Fox’s Sean Hannity beat MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in both total viewers and in the key demographic of viewers age 25-54 Friday, helping boost Fox News to viewership wins in prime time, as the annual CPAC convention got underway in Florida. CNN averaged the most viewers in the demo in total day, while Fox was most-watched overall.

In the 9 p.m. hour Friday, Hannity had 2.68 million total viewers, and 368,000 in the demo. The Rachel Maddow Show had 2.41 million total viewers and 331,000 in the demo. CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, also at 9 p.m., was third in the hour, with 1.58 million total viewers and 306,000 in the demo, according to data from Nielsen.

Fox won in total day viewers Friday, averaging 1.54 million total viewers, and was second-highest in the demo in total day, with 219,000. MSNBC was second most-watched overall, with 1.39 million total viewers, and 173,000 in the demo. CNN was first in the demo for total day, averaging 239,000, and was third in total viewers, with 1.04 million.

Fox dominated prime time, with 2.52 million total viewers and 363,000 in the demo. MSNBC was second in total viewers, with 1.98 million, and third in the demo, with 265,000. CNN had the fewest average total viewers, with...

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Mediaite's Colby Hall makes the case:
Mike Lindell is not just play-acting as an unhinged conspiracy theorist insisting that the 2020 election was stolen, he’s like that in real life! Or so it appears in the video taken by Mediaite’s own Aidan McLaughlin, who caught up with the MyPillow CEO in the halls of CPAC just in time to get screamed at about stolen elections, Mediaite, and Fox News.

Anyone familiar with the unique political media world in which we find ourselves knows that Lindell has played a curiously pivotal role in the opinion media ecosphere. He is a massive sponsor on all networks, in particular Fox News, and has long been currying the favor of former President Donald Trump by applying the baseless claim that President Joe Biden only won the general election through some sort of vote theft.

Lindell’s origin story is a fascinating one. He is a self-described reformed crack addict who found religion, founded his own company, and impossibly, became a central figure in the 2020 election. I will refrain from spoiling the details of the video embedded above, which was taken on Sunday after Lindell spent the afternoon cheerily greeting a horde of supporters and giving interviews to the likes of OAN and RSBN.

When asked for an interview,
Lindell really took things up a notch.