Pop Quiz: What is Missing on the News Channels?

Drudge lays out the most recent ratings for the news channels,

MSNBC ON DECK AS CNN EXPERIENCES SUMMER COLLAPSE IN RATINGS
FOR FRIDAY NITE [7/25/03]

FNC O’REILLY 1.6 [RATING]
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 1.4
FNC GRETA 1.3
FNC SHEP SMITH 1.2
FNC BRIT HUME 1.1
CNN LARRY KING LIVE 0.8
CNN AARON BROWN 0.5
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.4
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.4
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.3
MSNBC ABRAMS 0.3
BUCHANAN/PRESS 0.2
SCARBOROUGH 0.2

What is missing? Well news. Only the Countdown does any significant reporting and perhaps Hume from time to time. How about some reporting? Actually I can’t say that, I can’t sit through Zahn, Brown or King so maybe Brown or Zahn sneak in some actual news stories. But who cares, I watch news for news. Olbermann is the only inventive style up there with the rest being designed for people to yell at each other.

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