William Lindsey 23h ago

"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
Show threadSerf de Web22h ago

@wdlindsy

They. Don't. Care.

Sorry this is true, but billionaires no longer buy media to make money. They buy media to control the public. Look at how much Musk has lost on Twitter. He made it all up in SpaceX contracts with Trump, but a key platform for dissent is dead. And that was the point.

Show threadCaptain Jack Sparrow

@serfdeweb @wdlindsy

Yes, that has been the case for a few decades now. Its Murdoch's secret to success.

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