Rachel Maddow took a much-deserved victory lap on Tuesday evening after it was reported that her present – and MSNBC as a whole – rose to the highest of cable scores, whereas Fox Information continued to hemorrhage viewers.
As PoliticusUSA’s Jason Easley noted earlier within the day, not solely is Maddow’s program the primary most-watched present on the primary most-watched cable information community, however Sean Hannity’s viewership is down 31 p.c and Fox & Pals has tanked by 40 p.c.
“It’s a actually large deal for us, and I’m actually grateful to you for watching this present,” the MSNBC host stated on Tuesday evening. “We’ll preserve doing our greatest to be worthy of your time and your belief for you tuning in.”
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“It’s a actually large deal for us, and I’m actually grateful to you for watching this present,” Rachel Maddow says following the information that MSNBC is the primary community on cable for the primary time ever. #maddow pic.twitter.com/jOc5Uhhocz
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Maddow stated:
In January, for the primary time ever, this present was the primary most-watched present on all of cable tv, which is loopy, proper? Not simply the most-watched present on cable information however the most-watched present in all of cable TV, every little thing. That was in January, which was flummoxing and I assumed completely was a fluke. However then right this moment, we realized that we did it for a second month in a row. It seems we have been the most-watched present on all of cable TV for each January and February, which I don’t know what to make of. However even higher than that, for February, for this previous month, not solely have been we the most-watched present on cable, however our community, this community, MSNBC, was probably the most watched community in all of cable TV within the month of February, which is the primary time that has ever been true for us as a community since we got here into existence almost 25 years in the past. So if you already know me, in case you’ve ever seen the present, you already know that I don’t speak about scores and cable information wars and all that stuff, so I’m not going to dwell on this, I cannot point out it once more. However it’s a actually large deal for us, and I’m actually grateful to you for watching this present. I had no concept there would ever be so lots of you watching. It does blow my thoughts personally, however I’m so grateful and humbled. Thanks for supporting the present. Thanks for supporting MSNBC. We’ll preserve doing our greatest to be worthy of your time and your belief for you tuning in.
Trump killed Fox Information
Fox Information was instrumental not solely in serving to Donald Trump turn out to be president within the first place, but additionally in creating an alternate actuality for the MAGA cult.
In a world with out Fox Information, it’s unlikely {that a} president as blatantly corrupt and incompetent as Donald Trump would have lasted a full time period within the White Home.
Towards the top of his presidency, nonetheless, the Trump-Fox love affair began to wither because the ex-president’s delusions turned too excessive even for the right-wing propaganda community to humor.
As a consequence, Trump started treating Fox Information the best way he has handled different cable information networks like CNN and MSNBC, and he advised his supporters to flock to extremist shops like OANN and Newsmax.
Donald Trump helped kill the community that elevated him to the very best workplace within the land.
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Sean Colarossi presently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Reasonably priced Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents acquire medical health insurance protection.
