On Thursday it was announced that a Manhattan grand jury had indicted Donald Trump, and the media was of course all over it:
Live look at the Trump indictment across the news nets pic.twitter.com/a6xbROoafA
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 30, 2023
But the excitement was extra palpable on CNN and MSNBC, who really miss the ratings boon they got out of a Trump-loaded news cycle, and now their dream has come true:
The historic Trump indictment. What are the possible charges? And what’s next for the former president? Join @KaitlanCollins for CNN Primetime – Inside the Trump Indictment. LIVE tonight at 9 p.m. ET pic.twitter.com/FELTVCn3v7
— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023
As Donald Trump prepares for arraignment, a larger question hangs overhead: How many more indictments should he be worried about?
As things stand, there’s no reason to assume his first indictment will be his last. (via MaddowBlog) https://t.co/1kXh5QwElP
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 31, 2023
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CNN and MSNBC have been hyping the Trump indictment almost as much as Joe Biden loves ice cream, but on the night after the news was announced earlier in the day guess what crushed them:
On the night CNN and MSNBC finally got their six year long wish of the indictment of Donald Trump, @TuckerCarlson still had more viewers than both networks combined. https://t.co/8rCGc0mBB3
— a newsman (@a_newsman) March 31, 2023
Ouch!
Cable News Rankings Thu Mar 30
1⃣@TuckerCarlson
2⃣@SeanHannity
3⃣@JessePrimetime
4⃣@TheFive @GregGutfeld @JesseBWatters @JessicaTarlov @KatiePavlich* @SandraSmithFox*
5⃣@BretBaier
6⃣@Maddow
7⃣@IngrahamAngle
8⃣@Lawrence
9⃣@ChrisLHayes
🔟@AriMelber pic.twitter.com/cEtce9cjAq— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) March 31, 2023
If I had to guess MSNBC and CNN won’t see a big increase in ratings until the forced felony charges against Trump get thrown out. At that point everybody including me will be tuning into the lib nets to watch the glorious meltdowns.
Your stat of the day: https://t.co/enCbC5fph0
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 31, 2023
Thanks for that!
How glorious that is… 🤣🤣🤣— Snow65snow (@Snow65Snow) April 1, 2023
Also MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” seemed to have more talking heads on the screen than they have viewers:
The subject was anti-Semitism and George Soros, and there sat Al Sharpton while nobody on the huge panel seemed to appreciate the extreme irony.
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