Cable news ratings; Lawrence O'Donnell leads MSNBC; Sunny Hostin downplays imprisonment of Uyghur Muslims

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell led his network on Friday with a whopping 1.439 million total viewers.
Not only did O’Donnell beat all his network competition, but he also brought in more viewers than every show on CNN.
The MSNBC anchor only landed behind Fox News’ Laura Ingraham during the 10 p.m hour, who earned a total of 1.468 million viewers.
O'Donnell easily beat CNN Tonight at the same hour, as the network only earned 261,000 total viewers at 10 p.m.
In the key 25-54 age demographic, O’Donnell topped Ingraham with 130,000 to 119,000 viewers respectively -- a noteworthy feat!
He also topped CNN Tonight, which earned 47,000 viewers in the demographic.
On his own network, O'Donnell came second in the key demo, only falling behind Ari Melber, who led MSNBC in the demo with 132,000 viewers at 6 p.m.
O'Donnell has seen impressive ratings as of late, often landing as a top-rated, if not the highest-rated, anchor on MSNBC -- and sometimes even beating his Fox News competition in the key demo.
Props on the solid ratings run!

In a discussion on a poll declaring patriotism is on the decline, The View’s Sunny Hostin dismissed the issue of internment camps for Uyghur Muslims by declaring the United States imprisons far more Black people.
Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that despite its flaws, the U.S. is the greatest nation and must act as the leader of the free world, noting the Chinese government "is imprisoning Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps."
Hostin jumped in to note that while "they’re putting Muslims in jail in Afghanistan,"White supremacy is one of America's biggest domestic threats.
Griffin corrected her co-host's Afghanistan gaffe, prompting Hostin to say, “China? They’re putting a lot more Black people in jail here."
According to NBC News, more than one million Muslims are reportedly held captive in these camps, which human rights groups have widely condemned. Black Americans make up approximately 760,000 of the two million people detained in prisons.
While Hostin had every right to call out racism in America, especially regarding mass incarceration ... dismissing concentration camps is not the way to do it. She was also incorrect.