POLITICS - Media Red Scare Index

"The Red Scare Index:29" by Karl Frisch, Media Matters 5/12/2009

Here is today's daily Red Scare Index -- our search of CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, MSNBC and CNBC for uses of the following terms: Socialism, Socialist, Socialists, Socialistic, Communism, Communist, Communists, Communistic, Marxism, Marxist, Marxists, Marxistic, Fascism, Fascist, Fascists and Fascistic.

Here are the numbers for yesterday, Monday, May 11, 2009:

TOTAL: 29
Socialism, Socialist, Socialistic: 18
Communism, Communist, Communistic: 3
Marxism/Marxist: 1
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 7

By Network:

• CNN: 1

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0


• CNN Headline News: 0

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0


• Fox News Channel: 6

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 4
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 1
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 1


• Fox Business Network: 18

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 12
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 2
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 4


• MSNBC: 0

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 0
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 0
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 0


• CNBC: 4

Socialism, Socialist/s, Socialistic: 1
Communism, Communist/s, Communistic: 1
Marxism, Marxist/s: 0
Fascism, Fascist/s, Fascistic: 2

Ahhhh..... run for you lives! America in danger.... NOT!

Note that Fox (Conservative mouthpiece) tops the numbers.