Rachel Maddow has made the top spot again for killer ratings, helping boost MSNBC to the most-watched cable news network in prime time Monday, while consistent demo viewership helped CNN capture the highest number of viewers in the key A25-54 demographic. 

The Rachel Maddow Show — which broke some exclusive reporting from NBC News about developments in the Rudy Giuliani investigation — was the most-watched show in all of cable news, with 3.38 million total viewers and 529,000 in the demo. Tucker Carlson Tonight had the second-most total viewers, 2.93 million, and 371,000 in the demo. Fox’s The Five had the third-most viewers of the day, with nearly 2.6 million total viewers and 322,000 in the demo. Hannity — which was guest hosted by Jason Chaffetz –was fourth, with 2.34 million total viewers and 302,000 in the demo. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell had the fifth most-watched show of the day, with 2.32 million viewers and 294,000 in the demo.

In prime time, MSNBC averaged 2.63 million total viewers, and 381,000 in the demo. Fox News had the second-most viewers overall, 2.36 million, but had the fewest in the demo, with 315,000. CNN had the fewest total viewers, 1.74 million, but won the demo, with 406,000 younger viewers.



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During an Outnumbered segment on media hostility, Fox News host Kennedy lobbed very personal schoolyard taunts at CNN’s Brian Stelter on Tuesday. The irony was not intentional.

On Tuesday, the Fox talk show held a segment on personal attacks the media aims at conservatives. The grievances included a Washington Post cartoon that depicted President Donald Trump’s backers in his attempt to overturn the election as rats. The segment also took issue with Stelter’s Reliable Sources monologue arguing that right wing media is furthering “radicalization” of the country.

Lawrence Jones called the commentary “disgusting”, and Emily Compagno argued that Joe Biden’s calls for national reconciliation are hollow. Kennedy added that free speech must be protected no matter how “abhorrent, simplistic, overly busy, unreadable,” or “unpopular” it might be, and then she ripped into Stelter, supposedly quoting conservative commentator Stephen Miller. (Who pointed out on Twitter that he doesn't actually say what Kennedy attributed to him about Stelter.)

"I’m going to steal a line from Stephen Miller: Taters gonna tater." said Kennedy. "He might be the most unsophisticated analyst in the history of media analysis. He’s not just ham-fisted, he’s ham-headed."

Ignoring the beam in one's own eye is intrinsic to the personal insult game. It's what you might call "not a good look."