A day of upheaval and turmoil in the White House yesterday.
Do you think it’s just a coincidence that Hope Hicks resigns the day after her testimony before congress? We don’t, and what was with the “white lie” comment? It sounds like she was hiding something.
We wonder if it goes back to the lie about the Donald Jr. meeting with the Russians. Why, we ask again, did they put out a false narrative?
Now Jared Kushner has questions about meetings and loans to his companies. We think that is MSM smoke; but his failure to get a clearance in 15 months tells us there is something someplace. There is something with his financials that may emerge.
Of course the NYT this AM goes too far. Here’s a headline for them:
“Has Jared Kushner Conspired to Defraud America?”
Speaking of financials, we have made it clear we are sure that they will find zero collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia; however, we believe there is something with financials again. The longer the Mueller probe goes and the more we pick up it points to financials.
It seems to weave together. No tax releases. Refusal to criticize Putin during the campaign. He seems less aggressive toward them now than he does any other country and region. He even criticizes his own staff (see Attorney General) but not Putin. Why? The old political saying is “follow the money”. We think that is what Mueller is doing.
Trump has gotten out front of the gun debate. His public meeting yesterday with legislators where he talked of strengthened background checks and raising the age limit to buy rifles was in line with our thoughts and he owned the moment. If he gets that through he will have done more than anyone to address the gun side. Democrats of course will give faint praise but be outraged the guns are not outlawed.
That said, they must also address the mental health and identity issue. We must have databases that identity people like the Florida shooter so we prevent them purchasing. You can’t have 20+ incidents and all the red flags unidentified to protect the person. Protect citizens first. Liberals must relent here as conservatives do on the above.
The Mid Terms:
Unless we’re misreading things there is a big change coming in November. Democrats continue winning these off year elections and they are winning in strong Republican districts. They are winning local races in areas they haven’t won in decades. The anti people vote and this year they seem especially fired up. We have been saying this for a while now, we expect a Speaker Pelosi next year.
Keep an eye on that Pennsylvania house race in ten days. A strong Republican district the latest polls show has closed to a tie. If the Republicans lose this one, watch out.
PBS Announces:
We’ve long asked how come the MSM, who follow any successful idea on another station to get ratings don’t change their coverage to a little more balanced to the right. We think it’s because they are biased they just can’t.
Well the liberal PBS, which is government funded, announced yesterday they are launching an eight-week prime time conservative politics program called” In Principle”. It will air on Friday nights at 8:30 after Washington Week.
Let’s see how they support it and what conservative means to them.
The Ratings:
Total Viewers SATURDAY. Judge Jeanne interview with President leads the way.
- Total day: FNC: 1.256 | CNN: 600 | MSNBC: 660 | HLN: 304
- Prime time: FNC: 2.043 | CNN: 459 | MSNBC: 644 | HLN: 356
4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FNC | NwsHQ: 867 |
NwsHQ: 960 |
NwsHQ: 1.109 |
Report: 1.332 |
Watters: 1.904 |
Pirro: 2.393 |
Gutfeld: 1.833 |
Watters: 1.107 |
CNN | Nwsrm: 649 |
Nwsrm: 673 |
Smerc: 597 |
VanJones: 659 |
Nwsrm: 586 |
PttyHrst: 373 |
PttyHrst: 418 |
DeathRow: 374 |
MSNBC | News: 715 |
News: 733 |
Hayes: 590 |
Maddow: 627 |
O’Donnell: 668 |
11thHour: 647 |
Wallace: 617 |
Matthews: 589 |
HLN | Files: 277 |
Files: 312 |
Files: 273 |
Files: 283 |
Files: 294 |
Files: 357 |
Files: 418 |
Files: 443 |
Total Viewers SUNDAY. Fox again beats competition — combined.
- Total day: FNC: 1.087 | CNN: 661 | MSNBC: 588 | HLN: 306
- Prime time: FNC: 1.403 | CNN: 706 | MSNBC: 466 | HLN: 337
4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FNC | NewsHQ: 709 |
FNSunday: 817 |
Report: 950 |
Scndlous: 1.051 |
Scndlous: 1.561 |
Hilton: 1.236 |
Levin: 1.413 |
Scndlous: 742 |
CNN | Nwsrm: 494 |
Nwsrm: 584 |
Nwsrm: 553 |
Nwsrm: 584 |
Newsrm: 597 |
PttyHrst: 728 |
Cont.: 793 |
70s: 490 |
MSNBC | News: 663 |
News: 594 |
MTP: 703 |
KasieDC: 685 |
KasieDC: 732 |
DtlineXtra: 399 |
Lockup: 266 |
Lockup: 357 |
HLN | Files: 242 |
Files: 184 |
Files: 184 |
Files: 253 |
Files: 330 |
Files: 294 |
Files: 388 |
Files: 482 |
Total Viewers MONDAY. Fox wins and MSNBC is strong.
- Total day: FNC: 1.730 | CNN: 714 | MSNBC: 1.331 | HLN: 201
- Primetime: FNC: 2.851 | CNN: 937 | MSNBC: 2.499 | HLN: 277
4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FNC | Cavuto: 1.236 |
Five: 2.116 |
Baier: 2.314 |
MacCallum: 2.232 |
Carlson: 3.055 |
Hannity: 2.943 |
Ingraham: 2.554 |
Bream: 1.519 |
CNN | Tapper: 773 |
Blitzer: 781 |
Blitzer: 794 |
Burnett: 831 |
Cooper: 982 |
Cooper: 924 |
Tonight: 901 |
Tonight: 657 |
MSNBC | Wallace: 1.207 |
MTPDaily: 1.231 |
Melber: 1.410 |
Matthews: 1.748 |
Hayes: 2.060 |
Maddow: 3.027 |
O’Donnell: 2.410 |
Wlms: 1.730 |
HLN | Michaela: 46 |
Cupp: 53 |
Banfield: 96 |
Banfield: 158 |
Files: 110 |
Files: 288 |
Files: 334 |
Files: 376 |
Total Viewers TUESDAY. Fox wins another close one. CNN lags.
- Total day: FNC: 1.694 | CNN: 726 | MSNBC: 1.293 | HLN: 213
- Primetime: FNC: 2.667 | CNN: 916 | MSNBC: 2.388 | HLN: 264
4p: | 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FNC | Cavuto: 1.198 |
Five: 1.993 |
Baier: 2.198 |
MacCallum: 2.006 |
Carlson: 2.784 |
Hannity: 2.892 |
Ingraham: 2.326 |
Bream: 1.483 |
CNN | Tapper: 899 |
Blitzer: 941 |
Blitzer: 799 |
Burnett: 845 |
Cooper: 982 |
Cooper: 826 |
Tonight: 941 |
Tonight: 734 |
MSNBC | Wallace: 1.221 |
MTPDaily: 1.317 |
Melber: 1.415 |
Matthews: 1.725 |
Hayes: 1.928 |
Maddow: 2.948 |
O’Donnell: 2.287 |
Wlms: 1.603 |
HLN | Michaela: 90 |
Cupp: 65 |
Banfield: 147 |
Banfield: 170 |
Files: 205 |
Files: 255 |
Files: 332 |
Files: 387 |
Cable’s top 5 for the week of Feb. 19, 2018:
PRIME TIME
- Fox News (2,280,000)
- MSNBC (1,786,000)
- NBCSN (1,736,000)
- USA (1,374,000)
- HGTV (1,362,000)
TOTAL DAY
- Fox News (1,365,000)
- NBCSN (1,049,000)
- MSNBC (999,000)
- Nickelodeon (926,000)
- HGTV (799,000)
- Hannity (3,333,000)
- Tucker Carlson Tonight (3,144,000)
- Rachel Maddow Show (2,874,000)
- The Ingraham Angle (2,602,000)
- Special Report With Bret Baier (2,556,000)
- The Five (2,471,000)
- The Story With Martha MacCallum (2,344,000)
- Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (2,106,000)
- All In With Chris Hayes (1,907,000)
- America’s Newsroom (1,831,000)
Lou Dobbs continued his run as host of the No. 1 business news program in total viewers. He has now held the title for 22 consecutive months, per Nielsen data.
Stuart Varney’s three-hour market-open program Varney & Co. defeated its CNBC competitor in total viewers for the 19th straight month. Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman also placed in the top three most-watched business news programs, averaging 241,000 total viewers in February, and maintaining her status as the most-watched solo female anchor on business television.
Maria Bartiromo’s Mornings with Maria delivered its most-watched month ever and third monthly win over its business news morning show competition.
Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
---|---|---|---|
NBC | Meet the Press | 3.646M | 1.133M |
CBS | Face the Nation (1/2 hr) | 3.461M | 759,000 |
ABC | This Week | 3.201M | 874,000 |
FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.471M | 451,000 |
The numbers for February, 2018:
Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
---|---|---|---|
NBC | Meet the Press | 3.987M | 1.201M |
CBS | Face the Nation (1/2 hr) | 3.569M | 769,000 |
ABC | This Week | 3.091M | 831,000 |
FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.509M | 477,000 |