Fox canceled Tucker Carlson’s show without notice. Since then, things have been looking good for Tucker – though, last I checked, he was still under contract with Fox News. As for Fox News, things are not as chipper over there in the wake of that change.
And Newsmax would like you to know about that.
After Tucker Carlson’s departure this week from Fox News, Fox’s ratings have tanked.
In fact, Fox’s ratings in the key 8pm ET hour have fallen by 59% as of this past Wednesday, according to Nielsen.
Meanwhile, Newsmax’s ratings are way up.
Please take a look at the massive increases below, with our 8pm slot with “Eric Bolling The Balance” up 261%!
Newsmax is on the rise, on TV, on digital, on emails – everything.
As you may know, I have not watched TV news for years. Most of it is nonsense pretending to be entertainment, and for as long as “news” is a revenue stream first and something pretending to be accountability much further down the list, I’m not interested in the product, even when it attempts to be something else first.
Sharing clips to bracket a story on these pages is about as close as I got to watching even Tucker, so no, I’m not watching Newsmax or trying to promote their product. But this is not the first time Newsmax has benefitted from major media stumbles.
As for Tucker, his future is not in doubt. Wherever he goes, much of his audience will follow, assuming he can negotiate his way out of his contract with Fox News. Until then, his hands are tied, and that appears to be the point of this exercise. Keep him sidelined in the run-up to the 2024 Elections.
