THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cable News Ratings

MONDAY: Rachel Maddow boosts MSNBC’s prime time average ... read our full Monday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1044
NEW DAY:
270
MORNING JOE:
846
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
9
EARLY MORNING:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1352
NEW DAY:
362
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
69
MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1690
NEW DAY:
500
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1714
CNN NEWSROOM:
548
MORNING JOE:
1009
NATIONAL REPORT:
142
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1764
CNN NEWSROOM:
673
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
705
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
29
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1691
AT THIS HOUR:
710
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
625
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1972
INSIDE POLITICS:
824
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
621
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
156
BLUE BLOODS:
89
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1733
CNN NEWSROOM:
798
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
715
-- BLUE BLOODS:
172
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1527
CNN NEWSROOM:
798
KATY TUR REPORTS:
720
AMERICAN AGENDA:
153
BLUE BLOODS:
273
3p STORY, THE:
1475
CNN NEWSROOM:
772
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
830
-- BLUE BLOODS:
361
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1525
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
844
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1489
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
185
BLUE BLOODS:
393
5p FIVE, THE:
3228
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
870
-- SPICER & CO:
152
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
155
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2382
SITUATION ROOM:
766
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1325
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
181
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
108
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2856
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
783
REIDOUT:
1191
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
211
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
69
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2875
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
814
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1403
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
151
CUOMO:
147
9p HANNITY:
2484
CNN TONIGHT:
530
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2253
PRIME NEWS:
127
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
106
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1983
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
680
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1197
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
182
BANFIELD:
72
11p GUTFELD!:
2103
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
560
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
931
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
117
CUOMO:
78

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
132
NEW DAY:
52
MORNING JOE:
109
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
2
EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
163
NEW DAY:
57
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
10
MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
204
NEW DAY:
86
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
206
CNN NEWSROOM:
114
MORNING JOE:
116
NATIONAL REPORT:
16
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
218
CNN NEWSROOM:
149
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
64
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
250
AT THIS HOUR:
136
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
55
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
263
INSIDE POLITICS:
149
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
70
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
8
BLUE BLOODS:
10
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
246
CNN NEWSROOM:
149
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
88
-- BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
215
CNN NEWSROOM:
159
KATY TUR REPORTS:
83
AMERICAN AGENDA:
16
BLUE BLOODS:
32
3p STORY, THE:
229
CNN NEWSROOM:
130
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94
-- BLUE BLOODS:
33
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
215
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
124
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
119
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
369
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139
-- SPICER & CO:
9
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
260
SITUATION ROOM:
151
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
138
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
9
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
389
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
176
REIDOUT:
119
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
445
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
184
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
130
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
16
CUOMO:
8
9p HANNITY:
344
CNN TONIGHT:
134
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
219
PRIME NEWS:
19
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
23
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
257
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
166
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
89
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16
BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
300
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
149
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
107
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16
CUOMO:
7

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Roger Sollenberger

The Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger essentially broke the internet with his mega scoop on Monday night.

According to Sollenberger's report, and it's a big one, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, Herschel Walker, reportedly paid for an abortion for a woman he impregnated in 2009.

The report is particularly newsworthy as Walker has run on a strict pro-life platform, calling abortion murder and arguing abortion bans should make no exception for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

“The woman said she had the procedure and that Walker reimbursed her for it. She supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a ‘get well’ card from Walker, and a bank deposit receipt that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from Walker,” wrote Sollenberger.

Walker responded to the story by calling it “a flat-out lie,” adding, “I [sic] planning to sue the Daily Beast for this defamatory lie. It will be filed tomorrow morning.” The Beast’s politics editor Matt Fuller backed Sollenberger in response, replying, “I can tell you we stand behind every word and feel very solid about the story.”

Not only did the Beast back the stunning report, but Walker's own son, Christian Walker later unleashed on his father for denying it.

Within minutes of the reporting, and Walker’s response, Christian shared a series of videos on Twitter, in which he categorized his father as a dishonest serial philanderer with a propensity for violence.

And you know my favorite issue to talk about is father absence. Surprise! Because it affected me!" he said. "That’s why I talk about it all the time, because it affected me.Family values people, he has 4 kids with 4 different women, wasn’t in the house raising one of them! He was out having sex with other women!”

Props to Sollenberg on the insane bombshell, which garnered impressive media attention, stirred up family drama, and even prompted a response from former President Donald Trump.

MEDIA LOSER:
Tucker Carlson

Fox News’s top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, declared President Joe Biden “responsible, either directly or through proxies for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines.”

The comments, made on Carlson's show Monday, are the latest in a series of remarks suggesting the U.S. is behind the sabotage of the energy pipelines, which carry gas from Russia to northern Europe. Monday’s comments went far past a suggestion.

“So the question of who blew up Russia’s energy pipelines to Europe, which is not just a question in the news, it’s a historical question. We’ve addressed it a couple of times already, is not really much of a question anymore,” Carlson began, unequivocally declaring Biden did it — despite a lack of any hard evidence.

“So on television, they’re assuring you that, obviously, the Russians did it. Vladimir Putin sabotaged his own pipelines with his nation at war. Putin intentionally destroyed Russia’s most vital national asset,” Carlson continues.

“Now, why do you ask yourself, would Putin do that? Well, because. Because actually, no one’s explained why Putin would do something like that.”

Carlson failed to note that his own Fox News colleague very clearly laid out the military rationale for why Putin would do it.

"That is true. It’s done. So the question is, where does that leave us?" Carlson declared, again without evidence. "And that’s the problem. This act leaves us, the United States, with no option but total war with Russia."

Carlson also made sure to attack CNN, Former CIA Director John Brennan, and Secretary of State Tony Blinken.

He did not, however, mentionRussia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which has left tens of thousands dead, nor did he mention the war crimes committed against the Ukrainian population.

Carlson may be right. We don't know who blew up the pipeline. But for a news host to confidently declare an unknown to be known, while in the same breath acknowledging he has no evidence to support that certainty, is a complete failure.

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