Fox News continues to dominate ratings as CNN sags
The February cable news ratings show that Fox News’ brand of conservative-oriented news is widely preferred by viewers over the liberal offerings of MSNBC and CNN.
After a third-place showing in January 2021, when MSNBC and CNN hyped 2020 election denialism and the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill, Fox News quickly regained its form and has racked up two consecutive years in first place.
A closer look at the ratings shows that Fox News had more total viewers than MSNBC and CNN in prime time combined by a margin of 2.26 million to 1.747 million, as well as more viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic (called “demo”) by a margin of 299,000 to 241,000.
CNN, which has been undergoing a makeover, averaged just 122,000 prime time demo viewers. It was their smallest audience since 2013 and their 89,000 total day demo viewers was its worst showing since 2012.
Without Donald Trump as their bogeyman and the ongoing scandals or struggles of the Biden administration, liberals have little reason to tune into MSNBC and CNN. Much to the consternation of the liberal networks, Fox News leaves both of them far behind.
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Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
