Major Milestone: Newsmax Ratings Surge, Surpass Fox For First Time

USSA News ^ | 12/09/2020 | Tyler Durden

[SeekAndFind]

Before Nov. 3, neither OAN nor Newsmax could come anywhere close to matching, or surpassing, the ratings from America's reigning king of cable: Fox News, the conservative-leaning news and opinion network that helped cultivate the base of GOP voters which Trump rallied to victory in 2016, has finally lost its crown.

According to media reports, Newsmax beat Fox News among the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographic for the first time ever on Monday evening. The ratings win comes amid a breakthrough in the Trump Administration's push to challenge the election results in the court of public opinion to try and "delegitimize" Biden's presidency (just like how many on the left refused to accept Donald Trump as their president 4 yeas ago).

The battle has at times impacted Fox's shares.

CNN's Brian Stelter, who clearly likes to think of himself on the de facto "reporter of record" when it comes to covering the American media industry (the eptiome of naval gazing, as far as we can tell), broke the news late Tuesday.

"Before the election, Newsmax was not regarded as a formidable competitor to Fox; it was mostly dismissed as one of a handful of wannabe challengers," CNN's Brian Stelter reports. "But President Trump's loss on Nov. 3 changed the cable TV calculus. Viewers who were frustrated when Fox admitted the truth of Trump's loss sought other options," and "Newsmax — and Kelly in particular — offered a safe space in which Biden was not called president-elect and Trump was not yet defeated."

Of course, many on the left are blaming Fox's "Fall From Grace'' on the fact that it "stood up to Trump" by calling the vote for Biden, even as supreme court challenges and other questions remian unresolved. Trump's most loyal followers are likewise repudiating Fox, and embracing Sinclair-owned Newsmax and OAN.

While this is only the first time any Newsmax programming blocks has topped Fox, we imagine it won't be the last, particularly as Newsmax copies more and more of what worked at Fox, while filtering out everything that didn't.

[ronnie raygun]

Bye bye

[MCEscherHammer]

Good, I hope FOX rots on the vine...

And, Betty Baier with them...phony news reader...

[RatRipper]

Bias in Stetler’s framing of the issue. On election night, Fox did not provide a straight-up, fair assessment of the situation and facts. Newsmax did. So Fox sucks and Newsmax doesn’t.

[Starboard]

This is what happens when you stab your customers in the back. They take their business elsewhere.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

embracing Sinclair-owned Newsmax and OAN.

Sinclair owns both Newsmax and OAN? Interesting, and something to keep an eye on - there's no reason any controlling interest can't change their approach to reporting and commentary, just as the Murdoch kids have done with Fox.

[hank ernade]

Meanwhile Fox is jockeying to slide one of its rino rat Rove clones into Rush’s place
Kilmeade
Hannity
Ingraham
Rivera waaaaaaahahahahaa

never happen you rino fakes

[softengine]

Breitbart won’t be far behind in heading to the trash heap. Too many conservatives have been red pilled at this point. The standard GOP narratives have been exposed for the empty talk that they are.

[YepYep]

And I understand 3 million people have downloaded the free Newsmax app.

Three million and one now, counting me.

[tinamina]

I do not believe that either Newsmax or OneAmerica News are owned by Sinclair. I believe Newsmax is owned by Chris Ruddy and One America is owned by another rich Republican who wanted a conservative channel but I can’t remember his name.

[USS Alaska]

I've had Newsmax on since 6:00 AM even if I'm listening to the radio or not at home, I leave Newsmax on just to juice the numbers.

Screw faux.

Rob Schmitt moved from faux to Newsmax and he is very good.

[BlueStateRightist]

This article suffers from somewhat inaccurate reporting. The graph shows Fox shares cratering in March (perhaps related to COVID?), not recently as suggested by the journalist. In fact, the share price according to that graph has been stable if not climbing slightly.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[ProudVet97]

Rush’s place

I’m hoping for Mark Steyn

[CodeToad]

Fox is a waste of time since you then have to go other sources to find out what they lied about and what they left out since they, too, censor American news.

[Chode]

FoxSUX... FukFOX!

[Deplorable American1776]

Sinclair owned? That would be like saying Sinclair owns Sinclair Gas, the Dinosaur oil people...

Other than that mistake, good article...

[nascarnation]

As a high school kid I worked at a Sinclair gas station back in Cleveland in the 60s LOL.

[Deplorable American1776]

We had a Sinclair station and on my wagon, that I used to deliver papers, I had a sticker saying ,’I visited Sinclair’s Dinoland’. Still around...

[hank ernade]

“Rush’s place

I’m hoping for Mark Steyn”

Steyn is a pistol - smart and has a pair.
The left only has warped weakling weenies like Colbert and that loon Carrey.
Or sewage holes like Samuel Jackson and that bag of grease DeNiro.

Alas there will only be one Maharushie, pbuh.