Rush Limbaugh's Ratings Have Fallen 30% In The Last Six Months

From Business Insider courtesy of Daily Kos:

With a lull in ratings since November, Rush Limbaugh had a 3.0 share of listeners for his radio time slot, which is a 33% slide from October and from last April, reports Crain's Business.

Meanwhile, The Sean Hannity Show was reported to be down 28% from its peak numbers in the fall.

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This might mean nothing. On the other hand, it might also mean everything.

After all, it is impossible not to note that this ratings slide coincides with the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has altered favorably the mainstream news media's overall narrative regarding economics. That is, for the first time in decades, there is now out there in America a compelling and alternative story line that makes the standard right-wing version of reality problematic: "go out and get a job, you welfare mooching lazy parasites" just doesn't seem to bear the same gravity it used to have when we've got five unemployed people out there for every job opening, when we've got corporations and investment banks working elected officials for every dollar they can squeeze out of the crony capitalist system, and when the entire political establishment seems more intent on cutting essential services than it does on creating jobs. In short, what Hannity and Rush have to say, what they've always had to say, no longer has the appearance of addressing the nation's economic problems. And even their listeners are starting to notice.

At least, I think that's what's going on. It could just be a coincidence. Either way, it's a good thing.

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