People are Laughing at the Propaganda

Ailes Cracks�Whip as Fox News Slips - 6/26/2006 8:59:00 AM - Broadcasting & Cable - CA6346894

Remember that part in "V for Vendetta" where the people started to flat-out laugh at the propaganda broadcast into their homes? This is happening now, in our country.

"So far during the second quarter, the No. 1 cable news channel's primetime schedule has dropped 22% in its core 25-54 demo and 8% in total viewers. The first quarter was even worse.

Chief rival CNN has also dipped in recent weeks, but less dramatically, off 18% in the demo and 2% in total viewers.

Insiders say that, even though Fox News remains No. 1, Ailes is fuming over the complacency he senses among staffers. "