President Trump on Thursday slammed cable morning shows and mocked CNN’s weak ratings.
In a post on Twitter, Trump lauded Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” for “blowing away the competition” in the early morning time slot. Aides say Trump watches the Fox morning show nearly every day.
Calling MSNBC’s Morning Joe” — hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski — a “dead show,” Trump also said CNN gets terrible ratings because of “too much hate and inaccurately reported stories.”
“Wow, @foxandfriends is blowing away the competition in the morning ratings. Morning Joe is a dead show with very few people watching and sadly, Fake News CNN is also doing poorly. Too much hate and inaccurately reported stories – too predictable!” Trump wrote.
The Fox a.m. show has about 50% more viewers than MSNBC, and three times the viewers of the CNN morning show, TV Newser reported.
In prime-time, Fox News Channel in July notched its 25th consecutive month as most-watched cable network, with an average of 2.4 million viewers.
“CNN fared the worst out of the big three cable news networks, placing 10th in primetime and 7th in total day. In primetime, CNN fell to Home and Garden Television, USA Network, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Hallmark Channel, and more,” The Daily Caller wrote.