How Is FOXNews and Bill O'Reilly Weathering the "O'Reilly Scandal?" -- Appears Just Fine!

So how is FOXNews weathering the O’Reilly storm?  According to the widely respected Public Policy Polling conducted 26 February 2015, the week after the “O’Reilly Scandal” broke, here is how the public ranked all broadcast news outlets for Trustworthiness (most to least):

1. FOXNews      32%

2. PBS              14%

3. CNN              14%

4. ABC News     10%

5. CBS News      9%

6. NBC News      5%

7. MSNBC           4%  (Only 6% of Democrats even considered MSNBC Trustworthy!)

…so how is Bill O’Reilly standing up to the competition in the wake of his “scandal?”  Here are the latest released Nielsen rating numbers for 26 Feb 2015:

Net	8PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FOXN	THE OREILLY FACTOR	3,106	557	1,138
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	582	204	295
MSNB	ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES	653	149	277

Net	11PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FOXN	THE OREILLY FACTOR	1,033	262	480
CNN	Anderson Cooper 360	369	134	200
MSNB	ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES	217	79	106

As a matter of fact, right after the “scandal” broke, Bill’s 23 Feb numbers jumped to 3,336,000.  Bill is even clobbers the competition in the coveted 25-54 year old demographic.

Whatever Bill's doing it seems to be working so if I were Bill, I'd keep on doing it. Before long the only people that will be watching Anderson and Chris will be their close friends and relatives.