{"id":37227,"date":"2018-03-06T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37227"},"modified":"2018-03-06T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T20:29:29","slug":"trump-hypes-fox-news-ratings-while-ignoring-the-success-of-rachel-maddow-and-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37227","title":{"rendered":"Trump Hypes Fox News Ratings While Ignoring the Success of Rachel Maddow and MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is something deeply disturbing about a president who obsesses about television ratings. Especially when it’s focused so narrowly on one particular network that serves as his biggest media booster. Donald Trump has spent more time on Twitter fawning over Fox News than almost any other single subject. He frequently tweets or retweets things he just watched<\/a><\/strong> on Fox and Friends or Hannity as if they were his closest advisors.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday morning Trump retweeted a post by his son Eric that celebrated Fox’s ratings performance in February. Why on Earth was this so important to someone who is currently burdened with a nuclear standoff with North Korea, Russian interference in American elections, a trade war that he instigated, children being massacred in schools, undocumented residents who have spent nearly their whole lives in the U.S. facing deportation, and so many other serious matters? It’s almost as if his only experience for running the country came from being a TV personality.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations @FoxNews<\/a>: Fox has 15 of the top 20 shows with @SeanHannity<\/a> and @TuckerCarlson<\/a> leading the pack at 1st and 2nd respectively. CNN has become totally irrelevant, down 19% from last year with only 1 show in the Top 25 (#24th<\/a>). pic.twitter.com\/5IcwYEbFRR<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) March 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n