The 'collusion delusion' destroys Rachel Maddow's ratings

MSNBC's biggest loser turns out to be Rachel Maddow [aka Madcow] now that the Russia probe has determined that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Special Counsel Robert Mueller officially concluded his investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Maddow had seen a rating surge since President Trump took office, offering extensive coverage on the Russia investigation for the past two years with her snarky take on Trump-related gossip she made up off the top of her vacuous head. Her Trump-hating viewers ate that crap up.

However, her viewership has been circling the bowl since Mueller handed his report to the Department of Justice last Friday and the Sunday’s release of Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter summarizing the report that concluded that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. She even appeared to be crying after the summary came out.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” saw an average 13 percent decrease in viewership comparing her ratings Monday through Wednesday this week versus last week — Maddow lost nearly a whopping 500,000 viewers on Monday’s show following the release of Barr’s letter compared to her previous Monday show. She also saw a 15 percent decrease in the 25-52 demo audience.

This lends hope to the notion that not everyone on the left is too stupid to realize Maddow and the other networks lied to them.

The MSNBC primetime lineup suffered as a whole this week, averaging 2.46 million viewers versus the 2.83 million from last week.

President Trump simply couldn't help himself as he took to Twitter on Thursday morning to mock MSNBC and CNN for their ratings struggle this week.

“Wow, ratings for ‘Morning Joe,’ which were really bad in the first place, just ‘tanked’ with the release of the Mueller report. Likewise, other shows on MSNBC and CNN have gone down by as much as 50%. Just shows, Fake News never wins!” Trump tweeted.

However, Fox News Channel has seen a substantial ratings increase since the findings of the Mueller report summary were made public.

“Hannity” received over 4 million viewers on Monday, which was more than 1 million additional viewers than the previous Monday. Hannity has successfully held onto his momentum, earning 4.3 million viewers on Wednesday night, when he also received a 32 percent increase in the demo from last week.

FNC’s other primetime hosts, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, have also benefited since the Mueller report was issued, averaging a 25 percent increase in viewership during primetime this week. They averaged 3.58 million viewers versus last week’s average of 2.72 million viewers.

Maybe the country is finally getting it, after all. Maybe they understand that the media hate Trump more than they love the country and would like to see him, and thus the nation, fail.

Sad!


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