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Rachel Maddow Just Beat Every Fox News And CNN Show (Original Post) Gothmog Apr 2019 OP
MSNBC is happy Gothmog Apr 2019 #1
I'm over 54 but I watch Rachel every night. blueinredohio Apr 2019 #14
Same here. I'm 65. n/t Mr.Bill Apr 2019 #15
My dad is 86 and watches unless KU is playing... Blue_playwright Apr 2019 #23
I started to get Google News on their browser page BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #2
Good for her. She deserves it... pangaia Apr 2019 #3
And I have never... Codifer Apr 2019 #17
sneakers... pangaia Apr 2019 #21
And sweats or jeans. Lol Blue_playwright Apr 2019 #24
truth without Puppetrump being given a microphone Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2019 #4
Thanks. Haven't seen a good new nickname for Red Don in sometime . . . Journeyman Apr 2019 #10
She is great...go Rachael! Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #5
CNN still scratching their heads as to why panelist Santorum not bringing in the ratings. EveHammond13 Apr 2019 #6
Can we expect a presidential* tweet? LOL EveHammond13 Apr 2019 #7
Most of Fox's viewership... SergeStorms Apr 2019 #8
Lol ! Rumours of her demise have been greatly exaggerated ! OnDoutside Apr 2019 #9
Great! nt Meowmee Apr 2019 #11
Facts still matter to rational, reasonable, tolerant, law-abiding, empathetic Americans. VOX Apr 2019 #12
What about the crowing last week that fox beat her for two nights last week? kimbutgar Apr 2019 #13
I love Rachel---her intelligence is so apparent. panader0 Apr 2019 #16
So much for the "fake news" of her ratings dropping after the Mueller investigation ended . . . . pdsimdars Apr 2019 #18
We do not have TV at home Woodwizard Apr 2019 #19
But that's only the 25 - 54 age group! JohnnyRingo Apr 2019 #20
A good sign we are not in the minority. Nitram Apr 2019 #22
Top show. Top host. Top research team. nt oasis Apr 2019 #25
Regarding Rachel's "ratings..." Archae Apr 2019 #26
Because she actually makes sense SHRED Apr 2019 #27
Rachel's show is factual, concise, and has credibility. Aussie105 Apr 2019 #28

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
23. My dad is 86 and watches unless KU is playing...
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 10:34 PM
Apr 2019

Says “well, gotta get off the phone, my smart little girlfriend is on.”

Don’t have the heart to tell him that she’s a lesbian. Lol

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
2. I started to get Google News on their browser page
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 12:53 AM
Apr 2019

and I have read bits from articles claiming she is a conspiracy nut or a Mueller groupie and now that the investigation is over her ratings are tanking over the past week. Of course I never click on that crap. I think Fux and Page Six, whatever that is, printed the stories.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. Good for her. She deserves it...
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 12:55 AM
Apr 2019

Think about that a sec.. a progressive, radical 'left wing, gay woman with short hair and who is a Rhodes Scholar and is sharp as a whip, and FUNNY ,, did I say funny??? beat all those,, you know....... those guys...





Codifer

(546 posts)
17. And I have never...
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 08:25 PM
Apr 2019

never seen her in a tiny skirt sitting behind a glass desk.

Heck, I would bet that she might be wearing sneakers rather than spike heels.

Gotta love her even though I am a couple of decades older than the top of that demographic.

 

EveHammond13

(2,855 posts)
6. CNN still scratching their heads as to why panelist Santorum not bringing in the ratings.
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 01:46 AM
Apr 2019

I love Jim Acosta - but come on. Santorum? Steve Cortes? Kellyanne? Bald meathead whose name I don't even know? UNWATCHABLE.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
8. Most of Fox's viewership...
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 01:47 AM
Apr 2019

are in their 80s. They're the people the republican's fear mongering works on best.

Rachel is a national treasure. Her hard work certainly pays off, and it's a pleasure to have the opportunity each night to see her show.

Congratulations Rachel!

VOX

(22,976 posts)
12. Facts still matter to rational, reasonable, tolerant, law-abiding, empathetic Americans.
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 04:44 AM
Apr 2019

Surely there are still enough of us around to set things right next year.

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
13. What about the crowing last week that fox beat her for two nights last week?
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 07:04 PM
Apr 2019

I knew it was bs. It was only wishful thinking on their part.

And for the typical fox viewer would find her too dense as they are not ever intelligently challenged.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
18. So much for the "fake news" of her ratings dropping after the Mueller investigation ended . . . .
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 08:41 PM
Apr 2019

I thought that sounded like BS when I saw that mentioned here and there. Sounded like RW wishes.

Woodwizard

(845 posts)
19. We do not have TV at home
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 09:09 PM
Apr 2019

But we travel quite a bit so I see her on TV at hotels I like her factual topics but her eye rolls and smirks I can do without. Cable TV as a whole just sucks with the dramatic yelling and endless pontification over things that happened are yet to happen or may happen. Overall on the drama scale she is among the better but the bar is pretty low compared to the Cronkite days.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
20. But that's only the 25 - 54 age group!
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 09:40 PM
Apr 2019

They don't buy very many Magic Pillows or countenance potions. That's where Hannity mops the floor.
Literally, those sponsors don't pay much.

Archae

(46,337 posts)
26. Regarding Rachel's "ratings..."
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 12:25 AM
Apr 2019

I don't put much stock in her ratings, Rachel herself, a few years ago was doing a story on Bill O'Reilly bragging about his ratings, and Rachel showed two cable shows that beat O'Reilly's ratings.
A show about a guy who still pans for gold, and a panel show about one of the "Walking Dead" shows.

So I said to a couple guys bragging about Faux "news'" ratings, what sells more, US News and World Report, or the National Enquirer?

Pretty obvious.

Rachel's show is factual, concise, and has credibility, unlike just about EVERYTHING on Faux.

Sensationalism sells.
"Facts iz borin'..."

Aussie105

(5,405 posts)
28. Rachel's show is factual, concise, and has credibility.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 12:40 AM
Apr 2019

and she has done something else, too.

Whatever news service you watch, they are all high energy, slightly panicky, 'you gotta watch us because your life depends on it', type of stuff.

She takes that same energy and points it in a different direction. Introspective, fact based, drawing intelligent inferences and conclusions. I find my IQ going up every time I watch her.

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