THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Cable News Ratings

FRIDAY: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace vaults to the top at 4 p.m. ... read our full Friday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
952
NEW DAY:
324
MORNING JOE:
955
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
10
EARLY MORNING:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1249
NEW DAY:
426
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
84
MORNING IN AMERICA:
35
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1483
NEW DAY:
503
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1614
CNN NEWSROOM:
582
MORNING JOE:
1015
NATIONAL REPORT:
168
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1699
CNN NEWSROOM:
651
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
718
-- BLUE BLOODS:
57
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1705
AT THIS HOUR:
614
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
674
-- BLUE BLOODS:
122
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1697
INSIDE POLITICS:
639
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
690
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
138
BLUE BLOODS:
176
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1559
CNN NEWSROOM:
717
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
766
-- BLUE BLOODS:
239
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1418
CNN NEWSROOM:
761
KATY TUR REPORTS:
830
AMERICAN AGENDA:
131
BLUE BLOODS:
273
3p STORY, THE:
1358
CNN NEWSROOM:
796
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
825
-- BLUE BLOODS:
250
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1371
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
742
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1510
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
204
BLUE BLOODS:
319
5p FIVE, THE:
3065
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
725
-- SPICER & CO:
233
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
134
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2141
SITUATION ROOM:
691
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1348
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
186
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
66
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2210
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
774
REIDOUT:
1094
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
227
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
30
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2755
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
816
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1372
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
171
NEWSNATION PRIME:
33
9p HANNITY:
2301
CNN TONIGHT:
598
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1396
PRIME NEWS:
115
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1970
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
654
RICHARD ENGEL ON ASSIGNMT:
850
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
186
BANFIELD:
59
11p GUTFELD!:
1991
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
484
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
762
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
98
NEWSNATION PRIME:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
166
NEW DAY:
54
MORNING JOE:
115
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
5
EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
198
NEW DAY:
83
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
9
MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
247
NEW DAY:
102
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
276
CNN NEWSROOM:
109
MORNING JOE:
114
NATIONAL REPORT:
6
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
237
CNN NEWSROOM:
123
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
97
-- BLUE BLOODS:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
241
AT THIS HOUR:
106
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69
-- BLUE BLOODS:
17
12p OUTNUMBERED:
255
INSIDE POLITICS:
97
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
64
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
9
BLUE BLOODS:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
201
CNN NEWSROOM:
129
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
74
-- BLUE BLOODS:
20
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
208
CNN NEWSROOM:
126
KATY TUR REPORTS:
63
AMERICAN AGENDA:
9
BLUE BLOODS:
29
3p STORY, THE:
193
CNN NEWSROOM:
128
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
76
-- BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
185
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
140
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
154
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
12
BLUE BLOODS:
24
5p FIVE, THE:
377
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133
-- SPICER & CO:
15
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
230
SITUATION ROOM:
122
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
164
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
12
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
221
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
127
REIDOUT:
125
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
327
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
142
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
132
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
15
NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
9p HANNITY:
229
CNN TONIGHT:
108
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
94
PRIME NEWS:
9
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
217
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93
RICHARD ENGEL ON ASSIGNMT:
59
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
9
BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
274
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
94
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
83
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13
NEWSNATION PRIME:
8

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Lesley Stahl

60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl confronted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi over whether “the Holocaust happened" in a new interview.

Stahl, who traveled to Iran to interview the president, asked point blank if he believed the Holocaust happened, adding, "That six million Jews were slaughtered?”

Raisi refused to admit that the Holocaust occurred, prompting Stahl to keep pushing.

“Look, historical events should be investigated by researchers and historians,” Raisi said. “There are some signs that it happened. If so, they should allow it to be investigated and researched.”

Stahl reasoned that Raisi was still "not sure" that the genocide was real before pivoting to Raisi's views on Israel and the United States' killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

"Are you intending to retaliate by assassinating officials from the Trump administration?" Stahl asked.

Raisi called the assassination of Soleimani a "heinous crime" and confirmed Iran wants "justice to be served."

He also claimed Iran would not "carry out the same actions" by assassinating a U.S. official, yet the DOJ has already charged a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard with plotting to assassinate John Bolton.

Props to Stahl for pressing Raisi on numerous contentious topics,
which also included the Iran nuclear deal, the country’s nuclear weapons program, American hostages in Iran, U.S. sanctions, and Raisi’s human rights record.

MEDIA LOSER:
Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk’s pro-Trump student organization Turning Point USA welcomed Alex Jones as a “special remote guest” to an event over the weekend called “Defeating the Great Reset.”

Kirk introduced Jones, the far-right conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host, as a man "more hated by the media than Donald Trump."

“And that says something. Okay. Which is so if you’re going to talk about the ‘Great Reset,’ then you have to have someone who’s the most banned man in America. Alex Jones joins us,” Kirk said to a loud, standing ovation.

Kirk went on to welcome Jones remotely, sharing that several people advised against inviting the conspiracy theorist, who is currently on trial in a defamation case brought by the family members of the Sandy Hook mass shooting victims.

The recent trial comes just over a month after a Texas jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $45.2 million in punitive damages to parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis in a similar defamation case.

The Turning Point USA founder ignored the advice, giving Jones a platform to tout the “Great Reset” conspiracy theory.

The conspiracy theory claims elites across the world want to use the coronavirus as a tool to reach global totalitarian regime.

Kirk's decision to host Jones, along with the loud applause he received, further prove the multi-million dollar defamation ruling against him did little to harm his standing with the MAGA base.

Links We Like

- Paul Farhi, Washington Post - Jason Lynch, Adweek -  Julie Miller, Vanity Fair
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