What puzzles me is that all these liberal news outlets are losing viewers and listeners, but Rush says the MSM is influencing how the public thinks. There is a disconnect there. Could it be that the liberal news presence online is what is really influencing public opinion? Who are these people that get their ideas from CNN and NBC?
From my anecdotal experience, some people are busy living their lives, take politics with a grain of salt, put on CNN to hear a bit of news, but the declining viewership shows how discerning they are. I knew the producer who was hired by Ted Turner to start CNN, a great professional. CNN earned its reputation at first. There is zero comparison between the original news producer and the unprofessionals running it now.
All traditional media is "losing viewers". People are changing the way they consume news and media. Cutting the cord, viewing news on Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, news aggregators, etc. Still, those "new" sources are presenting media from CNN, NYT, WaPo, HuffPo, Vox, AP, etc. There still isn't really a legitimate competitor to "Big Media" like CNN, so they still have a huge influence on how many Americans see the world.