Trump fatigue finally setting in?
by digby
Oh, my my my. I think this is an ominous sign for Trump world:
MSNBC ended the week of Dec. 21st with the #1 cable news ratings on television, beating Fox News for the first time in 17 years. For the Monday through Friday leading up to the Christmas holiday, MSNBC averaged 1.558 million total viewers, while Fox averaged 1.541 million and CNN averaged 975,000. It was the first time MSNBC finished first for a week since September 2000. It was also the fourth week in a row that MSNBC beat Fox News in the 8-11 p.m. primetime hours in both total viewers and the 25-54 news demo. The Rachel Maddow Show was the most-watched cable news program of the week with over 3.2 million total viewers (compared to about 2.3 million for Sean Hannity). The long-awaited MSNBC ratings victory comes amidst a coordinated advertiser boycott of Tucker Carlson’s primetime Fox News show after the host claimed immigrants make America “dirtier.”
I don’t know if this means fewer cultists are tuning in or if people who don’t usually watch cable news are tuning in to MSNBC. But something is changing, at least for the moment. Maybe Trump’s schtick is finaly getting old. Back in the day the Republican used to push the concept of “Clinton fatigue” which was defined as supporters getting tired of all the drama.
Clinton was an amateur compared to Trump when it comes to drama. The Republican ginned up many scandals but the administration still functioned at a high level and the world didn’t worry that the US was being run by an incompetent. This is very different.
Up until now, Trump’s supporters have been sticking with him come what may. But maybe his act is finally getting old. This would logically be a first sign of it. He’s a TV creature like no other.
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