{"id":2065187,"date":"2023-10-12T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-loses-33-of-primetime-viewership-during-israel-war-coverage\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:51:18","slug":"msnbc-loses-33-of-primetime-viewership-during-israel-war-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-loses-33-of-primetime-viewership-during-israel-war-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC&#8217;s Primetime Viewership Drops by 33% Amid Israel War Coverage"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmsnbc-loses-33-of-primetime-viewership-during-israel-war-coverage%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=2065187&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by \u200cDavid Silverman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s James Meyers<\/h2>\n<h3>1:42 PM \u2013 Thursday, October\u2062 12, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>News Network <em>MSNBC<\/em> \u2063lost\u2062 33% of \u200cits\u2064 primetime viewers since the deadly Hamas attack on\u2063 Israel. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The news \u2064channel\u2063 has been heavily criticized for their refusal to label Hamas assailants as\u2064 \u201cterrorists\u201d during its coverage of the conflict. <\/p>\n<p><em>MSNBC<\/em>, which is home to progressive commentators like Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, and Lawrence O\u2019Donnell, had its total viewership drop 24% for the four days between October\u2062 7<sup>th<\/sup> and the 10<sup>th<\/sup> compared to the same period\u2064 the week prior. <\/p>\n<p>With the drop-off,\u200d media rival <em>Fox News<\/em> has seen a\u200b 42% \u2062increase in total viewership and <em>CNN<\/em> saw a 17% rise as new\u2062 CNN boss Mark Thompson stepped into his position this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox<\/em> \u2063 won the ratings battle\u200b easily during the four-day period, averaging 2.1 million. According to Nielsen, <em>MSNBC<\/em> took\u2064 second with 960,000 and \u200b <em>CNN<\/em> took \u2063in 760,000 viewers. <\/p>\n<p><em>MSNBC<\/em> reportedly \u200bangered viewers for continuously running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-loses-33-of-primetime-viewership-during-israel-war-coverage\/\" title=\"MSNBC's Primetime Viewership Drops by 33% Amid Israel War Coverage\">joint death-toll graphic<\/a> that illustrated the number of all casualties\u200b together from both Israel and Gaza, differing from other networks who separated the \u200bnumber of \u200bIsraelis killed from\u200d those killed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this\u2064 week, <em>NewsNation<\/em> host Dan Abrams also called out anchors Ayman Mohyeldin, Ali Velshi, and Mehdi Hasan for saying that the\u2062 Hamas \u200dattack was a result of the \u200dUnited States and\u2062 Israel\u2019s \u200d\u201cfailed policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRight. It\u2019s Israel\u2019s fault. It\u2019s the United States fault,\u201d Abrams said mockingly\u2063 on Monday. \u201cThe policies\u200d that somehow justify or even explain the slaughter, rapes, and kidnapping of innocent \u2064civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnd that ridiculous commentary set the tone for much of <em>MSNBC\u2019s<\/em> coverage throughout the weekend, where many \u2062hosts seemed determined to say, \u2018Well, what about the\u2063 Palestinians?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLook, this is not a both-sides story, period,\u201d Abrams said. noting that since Saturday, the network has made 441 references \u200dto Hamas\u2064 terrorists or \u201cthe \u2063fighters\u201d\u2013 in an\u200b effort to avoid calling them \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, veteran \u2063anchor Andrea Mitchell also\u200b faced scrutiny for distastefully asking an Israeli mother, whose 12 and\u2063 16-year-old sons\u2064 were kidnapped by Hamas, about Israeli air strike retaliation in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The mother\u2062 was caught off guard by the question and extremely emotional, saying: \u201cI can\u2019t be sympathetic to animal-human beings \u2014 well, they\u2019re not really human beings \u2014 who came into my house, broke everything, stole everything, took my children from \u200ctheir bedrooms \u2063and took them to\u2063 the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u2064 <em>Fox\u200b News<\/em> reporter Trey Yingst has been commended \u2064for his \u2063heroic coverage of the war so \u2063far.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u200b breaking\u2063 news blasts directly to \u2063your \u2062inbox for\u2062 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As Israel remains under attack, we have \u200dseen many \u200dpro-Palestinian protests\u2064 including one taking \u200bplace in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Experts now\u2063 indicate the\u200b war in Israel will\u2064 cause \u200da spike\u200d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-prices-react-to-the-war-in-israel\/\" title=\"Oil prices respond to conflict in Israel.\">oil prices posing potential risks<\/a> for\u200d consumers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Representative Nicole Malliotakis weighs in on Steve Scalise\u2019s speakership bid.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Victor \u2062Avila<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google said\u200c on Thursday that it will defend users of generative\u200c artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has published proposed security \u200crequirements for \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-chief-wants-gop-senator-removed-from-human-race\/\" title=\"Ex-CIA Chief calls for GOP Senator's expulsion from humanity.\">firms offering services \u2062powered<\/a> by generative\u2064 artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare say\u2062 they\u200b have\u2062 weathered the internet\u2019s largest-known denial of service attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung said its preliminary third-quarter profit dropped\u2064 by a \u200dsmaller-than-expected 78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063 Why have Fox News\u200b and \u2064CNN seen an increase in viewership during \u2062this\u200b period of\u2062 backlash\u200c against MSNBC?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ooms, and kidnapped them.\u200c They&#8217;re \u200bterrorists, not human beings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many viewers took to social media to \u200cexpress their outrage\u2062 and disappointment with <em>MSNBC<\/em>&#8216;s coverage of\u200c the Hamas attack. The hashtag #BoycottMSNBC began trending on Twitter, with users calling for a\u200d boycott of \u2063the network.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200b is not uncommon for news networks to face criticism \u200dfor their \u2063coverage of sensitive and controversial \u2063topics. \u200bHowever, in this\u200d case, the backlash\u200c against \u2064 <em>MSNBC<\/em> seems to \u2062be particularly \u200bstrong due to their perceived\u200c bias in favor \u200dof Hamas. By avoiding the term &#8220;terrorists&#8221; \u200dand focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a one-sided \u200cissue, <em>MSNBC<\/em> has angered many viewers who\u200c believe\u2063 they\u2062 are not providing balanced and objective reporting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News<\/em> and <em>CNN<\/em>, on the other hand, have seen an \u200dincrease in viewership during this period. This could be attributed to their coverage being perceived as more fair \u2062and unbiased.\u2064 With\u2062 the \u200crecent appointment\u2063 of\u200d Mark Thompson as the new boss of <em>CNN<\/em>, it\u200c seems that the network is making efforts to improve its \u2063image \u2064and regain viewer \u200dtrust.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how\u200d <em>MSNBC<\/em> will respond to \u200dthe backlash and \u2064whether they will make any changes to their coverage. As the\u2064 media \u2063landscape continues to\u200d evolve,\u2062 news \u2062networks must be mindful of the\u200b public&#8217;s expectations for \u2063fair and objective reporting. Failure\u200b to \u200ddo so\u200c can result in a loss of viewership and trust, as \u200dwe have seen in this \u2064case.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it is \u200dup to the viewers\u200b to \u200bdecide which news networks they trust \u2063and\u2063 support. \u200bIn this highly polarized\u2063 media environment,\u200b it is more important than ever to critically evaluate the news we consume and seek out diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: This\u200c is a satirical article and should not be taken as factual information.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by David Silverman\/Getty Images: OAN&#8217;s James Meyers reports that MSNBC has lost 33% of its primetime viewers following the Hamas attack on Israel. 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