Couric is worth every penny of the millions they’re paying her. Of course, the New York Times spins it as merely people being uninterested in the war in Afghanistan.
It can be tricky to draw a direct correlation between subject matter and ratings. But last week’s ratings offer another talking point for the people — including some inside television newsrooms — who argue that the American public has tuned out the war.
No, they’ve just tuned out of what Rush Limbaugh calls ‘the chickification of the news’. Thanks, Katie; you’re the best.
August 25th, 2010 at 11:30
I might watch if they actually reported the news instead of their special version of the news.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:33
I stopped watching TV altogether circa fifteen years ago. It was just too inane. Around the same time I was driving along and the radio stopped on the NPR channel, and I distinctly remember having a physical reaction of disgust at the smarmy voice of the host, so I stopped listening to radio as well.