The horrifying images of a broken and battered Haiti have drawn viewers to cable news like a magnet. CNN ratings on Wednesday and Thursday were up 93 percent over the same two days a year ago, Fox News jumped 33 percent and MS-NBC 27 percent. Even with CNN's enormous increase, however, Fox News stayed at the top of the ratings heap.
Thursday:
Fox News: 1.52 million average viewers)
CNN: 913,000
MSNBC: 434,000
HLN: 335,000
Wednesday:
Fox News: 1.5 million
CNN: 942,000
MSNBC: 449,000
HLN: 320,000
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