{"id":2493728,"date":"2025-10-02T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-bottoms-out-with-record-low-ratings-msnbc-records-worst-summer-since-1998\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:26:56","slug":"cnn-bottoms-out-with-record-low-ratings-msnbc-records-worst-summer-since-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-bottoms-out-with-record-low-ratings-msnbc-records-worst-summer-since-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Bottoms Out with Record Low Ratings, MSNBC Records Worst Summer Since 1998"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcnn-bottoms-out-with-record-low-ratings-msnbc-records-worst-summer-since-1998%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=2493728&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>The article highlights the continuing decline in viewership for CNN and MSNBC, with both networks reaching record low ratings. For the third quarter,fox News led primetime ratings,particularly with shows like &#8220;Jesse Watters primetime&#8221; and Sean Hannity attracting millions of viewers,while CNN and MSNBC lagged far behind. CNN&#8217;s primetime audience dropped to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-economic-forum-suspends-invitation-to-president-trump-from-future-conferences-opens-this-years-globalist-fest-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping\/\" title=\"World Economic Forum Suspends Invitation to President Trump from Future Conferences \u2013 Opens This Year\u2019s Globalist Fest with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping\">historic low<\/a> of 538,000 viewers, with just 87,000 in the key 25-54 demographic, and MSNBC also hit its lowest numbers since 1998. The drop reflects a broader public disinterest and distrust toward these liberal-leaning networks, which have faced criticism for biased reporting and poor coverage, such as CNN&#8217;s controversial description of the 2020 protests and MSNBC&#8217;s favorable portrayal of President Biden. The article suggests that if CNN and MSNBC do not address these issues, their continued loss of viewers could signal a potential downfall.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The decline of CNN continues as the network has reached an all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-awards-roundup-woke-weird-and-no-mention-of-joe-biden-by-name\/\" title=\"Grammy Awards Roundup: Woke, Weird and No Mention of Joe ... By Name\">-time ratings low<\/a>. And fellow left-wing network MSNBC has also recorded record lows.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/fox-news-leads-all-of-tv-so-far-this-year-while-cnn-and-msnbc-shed-viewers-en-masse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a> posted the latest quarter ratings for news networks, and they are tremendously bad for the Democratic propaganda machine.<\/p>\n<p>For Quarter 3, Fox News led all primetime networks, with &ldquo;Jesse Watters Primetime&rdquo; leading the charge averaging 3.30 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Hannity came in second with an average of 2.9 million viewers. Fox&rsquo;s Greg Gutfeld led the late-night rankings with 2.94 million viewers &mdash; beating Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, who averaged 1.77 million and 2.42 million respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Where Waters and Hannity are getting 323,000 and 305,000 viewers in their key demographics &mdash; viewers aged 25-54 &mdash; CNN is absolutely limping along, and MSNBC is not far ahead.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>CNN recorded its lowest viewership ever with its primetime audience at just 538,000, with just 87,000 in the key demographic.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC came in at 802,000, with just 66,000 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-joe-takes-hard-hit-after-msnbcs-ratings-collapse-and-joy-reid-cancelled\/\" title=\"&#039;Morning Joe&#039; Takes Hard Hit After ...&#039;s Ratings Collapse and Joy Reid Cancelled\">key demographic &#038;mdash<\/a>; its lowest numbers since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>If this is not a wake up call for these networks, what will be?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, conservatives and Republicans aren&rsquo;t tuning in, and CNN and MSNBC may be perfectly fine with that.<\/p>\n<p>But this is something else. These numbers say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-ending-all-chinese-student-visas-could-backfire\/\" title=\"How Ending All Chinese Student Visas Could Backfire\">general public &#038;mdash<\/a>; maybe not even a deeply politically interested portion of it &mdash; do not care about these liberal outlets anymore.<\/p>\n<p>They are not seen as a trustworthy source of news.<\/p>\n<p>Who could blame them? Recall the summer of 2020 during the George Floyd riots when CNN had the audacity to run a chyron that read, &ldquo;Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting&rdquo; as a reporter stood in front of chaos, destruction, and &mdash; yes &mdash; plenty of fire. That moment became the source of endless ridicule, and CNN became the butt of the joke for being so far-gone from reality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEVER FORGET: Fiery But Mostly Peaceful&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ap8SLXtAfw\">pic.twitter.com\/Ap8SLXtAfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @amuse (@amuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amuse\/status\/1834677589094678539?\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Or recall when MSNBC &ldquo;Morning Joe&rdquo; host Joe Scarborough told audiences that former President Joe Biden, during last year&rsquo;s presidential race, was &ldquo;cogent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In fact, I think he&rsquo;s better than he&rsquo;s even been, intellectually, analytically,&rdquo; Scarborough continued.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, this was a geriatric patient who did not have the mental faculties to exit a stage correctly without the help of his aids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Scarborough goes full state TV:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden is far beyond cogent. He is better than he has EVER been intellectually, analytically. He is the best Biden ever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QxgYVINQrV\">pic.twitter.com\/QxgYVINQrV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1765493257562116460?\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These are but two examples in a history of bad reporting and dishonest commentary.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers are tired of it.<\/p>\n<p>These networks feel a certain hubris in being a staple of news programming for several decades, but one can never be too high to fall off the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>If these outlets are not careful, this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >latest ratings report<\/a> could spell the beginning of the end.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Mediaite released the latest quarterly news network ratings on Wednesday, revealing very poor results for these left-leaning outlets. In the third quarter, Fox News dominated primetime viewership, led by &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime,&#8221; which averaged 3.3 million viewers. Sean Hannity followed with 2.9 million viewers, while Greg Gutfeld topped late-night shows with 2.94 million viewers-surpassing Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert who averaged 1.77 million and 2.42 million respectively. In key demographics (ages 25-54), Watters and Hannity drew about 323,000 and 305,000 viewers each; meanwhile, CNN is struggling significantly with MSNBC only slightly ahead.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s primetime audience dropped to an all-time low of just 538,000 viewers overall and only 87,000 in the key demographic; MSNBC had 802,000 total viewers but just 66,000 in that group-their lowest since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>If this doesn&#8217;t serve as a wake-up call for these networks, it&#8217;s unclear what will be.<\/p>\n<p>While conservatives may avoid these channels by choice-and CNN and MSNBC might accept that-the numbers suggest a broader public disinterest or distrust toward these liberal media outlets as reliable news sources. This skepticism is understandable given past incidents like CNN&#8217;s infamous &#8220;Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests&#8221; chyron during the chaotic George Floyd protests of summer 2020-a moment widely mocked for its disconnect from reality.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly damaging was MSNBC host Joe Scarborough&#8217;s praise last year calling President Biden &#8220;cogent&#8221; and intellectually sharper than ever-comments at odds with Biden&#8217;s visible struggles on stage without assistance.<\/p>\n<p>These examples reflect ongoing issues of biased reporting and misleading commentary that have alienated many viewers over time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their long-standing presence in news media, such arrogance can lead to downfall; if they don&#8217;t address these problems soon, this latest ratings report could mark the start of their decline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2493729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNN.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50623,3746,47144,64459,51275],"class_list":["post-2493728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cnn-2","tag-msnbc","tag-news-networks","tag-summer-2024","tag-tv-ratings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNN.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493728","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=2493728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493732,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493728\/revisions\/2493732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}