Posted on 02/15/2018 8:20:27 PM PST by blam
Massive layoffs, a cancerous fake news crisis, and the humiliating (and expensive) implosion of its digital platform, appear to be the least of CNN’s problems. Because on top of all that, when compared to last year, the far-left cable channel has lost -30 percent of its primetime viewers and -23 percent of its total day viewers. The viewership problems for the anti-Trump outlet are breathtaking, especially when compared to its competition. Throughout the week of February 5, CNN could only scrape together an average 674,000 total day viewers. During the all-important primetime hours, CNN averaged only 888,000 viewers.
Those numbers not only put CNN in last place behind MSNBC and Fox News, it puts the 24/7 Trump-hating channel in last place by a country mile.
In total day, the openly left-wing MSNBC averaged 972,000 viewers (compared to CNN’s paltry 674,000). Fox News, however, nearly beat both CNN and MSNBC combined with 1.529 million average viewers.
During primetime, MSNBC smoked CNN by nearly a million viewers — 1.747 million (compared to CNN’s 888,000). Fox beat both MSNBC and CNN combined with a whopping 2.605 million.
While the pro-North Korea CNN lost nearly a third of its primetime viewers, MSNBC actually gained in total day (+26 percent) and primetime (+22 percent).
While retaining its King of the Hill status by a wide margin, Fox’s audience dip was only about half that of CNN’s.
No one can argue that the news cycle is not every bit as intense in February of 2018 as it was in February of 2017. No one can argue that the population has declined.
So why is CNN imploding while its competition continues to thrive?
It probably comes down to a combination of fake news and hate fatigue.
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And they still have this sh*t on in the airports. The last time I was at an airport I thought that this captive audience is why their ratings are so high. I cannot believe that sane people would actually watch this garbage.
The globalists will burn CNN to the ground for the last vote.
I know, I know!
The lamestream media should immediately double down!
That will bring people back!
(Think they’ll fall for that?)
What's left of their easily led audience must be in deep comas drooling in cups.
Winning.
Airports and Applebees.
Shut them off and viewership drops to nothing
Anyone know if CNN still charges more for advertising than Fox
CNN has contracts with many airports - pays them something like 100K per year to carry only CNN on their TV’s.....
Too bad somebody with deep pockets doesn’t outbid them and put on FBN.
Yes they do. When the weather is on I will look up and listen and ignore the global warming angle. I then go back to my cell phone and read Free Republic.
There literally are youtube channels with a greater viewership.
Let that sink in...
it’s not easy to watch an hour of white hot hatred coming from those who are foaming at the mouth. It’s actually physically tiring, and mentally draining.
It’s like a very bad SNL skit that runs 24/7
Ick. What's this about?
According to Tucker Carlson, CNN is paying the airports to show their channel.
They don’t even get that they empower Donald Trump with their relentless negativity. If you won’t give me positive coverage under any circumstance, I will stop trying to find a way to please you and just do what I want. The negativity will be the same either way.
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