{"id":938226,"date":"2021-10-29T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938226"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:14:43","slug":"fox-news-has-a-relatively-small-base-credibility-among-a-minority-of-the-country-brian-stelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-has-a-relatively-small-base-credibility-among-a-minority-of-the-country-brian-stelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Has A \u2018Relatively Small Base,\u2019 \u2018Credibility Among A Minority Of The Country\u2019: Brian Stelter"},"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%2Ffox-news-has-a-relatively-small-base-credibility-among-a-minority-of-the-country-brian-stelter%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=938226&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 highest-rated network in cable news, Fox News, has a \u201cloud but relatively small base\u201d of viewers, and its programing decisions have reduced it to having \u201ccredibility among a minority of the country,\u201d said Brian Stelter, the chief media correspondent for one of FNC\u2019s lower-rated rivals. Fox\u2019s trustworthiness as a news source has been \u201cnegated among the majority of the country,\u201d added Stelter.<\/p>\n<p>Stelter threw shade at Fox News on Thursday night during a CNN report on Tucker Carlson\u2019s new special, \u201cPatriot Purge,\u201d which streams on Fox Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Do \u201cthe Murdochs have no concern over the credibility of their news organization?\u201d asked host Don Lemon on \u201cDon Lemon Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may have a lot more concern over the profits and loss. And the profits right now are still tremendous,\u201d admitted Stelter, CNN\u2019s host of \u201cReliable Source\u201d and a frequent Fox News critic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you talk about credibility, they do have credibility among a minority of the country, among a loud but relatively small base that is willing to tune in,\u201d Stelter said. \u201cSo, credibility is certainly within a very short supply\u201d for Fox News, he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s been negated among the majority of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both attacks seemed unusual since CNN lags Fox News on both measures.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News remains the most viewed cable news network in America, averaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2021\/09\/28\/fox-news-crushes-competition-in-3q-cable-news-ratings\/?sh=4badbf8d32e4\">2.37 million<\/a> viewers during prime time in the third quarter. CNN\u2019s prime time line-up attracted just over one-third as many viewers, with 822,000 people willing to tune in during prime time. CNN also suffered the greatest year-on-year dip in viewership, losing 46% of its audience since last year. Fox News had the smallest reduction in viewership, 32%, according to Nielsen ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 credibility has also been rising, edging out CNN in an August survey conducted by Brand Keys and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/article\/365804\/post-covid-normalcy-hammers-tv-network-news-trus.html\">published<\/a> by Media Post. A total of 89% of respondents said they trusted Fox News, up three points from February. That surge comes as an October Gallup poll showed that only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/americans-trust-in-media-drops-to-almost-record-low\">36%<\/a> of Americans have a \u201cfair amount\u201d of trust in the legacy media, a near-record low.<\/p>\n<p>CNN experienced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2021\/08\/09\/cnn-msnbc-drop-in-trust-ratings-as-fox-news-channel-rises\/?sh=6a485e3227c0\">largest drop<\/a> in viewer trust among the nine brands surveyed, falling by five points. Seven of the nine TV news brands examined showed trust levels declined, and ABC stayed the same, according to Media Post.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Post-COVID &#8216;normalcy&#8217; hammers TV network news trust, Biden&#8217;s too <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandKeysNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrandKeysNY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wyP1gInGDd\">https:\/\/t.co\/wyP1gInGDd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mp_joemandese?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mp_joemandese<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWSujXQdNd\">pic.twitter.com\/cWSujXQdNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MediaPost (@MediaPost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MediaPost\/status\/1424747831441727489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems, Don, at this point, Rupert and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highest-rated network in cable news, Fox News, has a \u201cloud but relatively small base\u201d of viewers, and its programing decisions have reduced it to having \u201ccredibility among a minority of the country,\u201d said Brian Stelter, the chief media correspondent for one of FNC\u2019s lower-rated rivals. Fox\u2019s trustworthiness as a news source has been \u201cnegated among the majority of the country,\u201d added Stelter.Stelter threw shade at Fox News on Thursday night during a CNN report on Tucker Carlson\u2019s new special, \u201cPatriot Purge,\u201d which streams on Fox Nation.Do \u201cthe Murdochs have no concern over the credibility of their news organization?\u201d asked host Don Lemon on \u201cDon Lemon Tonight.\u201d\u201cThey may have a lot more concern over the profits and loss. And the profits right now are still tremendous,\u201d admitted Stelter, CNN\u2019s host of \u201cReliable Source\u201d and a frequent Fox News critic.\u201cWhen you talk about credibility, they do have credibility among a minority of the country, among a loud but relatively small base that is willing to tune in,\u201d Stelter said. \u201cSo, credibility is certainly within a very short supply\u201d for Fox News, he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s been negated among the majority of the country.\u201dBoth attacks seemed unusual since CNN lags Fox News on both measures.Fox News remains the most viewed cable news network in America, averaging 2.37 million viewers during prime time in the third quarter. CNN\u2019s prime time line-up attracted just over one-third as many viewers, with 822,000 people willing to tune in during prime time. CNN also suffered the greatest year-on-year dip in viewership, losing 46% of its audience since last year. Fox News had the smallest reduction in viewership, 32%, according to Nielsen ratings.Fox News\u2019 credibility has also been rising, edging out CNN in an August survey conducted by Brand Keys and published by Media Post. A total of 89% of respondents said they trusted Fox News, up three points from February. That surge comes as an October Gallup poll showed that only 36% of Americans have a \u201cfair amount\u201d of trust in the legacy media, a near-record low.CNN experienced the largest drop in viewer trust among the nine brands surveyed, falling by five points. Seven of the nine TV news brands examined showed trust levels declined, and ABC stayed the same, according to Media Post.Post-COVID &#8216;normalcy&#8217; hammers TV network news trust, Biden&#8217;s too @BrandKeysNY https:\/\/t.co\/wyP1gInGDd @mp_joemandese pic.twitter.com\/cWSujXQdNd\u2014 MediaPost (@MediaPost) August 9, 2021\u201cIt seems, Don, at this point, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are shameless,\u201d Stelter told Lemon. \u201cRupert had a big 98th birthday tonight in midtown Manhattan, having a big party with his friends. He doesn\u2019t seem to have any regrets or any concern about the consequences of his content.\u201dStelter told Lemon that Fox is appealing to a \u201cshrinking \u2026 MAGA audience that is still absolutely committed\u201d to the network. He added that Fox News viewers are \u201cexcited to tune in at all hours and support Fox News and read the Wall Street Journal editorial page and support the other right-wing brands.\u201dStelter invoked the Wall Street Journal because, on Wednesday, the world-renowned financial publication published a letter to the editor by former President Donald Trump about the 2020 election. The move drew a harsh rebuke from CNN: \u201cWhy the Wall Street Journal *never* should have published Donald Trump\u2019s letter on the 2020 election.\u201d The WSJ editorial board fact-checked the president\u2019s letter on Friday, but also said in the fact-check that it would be \u201cdifficult to respond to everything\u201d in it.Lemon also interjected that \u201cFox argued in court that no reasonable person should take what Carlson says as fact.\u201d He omitted the fact that U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, an Obama appointee, ruled in June that MSNBC\u2019s Rachel Maddow\u2019s\u00a0\u201cstatements cannot reasonably be interpreted as allegations of fact.\u201dFox News, the continual victim of Stelter\u2019s ire, fired back at the host earlier this month, calling him little more than a puppet of the network\u2019s president, Jeffrey Zucker.\u201cThe only reason he\u2019s there is because he\u2019s sort of a clone of Jeff Zucker,\u201d New York Post writer Miranda Devine told\u00a0Fox News. \u201cHe looks like Jeff Zucker. He loves Jeff Zucker. He is the boss Jeff Zucker\u2019s mouthpiece. Otherwise, would you give the guy a job on TV? No.\u201d[embedded content]The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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