Meltdown?

This is the third day of the Republican Convention in NYC and guess who's having serious credibility problems? In fact maybe even hemorrhaging from a figurative head wound. Yes, Kerry, to be sure, but that's not exactly who I'm referring to here. It's the Old Media, which loves to refer to itself as the mainstream media as if they were really mainstream. They may have been mainstream in the past, but probably because they used to be the only game in town. That was then, this is now and we may be seeing a media meltdown equal to that of the once respectable democrat party.

Last nite's ratings are in and according to Drudge, Fox wins big!

FOXNEWS BEATS BROADCAST NETWORKS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT COVERAGE OF CONVENTION -- HISTORIC UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS FOR CABLE

10-11PM

FOXNEWS -- 5.2 MILLION
NBC -- 5.1 MILLION
CBS -- 4.4 MILLION
ABC -- 4.3 MILLION
MSNBC -- 1.6 MILLION
CNN -- 1.5 MILLION


FOXNEWS peak came during Laura Bush's speech with 5,216,000 viewers... [5,124,000 during Schwarzenegger]

It's not just the television networks. The print media has been losing credibility (measured in circulation and revenues) for years. Why the ignominious downfall for the aged elite media? They weren't able to deal with competition in the free market of ideas now available online, on cable and on AM radio. Their subtle left-leaning bias is no longer subtle and, more often than not they are openly backing Kerry, who, too, is losing popularity faster than you can say Jungle Boat Ride.