Not that this is a surprise to anyone who’s tried to sit through any of the Fox Business shows, but both WaPo and NYT report some viewership numbers for the fledgling business news channel. The channel is drawing an average of 6,000 daytime viewers, and rises to 15,000 during prime time…these are average numbers for the period Oct. 15 through Dec. 16. Of course still very early days, compared to the 19-year-old CNBC, which averaged 281,000 daytime viewers and 234,000 in prime time during the same period. CNBC also reaches 90 million homes, about triple the number of Fox Business.

Meanwhile, the FoxBusiness website continues to suck as well. The ad on the right, playing on its site, well, just highlights the ironies of these claims…