THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
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Cable News Ratings

THURSDAY: Tucker Carlson edges out The Five for the top spot... read our full Thursday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1065
NEW DAY:
340
MORNING JOE:
863
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
37
EARLY MORNING:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1407
NEW DAY:
447
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
103
MORNING IN AMERICA:
39
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1690
NEW DAY:
519
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1672
CNN NEWSROOM:
655
MORNING JOE:
936
NATIONAL REPORT:
150
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1619
CNN NEWSROOM:
753
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
708
-- BLUE BLOODS:
49
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1649
AT THIS HOUR:
751
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
635
-- BLUE BLOODS:
86
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1666
INSIDE POLITICS:
813
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
789
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
139
BLUE BLOODS:
143
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1524
CNN NEWSROOM:
797
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
734
-- BLUE BLOODS:
156
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1406
CNN NEWSROOM:
859
KATY TUR REPORTS:
764
AMERICAN AGENDA:
168
BLUE BLOODS:
214
3p STORY, THE:
1403
CNN NEWSROOM:
856
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
807
-- BLUE BLOODS:
228
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1438
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
856
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1467
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
256
BLUE BLOODS:
279
5p FIVE, THE:
3175
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
890
-- SPICER & CO:
222
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2361
SITUATION ROOM:
747
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1580
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
189
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
83
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2874
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
802
REIDOUT:
1356
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
274
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3325
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
846
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1535
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
203
NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
9p HANNITY:
2773
CNN TONIGHT:
642
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1542
PRIME NEWS:
165
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
55
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2396
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
657
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1663
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
206
BANFIELD:
50
11p GUTFELD!:
2162
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
481
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
977
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
108
NEWSNATION PRIME:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
173
NEW DAY:
71
MORNING JOE:
122
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
7
EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220
NEW DAY:
96
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
8
MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237
NEW DAY:
101
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
227
CNN NEWSROOM:
130
MORNING JOE:
111
NATIONAL REPORT:
10
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197
CNN NEWSROOM:
146
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
89
-- BLUE BLOODS:
21
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
187
AT THIS HOUR:
155
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
71
-- BLUE BLOODS:
32
12p OUTNUMBERED:
220
INSIDE POLITICS:
151
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
91
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
32
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
203
CNN NEWSROOM:
149
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
71
-- BLUE BLOODS:
33
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
181
CNN NEWSROOM:
168
KATY TUR REPORTS:
66
AMERICAN AGENDA:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
39
3p STORY, THE:
178
CNN NEWSROOM:
134
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
66
-- BLUE BLOODS:
29
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
218
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
119
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
128
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19
BLUE BLOODS:
25
5p FIVE, THE:
437
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
114
-- SPICER & CO:
11
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
304
SITUATION ROOM:
120
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
142
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
10
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
360
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
153
REIDOUT:
165
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
455
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
150
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
138
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
18
NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
9p HANNITY:
317
CNN TONIGHT:
112
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
137
PRIME NEWS:
21
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
296
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
109
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
169
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25
BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
306
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
102
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
134
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24
NEWSNATION PRIME:
10

 

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Sunny Hostin

The View's Sunny Hostin went after her co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin for ignoring far-right group the Proud Boys while former President Donald Trump was in office.

On Friday's edition of The View, Griffinrevealed she was never briefed about the Proud Boys while working for Trump despite the fact that the former president told the group to “stand back and stand by" in a debate before the 2020 election.

Members of the Proud Boys later stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

“The lesson I learned with Trump is you have to take him seriously and literally with what he says. And he uses language intentionally to reach certain audiences," Farah said on Friday. "I remember watching that ‘Proud Boys stand back and stand by,’ and honestly I had never even heard of the Proud Boys."

The comment prompted Hostin to question Farah's handling of the debate comment, as she was Trump's White House communications director at the time.

“Did you not see that then? I think I remember reading when you were his press secretary, you didn’t think that he needed a clarification,” said Hostin, calling Farah's response to the debate "odd."

Farah continued to insist that she did not know who the Proud Boys were until they began violently protesting.

“I think Black people need to know enemies of people of color,” said Hostin.

“But when you have clearly a supremacist and, quite frankly, not to push too much on you, it was your job to know about that, right, as press secretary. But why would you not think that that’s crazy?”

MEDIA LOSER:
'LibsOfTikTok' founder Chaya Raichik

The FBI announced an arrest on Thursday for a recent bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital, which was connected to a far-right campaign of threats and intimidation against the hospital after social media accounts claimed the hospital provided services to transgender youth.

The hospital became a target after right-wing media personalities like “LibsOfTikTok," run by a woman named Chaya Raichik, falsely claimed it was performing hysterectomies and "castrating kids."

The smear campaign against the hospital resulted in the hospital warning its employees of potential violence citing an increase in threatening phone calls and emails sent to the hospital.

U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced that Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts was charged with one count of making a bomb threat over the telephone – a charge which could carry a 5-year prison sentence.

“There is a bomb on the way to the hospital. You better evacuate everybody. You sickos,” Leavy allegedly said to the hospital switchboard on Aug. 30.

Raichik later responded to reports of the bomb threat by claiming the police were never alerted, adding, "Many questions remain. Will any journalists investigate?”

NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny summed up the whole incident, saying, “Interesting. The folks behind a months-long campaign to vilify children’s hospitals in Boston and beyond for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth have spent the last 24 hours suggesting that bomb threats the hospital received in the aftermath were overblown or faked.”

Links We Like

- Kevin Craft, The Atlantic - Erik Wemple, Washington Post -  Jonathan Lemire, Politico
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