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Article: CNN Declared Winner, With Fox News Second.(Cable News Network, Fox News Channel)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- March 13, 2000
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Cable News Network was the ratings winner with its "Super Tuesday" primary-night coverage, but Fox News Channel came in second in the day's only upset.
From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., CNN posted a 1.8 rating in primetime, or 1.4 million households, according to Nielsen Media Research data released last week. That rating represented a 78 percent increase above what CNN has been averaging in that time period year to date, a CNN spokesman said.
But in a surprise, FNC came in second among cable-news networks with a strong performance, beating MSNBC in primetime in both ratings and households for the March 7 presidential primaries.
FNC did a 1.0 rating, or ...