THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022

Cable News Ratings

THURSDAY: CNN tops MSNBC in the demo while averaging 550,000 prime time viewers ... read our full Thursday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1086
NEW DAY:
309
MORNING JOE:
847
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
43
EARLY MORNING:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1388
NEW DAY:
395
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
111
MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1675
NEW DAY:
476
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1900
CNN NEWSROOM:
633
MORNING JOE:
967
NATIONAL REPORT:
142
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1821
CNN NEWSROOM:
717
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
734
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
31
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1841
AT THIS HOUR:
654
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
665
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1897
INSIDE POLITICS:
650
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
699
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
103
BLUE BLOODS:
75
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1607
CNN NEWSROOM:
628
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
698
-- BLUE BLOODS:
119
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1481
CNN NEWSROOM:
625
KATY TUR REPORTS:
715
AMERICAN AGENDA:
134
BLUE BLOODS:
229
3p STORY, THE:
1505
CNN NEWSROOM:
637
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
747
-- BLUE BLOODS:
287
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1524
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
682
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1348
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
225
BLUE BLOODS:
264
5p FIVE, THE:
3390
SITUATION ROOM:
688
-- SPICER & CO:
215
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
122
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2506
SITUATION ROOM:
663
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1371
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
210
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
76
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3080
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
712
REIDOUT:
1153
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
233
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3519
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
664
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1305
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
145
CUOMO:
123
9p HANNITY:
2980
CNN TONIGHT:
523
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1225
PRIME NEWS:
85
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
90
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2364
CNN TONIGHT:
453
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1452
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
119
BANFIELD:
66
11p GUTFELD!:
2283
CNN TONIGHT:
367
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1059
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
74
CUOMO:
72

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
177
NEW DAY:
54
MORNING JOE:
114
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
1
EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
232
NEW DAY:
55
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
13
MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
239
NEW DAY:
81
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
228
CNN NEWSROOM:
120
MORNING JOE:
97
NATIONAL REPORT:
4
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
220
CNN NEWSROOM:
132
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
61
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
252
AT THIS HOUR:
124
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
83
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
252
INSIDE POLITICS:
151
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
60
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11
BLUE BLOODS:
6
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
195
CNN NEWSROOM:
129
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
72
-- BLUE BLOODS:
7
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
196
CNN NEWSROOM:
112
KATY TUR REPORTS:
88
AMERICAN AGENDA:
12
BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
225
CNN NEWSROOM:
124
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
83
-- BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
204
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
142
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
127
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19
BLUE BLOODS:
27
5p FIVE, THE:
405
SITUATION ROOM:
120
-- SPICER & CO:
12
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
347
SITUATION ROOM:
158
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
143
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
15
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
410
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
171
REIDOUT:
119
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
493
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
185
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
121
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
4
CUOMO:
14
9p HANNITY:
358
CNN TONIGHT:
120
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
115
PRIME NEWS:
7
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
19
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
289
CNN TONIGHT:
91
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
126
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
7
BANFIELD:
26
11p GUTFELD!:
319
CNN TONIGHT:
91
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
111
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
5
CUOMO:
24

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Washington Post's Devlin Barrett

Devlin Barrett dropped a bombshell report detailing that former President Donald Trump took classified documents pertaining to Iran’s missile program and “U.S. intelligence work aimed at China,” home with him after he left the White House.

The report makes clear that the classified documents Trump took to his golf club, an apparent violation of the Presidential Records Act, “could expose intelligence-gathering methods that the United States wants to keep hidden from the world.”

U.S. intelligence agencies have been conducting a damage assessment related to the documents to ensure that American service members in the field are not at risk in case the contents of the documents leaked into the wrong hands.

Barrett succinctly details how unauthorized disclosures of certain information contained in the documents pose multiple risks to the nation.

"People aiding U.S. intelligence efforts could be endangered, and collection methods could be compromised. In addition, other countries or U.S. adversaries could retaliate against the United States for actions it has taken in secret,” the report noted of some of those potential damages.

Barrett reports that the documents Trump took related to Iran and China are “considered among the most sensitive” materials the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago, according to people familiar with the matter.

The FBI seized over 13,000 documents wrongfully take to Mar-a-Lago on August 8th, including 103 marks classified and 18 marked top secret, according to court filings.

Props to Barrett on a stunning report.

MEDIA LOSER:
Fox News' Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson vigorously defended Kari Lake, theGOP nominee for governor of Arizona, on Thursday night, decrying herelection denial critics as part of a lying, fake liberal media that’s waning in power.

Carlson attacked both Democrats and Republicans who are concerned with Lake’s election denial as being akin to “North Korean propaganda,” while slipping in a declaration that if Lake’s “election is fair, she will win.”

Carlson began the monologue by playing a few clips from MSNBC criticizing Lake. He showed political analyst Tim Miller saying, “Let’s be clear about just how radical the Kari Lakes and Blake Masters are. They’re nothing like the John McCain.”

“‘Oh, she’s an extremist. Kari Lake is extreme,’ scream the people who support open borders and late-term, sex-selective abortions, and the castration of children. She’s extreme, unlike us. She’s hurting democracy,” continued Carlson, getting animated.

Carlson went on to praise Lake for thriving despite her critics.

"She’s now leading the race in Arizona. If the election is fair, she will win,” he then declared, inadvertently revealing the very issue critics have with Lake.

While any American has the right to question election results and call for an audit and transparency in elections, critics argue Lake’s election denial is not about fair elections, but instead about ensuring her chosen candidate wins elections.

Carlson went further than simply backing an election denier running for office in 2022 -- which is bad enough. He propelled the baseless notion that a Dem win in Arizona would signal fraud, stoking an already present doubt in the nation's election system. 

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