CNN tops MSNBC in July

In July, thanks in large part to the sudden passing of Michael Jackson, CNN reclaimed second place from MSNBC in weeknight prime time among cable news networks.

According to this afternoon’s press release, CNN beat MSNBC in weekly prime time in both total viewers (1.28 million vs. 868,000) and in the 25-54 demographic Read More

Dobbs’ Ratings Dip Down

Lou Dobbs frowned. It was the night of Friday, June 5, and the CNN anchor was in front of the cameras, reporting the news that President Obama had created a new position in the White House—a so-called “pay czar” who would monitor executive compensation at businesses bailed out by the government.

“The number of Read More

Zimmerman: Spitzer Should Go

Robert Zimmerman–a Democratic National Committee member and one of Hillary Clinton’s major New York-based fund-raisers–appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight last night and essentially called for Eliot Spitzer’s resignation.

When asked, Zimmerman said he does not think the governor should survive the revelation that he patronized a prostitution ring, "If the facts are as Read More

Lou Dobbs Does a Bulworth Routine For Floyd Abrams

Earlier today, Space.com founder and noted (illegal) alien-phobe Lou Dobbs sat down with Constitutional scholar Floyd Abrams in front of an audience of journalists and immigration advocates as part of Columbia Journalism School’s “First Amendment Breakfast Series.”

Viewers of Mr. Dobb’s CNN show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, would not have been surprised by his populist-tinged tirades Read More