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Keith Olbermann: Joe Scarborough Hasn’t Been the Same Person for Three Straight Years

Keith Olbermann has criticized MSNBC host Joe Scarborough’s comments about Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman.

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7 months ago

October 28, 2022

Joe Salzone

Keith Olbermann has criticized MSNBC host Joe Scarborough’s comments about Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman. The “Morning Joe” co-host opined after a debate Tuesday between Fetterman and his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

“John Fetterman’s ability to communicate is seriously impaired,” Scarborough said. “Pennsylvania voters will be talking about this obvious fact even if many in the media will not…This is painful to watch regardless of one’s politics.” Thursday on his Countdown podcast, Olbermann reacted.

“Who in the hell do you think you are, Scarborough? Everybody who has ever known you – anybody who has ever known any of the 10 or 20 different Joe Scarboroughs who have darkened our horizons – everybody knows your ability to communicate has been seriously impaired for 30 years!” Olbermann said.

“Never mind Joe Scarborough’s impenetrable dialect and frequent malapropisms. What he has said through the length of his public career has been “painful to watch regardless of one’s politics” and it has rarely been the same thing twice. Things he has said have not been honest, not been true, not been consistent, not been anything but self-serving and destructive.”

Fetterman continues to recover from a stroke and has used closed captioning devices to understand questions. Olbermann called Fetterman’s performance during the debate Tuesday “miraculous and inspirational,” then restated his own history with head trauma.

“At the age of 21, I stupidly ran head-first into the side of a New York subway train. Fortunately, I escaped with nothing more than a serious concussion. Nearly all the symptoms cleared within six months. But some pertaining to depth perception and vision are now in their 42^nd year and I do ocular muscle exercises that help considerably. In fact, I did them this morning.”

Joe Salzone

Joe Salzone is a news media writer for Barrett News Media. He’s a native of Long Island and has been involved in the radio industry since he was 16 years old. Currently, he serves as the News Director for the Cayuga Radio Group and hosts Ithaca’s Morning News on WHCU. His radio career has included stops at SiriusXM, Galaxy Communications, WGBB, WNYG, and the Finger Lakes Radio Group. He can be found on Twitter @JoeSalzone.

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Fox News Average Viewers Dropped 32% in May

“ Newsmax saw an increase in viewership, gaining 70% to reach 298,000 prime-time viewers.”

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3 hours ago

June 2, 2023

Maddy Troy

Fox News Channel experienced a significant decline in prime-time viewership in May, following Tucker Carlson’s departure. The channel’s average viewers dropped by 32% to 1.42 million, compared to April’s results of 2.07 million, according to Nielsen ratings.

Despite the decrease, Fox News Channel maintained its position as the cable news network with the highest ratings. MSNBC’s ratings came closer to Fox’s, trailing by just 260,000 viewers, with an average of 1.16 million total viewers. MSNBC lost 12% of its prime-time viewership compared to the previous month.

According to Media Post, CNN also experienced a decline in viewership, losing 16% in May compared to April, with an average of 416,000 viewers. It is worth noting that these results included a highly-rated Town Hall event featuring former President Trump.

On the other hand, Newsmax, a conservative news network, saw an increase in viewership, gaining 70% to reach 298,000 prime-time viewers.

Analysts suggest that Newsmax benefited from Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News at the end of April. Carlson had the highest viewership among all cable TV news programs in April, averaging 3.1 million viewers. Following Newsmax was Nexstar Media’s “NewsNation” with 94,000 prime-time viewers, which had an average of 101,000 viewers in April.

In terms of total day viewership, Fox News Channel remained the leader. However, all three major networks experienced a decline compared to the previous year, with Fox at 1.09 million, MSNBC at 736,000, and CNN at 416,000 viewers.

“The Five,” Fox’s roundtable program, was the highest-rated prime-time cable news show in May, attracting 2.63 million viewers.

In the overall rankings among all cable TV networks for the month, Fox News Channel secured the third position, trailing behind TNT and ESPN. TNT and ESPN claimed the top two spots in prime-time for cable TV networks, with 3.1 million and 2.5 million average viewers, respectively. This success was largely due to their coverage of high-profile NBA Playoff games.

Maddy Troy

Maddy Troy serves as a writer and editor for Barrett News Media, with a specific focus on media business, advertising, and podcasting. You can find her on Twitter @Troy_Maddy.

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Fox News Shakes Up Weekends As Steve Hilton Exits

“The new shows are set to launch this weekend.”

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5 hours ago

June 2, 2023

BNM Staff

Steve Hilton is leaving his Fox News show. He will still be a contributor to the network, but he will take on a new full-time role with what the network calls a “California non-partisan policy organization” that will debut next week.

The exit of Hilton comes on the heels of Dan Bongino’s decision to leave the network. While both moves were the decision of the hosts and not related to layoffs at the network, they do leave Fox News with some holes to fill.

Mediaite reports that Fox will rebrand The Big Saturday Show and The Big Sunday Show as The Big Weekend Show. It will air at 7:00 on both weekend nights. No host has been announced.

Another new show is joining the weekend lineup too. Fox News Saturday Night will air Saturdays at 10 pm. A host has not been announced for that show either.

The new shows are set to launch this weekend.

BNM Staff

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Laura Ingle Latest Victim of Fox News Layoffs

“A source told Mediaite that the cuts are not related to the more than $787 million FOX will pay to settle the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.”

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5 hours ago

June 2, 2023

BNM Staff

The financial belt is getting tighter at Fox News. Mediaite reports that Laura Ingle was let go by the network on Thursday. She had been a reporter there since 2005.

Ingle came to FOX from radio. She had been a reporter for KFI in Los Angeles. She had also worked in Sacramento for KFBK.

Greta Van Susteren was not a fan of the decision. She took to Twitter noting that she was the one that advocated for the network to hire Ingle in the first place.

Fox has gone off the deep end..they just fired @lauraingle .. a great reporter who I had Roger Ailes hire in 2006..and why did they fire her? So that Rupert and his sons can add more to their bank accounts and they already have more than they can ever spend.. #greed
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June 2, 2023

Van Susteren left FOX in 2016. She said that she couldn’t help but think that had something to do with Ingle being let go.

I know Rupert Murdoch hates me because I walked away from him and my Fox contract (I may have been first and only)..but I never thought he was so greedy that he would fire a great reporter like @LauraIngle to save himself a few dollars..I am so glad I told Rupert “I am out of…
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June 2, 2023

A source told Mediaite that the cuts are not related to the more than $787 million FOX will pay to settle the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.

BNM Staff