The major news of the day was dominated by the words President Trump uttered and the actions O.J. Simpson did. Both had self inflicted wounds.
What President turns on their earliest loyal supporter and does it to a newspaper that is one hundred per cent against him? It’s one thing when the President is bashing the media, the opposition, or congress for failing to pass a bill. Those statements, though outlandish, are against competitors or programs that are against things he proposes. But when he attacks a loyal supporter and attorney general he does himself much harm. Even his most loyal partisans are disappointed and angry at Trump’s words to the despised NYT.
Why, they ask, are you bashing your attorney general. Why with all your issues are you going after a loyal supporter, who was the first senator to support you? How, they ask, can you do it to the NYT who wants you to fail?
Why would you give them, of all publications, this chance to get exposure, break news and sell papers?
If you have an answer let us know, because we have no idea. We’ve never seen anything like it, and all we see is a man’s ego so out of control that he is off the deep end. Would you work for him under those circumstances? Would you trust him to have your back? We wouldn’t.
We would feel like he would sell us out at any moment if he perceives it as an advantage to himself.
What now? This better not be true.
Did we hear that Donald Trump Jr. may decline to appear before the committee next week? Wait, wasn’t he the one saying he would gladly do it because he had nothing to hide? What am I missing here?
If this is true, on top of the drip drip drip of the meeting, you have to begin to wonder.
OJ Walks:
The other public figure we referenced to start this blog won his parole hearing. Can he stay out of trouble now and stay free? His must change behavior and live within the law as Trump must quiet down and shrink his ego.
Can either do what they must?
The Ratings:
Tuesday as we speculated was a good day for MSNBC. They won the 7,9, 10 and 11:00 time slots. They had the number 1 and 2 shows (Maddow and O’Donnell). Mattews beat MacCallum for the first time.
With all that, Fox won the night — barely — by 29K viewers.
By Wednesday it was another story. MSNBC won the night. As Trump self implodes he is driving the anti channel viewership up. Sad.
Total Viewers (Live +SD) TUESDAY.
- Total day: FNC: 1.483 | CNN: 771 | MSNBC: 1.223 | HLN: 202
- Primetime: FNC: 2.224 | CNN: 1.036 | MSNBC: 2.195 | HLN: 209
| 4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNC | Cavuto: 1.163 |
Specialists: 1.528 |
Baier: 1.931 |
MacCallum: 1.660 |
Carlson: 2.319 |
Five: 2.119 |
Hannity: 2.233 |
Carlson: 1.329 |
| CNN | Tapper: 813 |
Blitzer: 892 |
Blitzer: 910 |
Burnett: 913 |
Cooper: 1.061 |
Cooper: 1.044 |
Lemon: 1.002 |
Lemon: 767 |
| MSNBC | Wallace: 1.101 |
MTPDaily: 1.120 |
News: 1.104 |
Matthews: 1.713 |
Hayes: 1.707 |
Maddow: 2.626 |
O’Donnell: 2.247 |
Williams: 1.541 |
| HLN | Files: 138 |
Files: 168 |
Files: 210 |
Files: 232 |
Banfield: 242 |
HowItRly: 186 |
CNNSpcl: 199 |
Files: 303 |
Total Viewers (Live +SD) WEDNESDAY
- Total day: FNC: 1.532 | CNN: 767 | MSNBC: 1.234 | HLN: 190
- Primetime: FNC: 2.364 | CNN: 1.148 | MSNBC: 2.489 | HLN: 224
| 4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNC | Cavuto: 1.300 |
Specialists: 1.675 |
Baier: 1.916 |
MacCallum: 1.638 |
Carlson: 2.389 |
TheFive: 2.336 |
Hannity: 2.367 |
Carlson: 1.412 |
| CNN | Tapper: 852 |
Blitzer: 823 |
Blitzer: 785 |
Burnett: 775 |
Cooper: 1.111 |
Cooper: 1.155 |
Lemon: 1.175 |
Tapper: 926 |
| MSNBC | Wallace: 946 |
MTPDaily: 1.010 |
News: 968 |
Matthews: 1.533 |
Hayes: 1.859 |
Maddow: 2.971 |
O’Donnell: 2.627 |
Williams: 1.777 |
| HLN | Files: 164 |
Files: 109 |
Really: 100 |
Really: 124 |
Banfield: 237 |
CNNSpcl: 196 |
CNNSpcl: 237 |
Banfield: 249 |