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(141,804 posts)51. The Atlantic: The 'Trump Effect' on Cable News
Donald Trump is destroying the GOP, pluralism, and all adult standards of common decency. And cable's profits are soaring.
JUNE 17, 2016
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/the-trump-effect-and-cable-news/487472/
JUNE 17, 2016
One year ago, cable news appeared to be in its twilight. But in 2015, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC all saw their profits surge, according to the Pew Research Project. Erik Wemple, a media columnist at The Washington Post, calls it “the Trump Effect.” Pew hailed "a ratings bump not seen in years.” In the New York Times, media critic Jim Rutenberg has depicted news organizations plastering Trump stories on every chyron and headline in a desperate attempt to win viewers. (Ahem.)
After reaching a 21st-century peak in 2008, average primetime viewership across the three cable news channels fell by a third by 2014. The median age of Americans watching CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News was, respectively, 61, 63, and 67. In short, cable news is a gerontocratic kingdom where Fox News serves as king, with more than twice the audience of CNN and triple that of MSNBC.
Since Trump descended that escalator last June, cable news’ fortunes—particularly CNN’s—have been ascendant. Total primetime viewership for the three channels grew by 8 percent in 2015, and profits soared by about a fifth at both CNN and Fox News. Trump may be destroying U.S. democratic norms, but he appears, for the moment, to be one big beautiful orange life raft for the flagging cable news business.
After reaching a 21st-century peak in 2008, average primetime viewership across the three cable news channels fell by a third by 2014. The median age of Americans watching CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News was, respectively, 61, 63, and 67. In short, cable news is a gerontocratic kingdom where Fox News serves as king, with more than twice the audience of CNN and triple that of MSNBC.
Since Trump descended that escalator last June, cable news’ fortunes—particularly CNN’s—have been ascendant. Total primetime viewership for the three channels grew by 8 percent in 2015, and profits soared by about a fifth at both CNN and Fox News. Trump may be destroying U.S. democratic norms, but he appears, for the moment, to be one big beautiful orange life raft for the flagging cable news business.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/the-trump-effect-and-cable-news/487472/
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Why doesn't this toad Todd run for president himself since he's the expert, eh?
SWBTATTReg
Nov 2021
#4
So Chuck Todd should be fired for expressing an opinion that you disagree with?
totodeinhere
Nov 2021
#8
I'm so old I remember when everyone got their news from essentially the same sources.
OMGWTF
Nov 2021
#23
I'm so old I remember that too, but I also remember Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and lots of
BamaRefugee
Nov 2021
#25
I don't think I missed the point. In these times which we are in, it is all the more important
totodeinhere
Nov 2021
#57
do you think Biden respects the opionions of those who say the election was stolen
Skittles
Nov 2021
#60
Chuck Todd forgot that the American Swing Voter has the memory of a goldfish
maxsolomon
Nov 2021
#14
We really need to figure out a way to get fucking stupid opinions OUT of the news.
BComplex
Nov 2021
#18
"It would have been OK for Aug. Sept or Oct" But now that it's Nov 18 it's all wrong?????
Maraya1969
Nov 2021
#19
When I hear his voice it is an automatic physical response in my finger to change something else.
Liberal In Texas
Nov 2021
#20
Chuck Todd needed to be fired right after his first shameful MTP show. He didn't deserve another.
DFW
Nov 2021
#28
Todd offers zero pushback as GOPer claims Dems have 'gotten comfortable with anti-Semitism
LetMyPeopleVote
Nov 2021
#47