Tag Archives: Rachel Maddow

“One of the reasons why we never met with the North Koreans is out of the respect for the Chinese. When we cut that deal in 1953 — the armistice. China has grown. It’s now the second largest economy in the world. The president has a great relationship with President Xi. They obviously don’t like talking about that. And the …

Forbes reports: Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity went head-to-head with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, and it wasn’t even close. In October ratings released Wednesday by Nielsen, Hannity dominated cable news, finishing in first place with 3.2 million total viewers, well ahead of Maddow, who landed in third place overall with 2.5 million total viewers. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson took second place …

Politico reports: In the first week of the head-to-head battle between Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, the conservative heavyweight drew significantly higher ratings than his liberal counterpart. Hannity pulled out all the stops, bringing in Steve Bannon, Bill O’Reilly, Paul Ryan and Rush Limbaugh to boost his numbers. It appears to have worked: The Fox News pundit pulled in an …

L-O-L. Mediaite reports: At the end of his show Monday night, Sean Hannity informed his viewers that he’ll be returning to the 9pm time slot where his show began to make room for Laura Ingraham, whose show The Ingraham Angle will launch in October. “All of my career, I always started behind the eight ball,” Hannity told his viewers. “In …

Forbes reports: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow had the most-watched show in cable news in August, ending the month with 2.783 million total viewers, according to data released by Nielsen Media Research. It was Maddow’s second month in a row as No. 1.  Maddow narrowly beat Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, who had 2.679 million total viewers. The remaining shows in …

Via press release from MSNBC: For the first time in the network’s 21-year history, MSNBC finished the week as the most-watched cable network during weekday prime (M-F 8-11pm) in total viewers.  According to Nielsen, MSNBC ended the week of July 17-21 as the #1 cable network for all weekday prime, averaging 2.34 million viewers, ahead of FOX News at 2.25 …

The Hill reports: Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge weighed in on cable news “stress” in a Friday morning tweet, citing recent medical leaves of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Fox News’s Tucker Carlson while stating that “another host appears heavily drugged.” Drudge’s tweet referred to Carlson missing his Thursday program due to appendicitis and Maddow missing nearly two weeks of hosting …

Media Matters reports: Right-wing radio host Michael Savage called for a government takeover of media following a shooting at a baseball practice of Republican members of Congress. Responding to the shooting, Savage questioned whether Trump should “take control of Twitter” and asked, “Is it time for the government to take control of the out of control pirates on social media…who …

Via Mediaite: On Monday night, Sean Hannity went after MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, calling her MSNBC’s “top conspiracy theorist.” In a new segment where he calls out “liberal conspiracy theorists,” he began by re-airing the clip of Chris Matthews, or as Hannity calls him “Mr. Thrill Up His Leg,” admitting that the Trump-Russia conspiracy that “pursuers” kept pushing “came apart” …

Some of us were getting worried: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says she will be returning to her show Tuesday night after being absent since May 25. “I’ll be back on the air tonight — 9pm ET MSNBC. Huge heartfelt thanks to everyone who sent good wishes while I was out — happy to be back!” wrote Maddow. MSNBC on Tuesday announced …

Far-right extremist Brent Bozell, who is best known here for calling President Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead” during an appearance on Fox News, is leading a call for advertisers to boycott the Rachel Maddow Show. The move comes in retaliation for the boycott movement against Fox host Sean Hannity. Via Bozell’s outlet Newsbusters: Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell …

After weeks of rumors, this morning MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell acknowledged that his contract with the network may not be renewed. But O’Donnell might not be the only one departing. Via Mediaite: The air is thick with MSNBC intrigue: amidst a week of rumors that primetime host Lawrence O’Donnell’s days at the network are numbered, a Daily Beast report says …

The Daily Beast reports: Now that President Donald Trump’s 100-day milestone has come and gone, Rachel Maddow’s general assessment seems to be: It could be worse. During an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers Tuesday night, the MSNBC host said of Trump, “He does not understand the most basic things about what he is trying to pass when it …

Last night Rachel Maddow reported on the two anti-abortion and anti-LGBT activists just appointed by Trump. As I reported over the weekend, Theresa Manning, a former Family Research Council staffer, is completely loony tunes and has flatly declared that contraception simply does not work. But getting more attention is HHS appointee Charmaine Yoest, who has been busy in recent days …

From the Hollywood Reporter: President Donald Trump sounded off on MSNBC, Snoop Dogg, Alec Baldwin and his other public foes in a sit-down with Fox News’ Jesse Watters that aired Saturday. The Watters’ World interview, which took place just before Trump’s Nashville, Tenn., rally, kicked off with Trump voicing his thoughts on MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s decision to reveal two …

Via Mediaite: Bill Maher and guest Andrew Sullivan last night criticized Rachel Maddow for the “big nothing-burger” she unveiled to the public on President Trump‘s 2005 tax returns. Maher reaffirmed that he’s a big fan of Maddow’s, but what she unveiled was something that actually helped Trump. He said, “This is probably the best tax return he’s ever filed, which …

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just like the hundreds of others Trump has threatened to sue but never followed through. Fox News reports: Personal attorneys working for President Trump are weighing possible legal action against the cable news network MSNBC and a private journalist for reporting a portion of the president’s 2005 tax returns, a move the Trump legal staff believes could …

The Hollywood Reporter recaps: Stephen Colbert poked fun at MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday’s Late Show, following Maddow’s show on Tuesday night when she revealed two of President Donald Trump’s tax forms. “I hold in my hand something very significant,” Colbert said, dressed in Maddow’s signature blazer in front of a graphic that resembled the backdrop used on Maddow’s show. …

Politico reports: Fox News host Sean Hannity said Tuesday night that NBC News “is on a political jihad” against President Donald Trump after MSNBC host Rachel Maddow aired details from a portion of the president’s 2005 tax return on her show. The tax documents broadcast Tuesday night by Maddow show that Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005 on …

The New York Daily News reports: Take a wild guess at how President Trump reacted to the latest leak of his tax returns. Trump awoke early Wednesday morning to dismiss MSNBC’s scoop from the previous night as “fake news,” even though the White House confirmed the authenticity of the 2005 tax forms released by an anonymous source. Seven minutes later, …