THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022

Cable News Ratings

THURSDAY: MSNBC continues ratings dominance during Jan. 6 hearings ... read our full Thursday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1074
NEW DAY:
307
MORNING JOE:
931
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
33
EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1325
NEW DAY:
416
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
106
MORNING IN AMERICA:
26
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1554
NEW DAY:
511
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1787
CNN NEWSROOM:
568
MORNING JOE:
1006
NATIONAL REPORT:
167
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1720
CNN NEWSROOM:
794
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
888
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
40
11a -- AT THIS HOUR:
992
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
990
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1801
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
1356
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
1715
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
189
BLUE BLOODS:
139
1p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
982
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
2419
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
3163
-- BLUE BLOODS:
176
2p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
793
-- -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
232
BLUE BLOODS:
193
3p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
786
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
2014
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2695
-- BLUE BLOODS:
263
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1251
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1497
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
2083
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
260
BLUE BLOODS:
308
5p FIVE, THE:
3260
SITUATION ROOM:
1076
-- SPICER & CO:
232
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
135
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2332
SITUATION ROOM:
822
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1804
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
222
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
87
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2852
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
913
REIDOUT:
1541
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
269
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
103
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3197
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1308
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2406
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
203
CUOMO:
152
9p HANNITY:
2753
CNN TONIGHT:
1055
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2442
PRIME NEWS:
146
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
78
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2210
CNN TONIGHT:
803
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
2151
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
157
BANFIELD:
44
11p GUTFELD!:
2274
CNN TONIGHT:
523
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1325
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
88
CUOMO:
74

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
172
NEW DAY:
41
MORNING JOE:
113
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
7
EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220
NEW DAY:
64
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
14
MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238
NEW DAY:
81
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
251
CNN NEWSROOM:
88
MORNING JOE:
97
NATIONAL REPORT:
15
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
233
CNN NEWSROOM:
111
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
91
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
4
11a -- AT THIS HOUR:
186
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
113
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
267
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
195
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
146
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
44
1p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
184
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
440
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
381
-- BLUE BLOODS:
14
2p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
151
-- -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
27
BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
159
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
392
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
343
-- BLUE BLOODS:
29
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
181
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
276
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
204
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
24
BLUE BLOODS:
37
5p FIVE, THE:
444
SITUATION ROOM:
241
-- SPICER & CO:
44
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
341
SITUATION ROOM:
180
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
203
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
27
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
15
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
353
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
239
REIDOUT:
213
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
34
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
481
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
294
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
315
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
19
CUOMO:
17
9p HANNITY:
326
CNN TONIGHT:
206
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
300
PRIME NEWS:
11
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
285
CNN TONIGHT:
187
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
249
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12
BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
376
CNN TONIGHT:
125
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
183
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9
CUOMO:
18

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Newsmax's Eric Bolling

Newsmax host Eric Bolling confronted InfoWars founder Alex Jones for pushing conspiracy theories surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting soon after a jury hit him with a nearly billion-dollar verdict in favor of victims’ families.

Jones repeatedly pushed the conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was "staged" by the government, claiming the murdered children were “crisis actors.”

On Wednesday, a Connecticut jury ordered Jones to pay $965 million in damages to eight families of victims killed in the shooting.

Jones later joined Bolling to discuss the trial.

Introducing his interview with Jones on Thursday evening, Bolling referred to Jones’ comments as “inexcusable,” but added that he supports his free speech right to express such theories.

At one point during their exchange, Bolling highlighted his sympathy for the family members, sharing that he personally understands their grief, as he lost his own son in 2017.

Jones later claimed his defamation trial was not “fair” or “free,” prompting Bolling to jump in and directly ask if he is truly sorry for his past statements on the massacre.

Bolling went on to point to different versions of Jones, one of which he called a "bigger than life" media figure that, like Godzilla, is "sometimes trashing buildings by accident."

Jones offered a fresh apology to Bolling's audience, albeit while complaining that he had already said sorry "thousands of times.”

Props to Bolling, who not only landed an interview with Jones following the stunning trial, but also refused to conduct a soft interview despite his friendly relationship with the conspiracy theorist.

MEDIA LOSER:
Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan is the latest public figure to push the debunked claim that litter boxes have been installed in schools for students that identify as cats or other animals.

In a new episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan told former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that a litter box was installed in a school where his friend’s wife works because a student there “identifies as an animal.”

The host went as far as to say that the student's mother “badgered” the school into putting a litter box in the public bathroom.

Rogan did not name the school or his friend, and nobody has been able to confirm the dubious anecdote, as there is no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students.

In fact, every school district accused of having a litter box by a politician has issued statements insisting the claim is untrue. Regardless, a clip of the conversation naturally went viral on social media.

"You're a f*cking human being, and you prefer a litter box. You want to piss into a pile of sand rather than use a bathroom that you could flush the toilet, wipe yourself, like a normal person," Rogan bemoaned.

"Like, you're so crazy with what you think an animal is that not all of you said this, but you've conned the school into putting this f*cking litter box in a girl's room."

The claim that certain schools now have litter boxes in bathrooms has been thoroughly debunked, but that did not stop Rogan from pushing the hoax multiple times throughout the episode.

Not to mention that the claim has largely been pushed by anti-trans figures and advocates to fuel a narrative that harms the community and the institutions that support them.

 

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