Brian Stelter: “It ought to go with out saying that Trump, a creature of TV rankings, wished to out-rate the CNN debate. And on Thursday the in a single day Nielsen report card confirmed he succeeded: Fox and Trump averaged 4.3 million TV viewers, whereas CNN’s telecast with DeSantis and Haley averaged 2.5 million on the identical hour.”
“Earlier than the numbers landed, although, I heard from a rival TV information govt who was flabbergasted by Baier’s admission that the Trump city corridor timing was ‘not our selection.’”
“’It’s their air!’ the chief exclaimed. ‘Who’s in management?’”
“The reply is self-evident. Fox is falling in line identical to many of the remainder of the GOP.”
