After Donald Trump’s landslide victory in opposition to Kamala Harris, even leftists and liberals are tuning out of the televisions channels they had been as soon as glued to.
In keeping with Nielsen rankings obtained by Mediaite, each MSNBC and CNN have since their rankings tank after final week’s unforgettable presidential election.
The report states:
MSNBC noticed its viewers crater on Thursday and Friday, simply days after the left-of-center community beat CNN in election night time rankings for the primary time ever.
Thursday’s whole common every day viewers on Fox Information got here in at 2.6 million and 375,000 within the coveted 25-54 age demographic, in accordance with Nielsen information.
In the meantime, MSNBC introduced in solely 596,000 whole viewers and 71,000 within the demo. CNN introduced in 419,000 whole viewers on Thursday and 91,000 viewers within the demo.
In the meantime, the 2 channels had been obliterated by the conservative leaning Fox Information, which regardless of beforehand betraying its viewers is clearly benefitting from Trump’s unbelievable victory.
Mediaite continues:
Fox Information was up some 60 p.c 12 months over 12 months for the day, whereas MSNBC and CNN had been down 23 and 40 p.c – respectively.
In prime time the information was much more bleak for CNN and MSNBC as they shed 30 p.c and 54 p.c of their viewers, respectively, in comparison with the identical day final 12 months.
MSNBC host Alex Wagner had her lowest-rated present ever when it comes to whole viewers, whereas Chris Hayes’s present introduced in its worst numbers since Could of 2016.
On Friday, seven MSNBC packages recorded their lowest Friday rankings for the 12 months because the community additionally noticed its lowest-rated Friday prime time programming of the 12 months — outdoors of vacation weekends.Put up-election, Fox Information averaged 4.4 million whole viewers Wednesday to Friday in prime time and 701,000 viewers within the demo.
MSNBC introduced in 808,000 whole viewers for a similar interval and 90,000 demo viewers. CNN, in the meantime, noticed 611,000 whole common prime time viewers and 159,000 common demo viewers.
Whereas mainstream media networks are disliked and distrusted by the vast majority of Individuals who acknowledge them because the Democratic Get together propaganda machines that they’re, such figures counsel that even their most loyal viewers are turning off the tv.
Main Nielsen rankings plunge at MSNBC since Trump gained, virtually day-after-day since. Only one instance – 10/30 Wednesday vs Fri 11/8 –
Morning Joe 1st hour – down 39.6%
Morning Joe 2nd hour – down 36.9%
Andrea Mitchell – down 39.7%
Ari Melber – down 49.6%
Pleasure Reid’s Reidout – down…— Elizabeth MacDonald (@LizMacDonaldFOX) November 12, 2024
Nonetheless, there could also be glimmers of hope for the likes of CNN and MSNBC. Over the last Trump presidency, each channels carried out nicely as hundreds of thousands of leftists tuned in to make themselves really feel higher.
Over his 4 years in workplace, each channels devoted 1000’s of hours to the discredited Russia hoax, giving their viewers hope that Trump might one way or the other be arrested and imprisoned for colluding with Vlaidmir Putin in a bid to win the 2016 presidential election.
As we enter Trump’s third and closing act, it’s unclear what the long run holds for each MSNBC and CNN. But if these present tendencies proceed, the long run could also be trying very bleak certainly.
