"It turns out that there isn’t a ratings bump for MAGA capitulation. ...

Status’ Oliver Darcy got ahold of some CBS News ratings data from the first quarter of 2026, and it is brutal. CBS Evening News has lost 7% of viewers year-over-year, placing it 'on track for its lowest-rated first quarter of the 21st century in both total viewers'" (continued in /2)

~ Matt Gertz

#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump #MAGA
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https://www.mediamatters.org/bari-weiss/legacy-outlets-bent-knee-trump-havent-just-lost-credibility-theyre-bleeding-readers-and

Legacy outlets that bent the knee to Trump haven’t just lost credibility — they’re bleeding readers and viewers

Media Matters for America
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