Bush Viewing

Here are the comparative viewership totals for Bush's speech Tuesday night:

• Fox News Channel: 3,410,000
• CNN: 917,000
• MSNBC: 316,000

(source)

Before you rush out thinking that polls on Bush popularity are obviously wrong given the public's rejection of CNN and MSNBC, remember that there are still three networks lurking out there. And according to Drudge, here's how they stacked up during the Bush speech:

• CBS: 5,800,000
• NBC: 5,300,000
• ABC: 5,000,000

Five times more people saw the non-Fox reports than the Fox reports. Part can be explained by the fact that not all America gets cable, but that excuse is diminishing as cable and dish service continues to expand. I'm thinking either the networks are inflating their counts, or there's 16,100,000 people over 80 in the country who still watch the channels they've always watched.