TIRED OF THE SPIN? More People* Tuned Into CNN Following Obama's Speech Than Maddow Or Hannity

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This is telling.

Following President Obama's big address on jobs before a joint session of Congress -- during which he encouraged (directed) the GOP to stop politicizing and cooperate -- more viewers in the (much-coveted) demo (25-54) tuned into Piers Morgan's coverage on CNN than did to either Rachel Maddow or Sean Hannity.

That second result is particularly stunning considering the powerhouse ratings Fox News usually enjoys night in and night out.

It's worth noting that significantly more people watched the actual speech on Fox News, but by 9pm had clicked away and apparently over to CNN.  (A fact the GOP may want to take note of since during that hour Hannity was featuring interviews and speech reactions with House majority leader Eric Cantor and GOP Senator Rand Paul.)

Another contributing factor may have been the news that there was evidence of a new terrorist threat tied to the Sept. 11th anniversary and aimed at Washington and New York.  As we've seen time and again this year viewers tend to turn to CNN for breaking news coverage.

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Here Are The Most Powerful Covers From The Weeks Following 9/11

  x You have successfully emailed the post. Back in September 2001 people still read print.

Morning papers were still must-reads.

Magazines still mattered.

Jpegs of cover images were not available in advance to be passed around on Twitter.  And how the newsweeklies framed current events often dictated the national mindset on that event.

Shorter version: It was a different world...in many, many ways.  But perhaps none so measurable as the media world.

To wit.  We've collected some of the most powerful magazine and newspaper covers from the weeks following the September 11 attacks.

What is perhaps the most striking about some of these images is how graphic they are.  In the years since 9/11 the media -- not generally known for its self restraint -- has shied away from graphic images of that day.

As a result some of these covers, with their direct images from that day, feel as if they are the visual equivalent of a profanity.

Suffice to say, they remain incredibly jarring.

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