Rachel Maddow’s 9 o’clock show beat every other prime time show during the week of March 6. This made her thoughtful, fact-filled show Number One for adults 25-54 years old in her time slot with an average 624,000 viewers. Maddow even beat the lying, racist pandering Bill O’Reilly of the Fox Propaganda channel. (http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show)
The left-leaning, educated, articulate Maddow also thumped – by 14% – her direct competitor and newcomer Tucker Carlson This is a big victory for MSNBC over Fox Non-News. On average, Maddow had 2.62 million viewers during the ratio period, an eight-year high and MSNBC’s narrowest margins – about 1% – against Fox News to date.
It’s no secret that during Trump’s roughly 50-day chaotic transition that Maddow is one of the most analytical and critical of the new administration with her verified facts that backs up her analysis. When she speculates, it as framed as what is known and what is being inferred – unlike Nit Tweet Trumps groundless accusations, viz Obama tapped his line among many others.
Thus, you could argue that MSNBC is the loyal opposition to the GOP government. This is something we desperately need. There are times that try men’s souls. It’s Payne-full to endure Trump. As a result, the always vindictive, always bullying Trump is only granting his royal presence to Fox False-News for interviews. Let’s hope this is enough to sink that lying organization.
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
