Media ratings decline after the former guy isn’t president

Conservative Publications Take the Biggest Post-Trump Media Hit https://t.co/FsdhX3EinR via @mediaite

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) June 29, 2021

NEW with @nrothschild3: In the months since former President Trump left office, news audiences have plunged — and publishers who rely on partisan warfare have taken an especially big hit. https://t.co/27qOonDjmB

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) June 29, 2021

As Trump and right-wing media point out that CNN & MSNBC’s ratings have come down from the highs of a pandemic, election, and insurrection, it is worth pointing out the same is true for Fox. For instance, in Q2 of 2020, Tucker Carlson averaged 4.3M viewers. In 2021, 2.9M viewers.

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 29, 2021

Kind of amazing how many people who should know better need to hear this, but comparing cable news ratings now to right after the insurrection in January is nonsensical. It's like saying CBS' ratings plummeted the week after the Super Bowl. Well, yeah….

— Brian Lowry (@blowryontv) June 29, 2021

EXCLUSIVE from me: THE ATLANTIC, which surged in 2020 amid Trump & Covid, faces hard path ahead. Subscribers have plateaued & started to decline. It lost $20m+ last year, will lose $10m+ this year and there are doubts about ever reaching profitability. https://t.co/UwjwABu8mH

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 13, 2021