{"id":145900,"date":"2021-02-18T14:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=145900"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:01:27","slug":"trump-leaves-cnn-grieves-network-suffers-post-impeachment-ratings-dive-fox-news-back-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leaves-cnn-grieves-network-suffers-post-impeachment-ratings-dive-fox-news-back-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-leaves-cnn-grieves-network-suffers-post-impeachment-ratings-dive-fox-news-back-on-top%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=145900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cnn-fox.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump was the best thing to happen to CNN since Operation Desert Storm. The network&#8217;s esteemed president, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/zucker-trump-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Zucker<\/a>, understood that his target viewers weren&#8217;t very interested in actual news and successfully pivoted to nonstop, Trump-fueled outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Trump is gone, banned from Twitter, and no longer on trial (again) in the Senate, the venerable &#8220;news&#8221; network is struggling to find a profitable source of outrage. As you might expect,&nbsp;Trump&#8217;s absence from the national discourse has been terrible for ratings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Media<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/cnn-fox-news-trump-ratings\/\"><strong>Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/union-or-woke-activist-group-new-york-times-employees-raise-questions-about-guilds-role-in-recent-dismissals\/\"><strong>Union or Woke Activist Group? New York Times Employees Raise Questions About Guild&#8217;s Role in Recent Dismissals<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/msnbc-host-admits-defeat-in-shakespeare-spat-with-ted-cruz\/\"><strong>MSNBC Host Admits Defeat in Shakespeare Spat with Ted Cruz<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Feb. 8, one day before the start of Trump&#8217;s second impeachment trial, CNN led all cable news networks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/monday-feb-8-scoreboard-fox-news-is-the-most-watched-in-prime-time-while-cnn-is-no-1-in-demo\/470751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">averaging<\/a> 332,000 total viewers and 483,000 primetime viewers in the&nbsp;coveted 25-54 age demographic.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 15, two days after Trump was acquitted for the second time, CNN suffered a steep decline in ratings. The network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/monday-feb-15-fox-news-moves-to-no-1-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-in-both-total-day-and-prime\/471543\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">averaged<\/a> just 255,000 total viewers and 316,000 primetime viewers. Most disappointingly, CNN fell behind Fox News in terms of total viewers and trailed both Fox and MSNBC in primetime viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Fox, meanwhile, surged from third to first and was the only cable network to gain viewers in the target demographic during that same period. Additionally, the network&#8217;s parent company, News Corp,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/google-news-corp-distribution-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a &#8220;historic&#8221; agreement&nbsp;with Google this week under which the media conglomerate will provide &#8220;trusted journalism&#8221; in exchange for &#8220;significant payments from Google.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN, by comparison, is scrambling to adapt to the post-Trump media landscape. The network finally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acosta\/status\/1362043696993226755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a> Jim Acosta&#8217;s lifelong wish of hosting his own show (on weekends during the early evening hours when barely anyone is watching). Maybe that will help?<\/p>\n<p>In Trump&#8217;s absence, CNN has pivoted to a new obsession: black-on-Asian crime. Because that&#8217;s not a very woke storyline, the network has framed the issue as a series of &#8220;racist incidents targeting Asians&#8221; or&nbsp;&#8220;COVID-related attacks targeting Asian Americans.&#8221; Few details about the alleged attackers are provided so as to allow viewers to use their imagination and leave open the possibility that Trump supporters are somehow to blame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN today has run about 10 segments on &#8220;anti-Asian violence.&#8221; Ummm any anchor want to mention that every assailant on video is black? Might have been of SOME interest if the attackers were white, I think.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\/status\/1362232453293875200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN is hardly the only mainstream media outlet that became addicted to anti-Trump outrage over the past four years and is now experiencing symptoms of acute <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/washington-post-opinion-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump was the best thing to happen to CNN since Operation Desert Storm. The network&#8217;s esteemed president, Jeff Zucker, understood that his target viewers weren&#8217;t very interested in actual &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181497,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cnn-fox.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cnn-fox.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}