![]() hour when he ranted to Jon Meacham against liberals who don’t let conservatives speak their opinions in colleges. He displayed it again Thursday in the 6 a.m. Part of the chemistry of Morning Joe on MSNBC is the casual and chronic rudeness of co-anchor Joe Scarborough. CNN comes in third in this bracket with 1.3 million, up 14 percent. But at an average of 1.6 million, MSNBC trails Fox’s average of 3.4 million, which is up 29 percent. This year, MSNBC announced, its prime time ratings are up 58 percent. audience of 2.5 million viewers was her second highest ever, second only to the week of October 27, 2008, which was 2.6 million. Last week, according to Nielsen ratings, Maddow’s 9 p.m. In fact, Maddow works harder than most cable TV hosts and rewards her bosses for it. Williams smiled and joked to Maddow: “This is why we say you need rest.” Maddow explained to co-anchor Brian Williams that she wore it because Trump referred to American “carnage” during his gloomy inauguration speech last month. Her torso displayed the logo for the band Slayer and what looked like the skeleton of a large, angry bird. What she exposed was a busy and colorful tee shirt that said “The American Carnage Tour,” a heavy metal music show from 2010. Sad!” Gallagher read it out loud, to emphasize the words of The Great Leader.ĭuring a two-hour special about “Trump, the First Month” on MSNBC Wednesday night, anchor Rachel Maddow pulled apart the lapels of her sober dark blazer and flashed the camera. Then came an amended statement by Chaffetz admitting the overwhelming majority were local people who not paid-but that some were paid, “I’m convinced.”Īnd Fox also displayed a full-screen quote of a Trump Twitter belch that said “The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Jason Chaffetz of Utah accused “paid, out-of-state rabble-rousers” for the disruptions. After all, they go to a town hall to be heard. But nothing about the town halls.Īnd on Carlson’s show, the host ignored the issue, although remote reporter Trace Gallagher gave a two-minute report about the town hall disruptions.ĭespite showing several brief, visual scenes of protestors challenging the legislators, Fox producers could not seem to find any sound recordings that clearly conveyed the passion of the verbal voters. On the show, frequent panelist Donny Deutsch defended Brzezinski and had some choice words of his own, calling the president "physically disgusting to look at.On Hannity, Fox’s leading Trump fluffer spoke at length about how much he didn’t like former President Barack Obama and about how you really can’t trust the mainstream news media. On Friday, Scarborough and Brzezinski, who are engaged, postponed their vacations to be guests on their own show and discuss the saga. "It s a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job," an MSNBC spokesperson said in response. The posts attracted widespread media and political criticism. Trump's tweets personally attacked the co-hosts and claimed Brzezinski was bleeding from a facelift during one of their meetings. The Thursday morning before Trump's tweets, the show had 955,000 in total viewers and 210,000 in the 25-54 age group, according to The Wrap. "Morning Joe" was the most watched morning show in cable news in both total viewership and in the key 25-54 demographic age group on Friday.ĭuring the second quarter of 2017, "Morning Joe" averaged 997,000 total viewers. Reaching 1.7 million viewers on Friday, the show experienced its highest viewership ever and garnered a 70 percent jump compared to the second quarter of 2017.
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