This kind of parallels the discussion of liberal radio talk show hosts ...
The ratings are out, and Donahue's in the tank.
CABLE NEWS RACE
MON., FEB. 24, 2003
O'REILLY 2.7 [RATING]
HANNITY/COLMES 1.8
SHEP SMITH 1.6
GRETA 1.5
BRIT HUME 1.5
LARRY KING 1.1
CHUNG 0.9
AARON BROWN 0.9
CROSSIFRE 0.7
HARDBALL 0.4
DONAHUE 0.4
Yahoo News Story on Donahue's Firing. He's not even finishing out the week ... they're going to show reruns through Friday.
I wonder if this means that MS-NBC will go crawling back to Alan Keyes (who maintained good ratings on his Alan Keyes is Making Sense Panel/Talk program.)