CNN and MSNBC can't outfox FOX

Hat tip to TCF

CNN's attempt to outfox FAUX "news" has been a dismal failure and only resulted in losing viewers looking for an alternative to Bush administration PR. According to Variety:

CNN posted steep viewer losses during the month of February, slipping 21% in primetime and 16% overall, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Fox News was the only cable news network to see gains in primetime during February and beat all other cable news outlets combined for the sixth straight month.

FNC averaged 1.57 million viewers in primetime, up 18% from the same period last year, while CNN fell 21% to 637,000 viewers from the same time period.

February marked what has been a rocky three months for new CNN U.S. prexyprexy Jonathan Klein, who came to the network hoping to improve CNN's primetime performance, where it has been most hurt by a strong FNC lineup built around tentpole "The O'Reilly Factor."

CNN endured a thrashing by Fox during the State of the Union Address, and even lost in the key 25-54 demographic to third-place MSNBC during the speech.

The conservative Clear Channel Broadcasting started sacrificing politics for profits when it discovered there was a large untapped market for progressive talk radio and begin carrying Air America. Will CNN learn that you can't outfox FAUX but there are viewers for an alternative?