{"id":310958,"date":"2021-03-25T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=310958"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:31:20","slug":"cnns-brian-stelter-plunges-again-in-ratings-after-host-obsesses-over-fox-news-and-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-brian-stelter-plunges-again-in-ratings-after-host-obsesses-over-fox-news-and-tucker-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter Plunges Again In Ratings, After Host Obsesses Over Fox News And Tucker Carlson"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcnns-brian-stelter-plunges-again-in-ratings-after-host-obsesses-over-fox-news-and-tucker-carlson%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=310958&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\/03\/fb_image-3526.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>According to Nielson Media Research, the most recent episode of CNN\u2019s <em>Reliable Sources<\/em> \u2014 hosted by Brian Stelter \u2014 saw its lowest rating of the year for the second weekend in a row. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/connormcnulty\/2021\/03\/24\/as-cnns-stelter-focuses-on-tucker-reliable-sources-faces-consecutive-weeks-of-year-low-ratings-n2586843\">Townhall.com<\/a>, Reliable Sources \u201cfailed to reach over a million viewers for the second time in as many weeks, while also boasting its second-lowest viewership of the year for its key demographic of 25 to 54 year-olds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This dip comes as CNN as a whole is plummeting in the ratings. Last week, the Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-viewership-has-plunged-since-trump-left-the-white-house?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwbrand&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Q9fBknFDK3_DCcxjCTtkC_qHt5a2RrAkVbMl8Zyb270fbCCSuIqZwoYQ\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cCNN has lost about a million viewers on average each night since President Donald Trump left the White House, and the liberal network is drawing nearly 50% fewer viewers in the key 24-54 age group.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fox News <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-hemorrhaging-viewers-trump-down-50-percent\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> at the time that \u201cCNN averaged 2.5 million primetime viewers from Nov. 4, the day following the presidential election, through Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. But viewers fled the liberal network once President Biden took office, and CNN has averaged only 1.6 million primetime viewers from Jan. 21 through March 15.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s hardly surprising that CNN \u2014 and Brian Stelter specifically \u2014 are experiencing a brutal drop in ratings in a post-Trump world, given that much of their coverage was obsessively focused on the Trump administration, now leaving them struggling to fill the void.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response, Brian Stelter has attempted to continue to promote the same blame-laden content of the past few years, but substituting Trump with Fox News and Tucker Carlson. During a recent show, Stelter claimed that \u201cTucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump,\u201d and that the Fox News star has \u201ctaken Trump\u2019s place\u201d as the leader of the conservative movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8947368421053\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump. Tucker has taken Trump&#8217;s place as a right-wing leader, an outrage generator, a fire-starter\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8OzdAlSlN\">pic.twitter.com\/y8OzdAlSlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1371139124305002499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cTucker has taken Trump\u2019s place as a right-wing leader, as an outrage generator, as a fire-starter, and it\u2019s all happening on Fox, just like Trump\u2019s campaign did,\u201d said Stelter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhich means Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are ultimately responsible,\u201d Stelter continued. \u201cI mean think about all the ways these two men are similar. Every day, Carlson is throwing bombs, making online memes, offending millions of people, also delighting millions of others, tapping into white male rage and resentment. Stoking distrust of Big Tech and the media, generally coarsening the discourse, never apologizing for anything, and setting the GOP\u2019s agenda. Sounds like a recently retired president, right?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What this <em>actually<\/em> sounds like is Brian Stelter\u2019s overwrought coverage from Trump\u2019s administration being lazily repackaged to focus on a much-needed \u201cnew\u201d enemy, ignoring the obvious difference that Trump was an elected official and Tucker Carslon is an opinion journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, much of this can likely be attributed to jealousy, with the <\/span><i><span>Tucker Carlson Tonight<\/span><\/i><span> show \u201cdrawing an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2021\/03\/23\/tucker-carlson-leads-fox-news-to-a-big-win-in-weekly-cable-news-ratings\/?sh=525710444a1c\"><span>average<\/span><\/a><span> total audience of 3 million viewers \u2014 making it the most-watched cable news show for the week of March 15 through March 21.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If Brian Stelter wants to regain the audience members leaping from the floundering ship that is CNN in a post-Trump world, perhaps he should consider talking about <\/span><i><span>anything<\/span><\/i><span> else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately for him, that might not be possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Nielson Media Research, the most recent episode of CNN\u2019s Reliable Sources \u2014 hosted by Brian Stelter \u2014 saw its lowest rating of the year for the second weekend &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311157,"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\/03\/fb_image-3526.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter Plunges Again In Ratings, After Host Obsesses Over Fox News And Tucker Carlson","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3526.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter Plunges Again In Ratings, After Host Obsesses Over Fox News And Tucker Carlson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310958","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=310958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}