THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Nicolle Wallace

Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House scored a solid 1.172 million total viewers on Friday afternoon, an average of her two hours from 4 to 6 p.m.

Wallace’s total beat out some of her network’s prime time hosts, including Joy Reid, who brought in 1.079 million total viewers. Wallace was just edged out by Chris Hayes, who pulled in 1.175 million total viewers.

Wallace, however, managed to top Hayes in the key 25-54 age demographic. Wallace brought 108,000 demo viewers, while Hayers brought in 107,000.

Reid beat both hosts in the demo, with a very close 109,000 demo viewers.

Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show.

As for the three networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

  • Total viewers:
    • CNN: 570,000
    • Fox News: 1.69 million
    • MSNBC: 842,000
  • 25-54 Demo:
    • CNN: 127,000
    • Fox News: 285,000
    • MSNBC: 90,000

Get the full article, including the prime time averages in the demo across all three networks, from Mediaite+!

MEDIA LOSER:
Candace Owens

Candace Owens believes hospitals and the federal government intentionally killed Covid patients to drive up numbers.

The wild conspiracy theory came while Owens spoke with Charlie Kirk during a stop on TPUSA’s ‘Educate Don’t Mandate’ Tour.

“I’m a big believer that they intentionally killed people in hospitals during Covid,” Owens flatly stated.

“There was no question that they colluded to kill American citizens so they could fluff numbers and say that people died from COVID,” Owens said. “So, from top to bottom, yes, our government wanted people to die. There’s no question. Because it fed the narrative.”

“But we have criminals and, like I said, drug cartel leaders that are running our government and it’s despicable. I will not mince words when it comes to those awful human beings,” she said.

These comments went beyond the usual brand of Candace Owens conspiracy theory kookery, and past her past irresponsible statements. This is dangerous and unstable lunacy.

Oh look, she was right about something, after all. Not mincing words about people being absolutely awful really does have its merits!

‘Nobody Wants to Believe Their Country is Capable of Killing Babies’:
CNN’s Matthew Chance on How Russian Media Spins War Crimes

The A-Block

It's Musk's Twitter Now

Majorities of American voters support an Elon Musk takeover of Twitter, and believe the platform has been targeting conservatives. At least, that is, according to a poll that was taken in the days leading up to Monday's huge news.

Those views are decidedly less decided among those of us in the chattering classes. The big Musk/Twitter news broke around midday, and it has been nothing short of social media and traditional media pandemonium ever since.

Before the big announcement, CNBC's Jim Cramer said he was for it. Post-announcement, Sunny Hostin came out very much against. Stories about Musk's claimed commitment to free speech are being dredged up, along with other platform-owning billionaire hot takes, as the backlash from elite media gets into high gear and conservative media figures take victory laps.

MSNBC's Ari Melber went viral for just 30 seconds of commentary, for an example of how hot the topic has been, while Fox's Tucker Carlson made a play for some extra attention.

And it's only been 24 hours.


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Industry News..

Dean Baquet to Lead Local Investigative Reporting Fellowship

Must See Clip

‘They’re Shelling the Sh*t Out of Us’

CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her crew were forced to seek cover from a Russian mortar attack while covering a team of Ukrainian paramedics.

Ward’s segment was reported from Kharkiv on Monday as she shadowed the two paramedics who were preparing to go out and evacuate wounded civilians from a residential building that the Russians attacked.

As the team moved into the building, a new round of explosions went off. One of the paramedics shouted to the CNN team to “get in!” They took cover under the building’s stairwell as the detonations became deafening.

It's incredible footage and shows what Ukraine's rescue workers, not to mention international journalists, are facing from Russia's forces.

Links We Like

Even Elon Musk Doesn’t Know What He Means By Free Speech
-  Shirin Ghaffary, Vox
Time For Audit Of Twitter Censorship
-  Byron York, Washington Examiner
Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a Solution
- Anand Giridharadas, New York Times
Reedy Creek Fires Back at DeSantis Attempt to Repeal Disney's Special Taxing District
- Sarah Rumpf, Law & Crime
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