There is a campaign to destroy Fox News.
Their saboteurs claimed scalps when the network forced out Fox News President Roger Ailes and star anchor Bill O’Reilly.
It’s come at a cost for Fox News, and the network has a big problem on their hands.
MSNBC has now won three straight nights of cable news ratings.
The Hollywood reporter writes:
“MSNBC dominates its third night of primetime since Trump’s FBI ouster as ‘The Five’ proves more of a draw than Tucker Carlson for Fox News.
The incredibly eventful couple of days in Washington, D.C., has been a boon to MSNBC. The cable news network, which has seen ratings surges for star Rachel Maddow, just won its third night of the week.
MSNBC easily topped Thursday in primetime among adults 25-54 with an average 635,000 viewers in the key news demo across the three-hour block. Maddow led all of cable news, with 734,000 demo viewers and 2.87 million viewers, but the most interesting victory might be the one Brian Williams scored in late night. His 11 p.m. show, which trailed lead-in Lawrence O’Donnell for No. 3 status in all of cable news last night, actually outperformed Fox News’ Tucker Carlson by 12 percent among adults 25-54.
At the risk of sounding dramatic, such across-the-board MSNBC advantages over Fox News Channel and CNN are in the realm of unprecedented — and offer the most substantial proof to date that viewers are tuning into MSNBC for coverage of the embattled Trump administration.”
MSNBC’s ratings surge came during the media controversy over the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
The so-called “mainstream” media tried to play up the decision like Trump was some combination of Napoleon and Caesar, usurping power to usher in an authoritarian dictatorship.
Or it was a cynical ploy to drive liberal viewers into a rage and keep their eye balls glued to the TV set.
But there could be another factor at play.
The left hates Fox News.
“Mainstream” media outlets despise the fact Fox broke their stronghold on the news narrative.
Before Fox, they could indoctrinate Americans with left-wing propaganda masquerading as news 7 days a week.
So, a campaign was launched to take down Fox’s biggest stars.
The first victory was when President Roger Ailes was forced out.
Then left-wing CNN media reporters launched a ‘jihad’ against Bill O’Reilly.
They gave oxygen to a conspiracy by left-wing pressure groups and forced advertisers to withdraw from his program.
In an interview with Glenn Beck, O’Reilly described the hit-job against him.
Breitbart reported:
“MSNBC dominates its third night of primetime since Trump’s FBI ouster as ‘The Five’ proves more of a draw than Tucker Carlson for Fox News.
The incredibly eventful couple of days in Washington, D.C., has been a boon to MSNBC. The cable news network, which has seen ratings surges for star Rachel Maddow, just won its third night of the week.
MSNBC easily topped Thursday in primetime among adults 25-54 with an average 635,000 viewers in the key news demo across the three-hour block. Maddow led all of cable news, with 734,000 demo viewers and 2.87 million viewers, but the most interesting victory might be the one Brian Williams scored in late night. His 11 p.m. show, which trailed lead-in Lawrence O’Donnell for No. 3 status in all of cable news last night, actually outperformed Fox News’ Tucker Carlson by 12 percent among adults 25-54.
At the risk of sounding dramatic, such across-the-board MSNBC advantages over Fox News Channel and CNN are in the realm of unprecedented — and offer the most substantial proof to date that viewers are tuning into MSNBC for coverage of the embattled Trump administration.”
O’Reilly had the largest and most loyal audience in cable news.
With him gone, part of his following appears to have abandoned Fox as well.
That – combined with an energized liberal audience whipped up into a fury over manufactured scandals – has given MSNBC an edge over Fox.
