Trump Swipes at Maddow, MSNBC, and CNN Over Ratings Struggles: ‘Enemy of the People!’

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President Donald Trump called MSNBC and CNN the “enemy of the people” in a Truth Social post knocking Rachel Maddow.

Trump called the networks struggling with ratings a “good thing” because they are the “enemy of the people.”

“Wow! Rachel Maddow has horrible ratings. She’ll be off the air very soon. MSNBC IS CLOSE TO DEATH. CNN HAS REACHED THE BOTTOM. This is a good thing. They are the Enemy of the people!” he wrote.

Maddow recently returned to hosting her show five nights a week at MSNBC after a period of just hosting once a night a week. Fox News continues to pull a majority of the cable news-viewing public. According to end-of-year data, both MSNBC and CNN have seen more than 50% of their audience tune out since Trump’s election victory. Viewership, however, typically dives for cable news following an election cycle and the recent drop is on par with 2016. MSNBC has seen a recent uptick, scoring their highest rating this week since the election with an 82% higher rating than December’s average.

CNN is on the heels of knocking off 6% of its workforce (in a restructuring effort), and MSNBC will be spun off, along with other cable channels, by Comcast.

Trump recently put MSNBC into his sights in another Truth Social post where he questioned whether they should have the “right” to broadcast.

“MSDNC is even worse than CNN. They shouldn’t even have a right to broadcast — Only in America!” he wrote this week.

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