It seems that the fiasco in Afghanistan has allowed liberal news viewers to escape the story.
Both the left and the media circles (yes, yes-I know) are shocked by how the media is willing to criticize President Biden’s question of how chaotic the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has become. So much so that some people in the media said that the entire disaster was actually exaggerated.
This is the position taken by Brian Stelter, showing that people have overemphasized the disaster.In his Sunday edition, he asked Matthew Dowd as a guest to agree and said that the media reported Has exceeded the topIn this regard, Stelter’s CNN colleague Clarissa Ward (who has been reporting on the scene at the airport in Kabul) described the incident as the most compelling story she has reported. Between Dowd’s dressing and Ward’s recommendation, it is not difficult to see the core of the story.
These desperate attempts to rationalize and explain these distressing events seem to have a ripple effect on the audience.The ratings of news programs this week on Sunday reflect a unique dichotomy, even according to sloping standardsf The day of the week.
Is this some kind of weird avoidance of Biden’s fiasco?
Fox ranked in the top 14 in Sunday ratings, Brian Stelter barely reached the 20th place, and MSNBC did not appear in the top 30 at all. pic.twitter.com/xX9YA4yuoq
— Brad Slager — Focus on laser (@MartiniShark) August 24, 2021
Fox’s dominance is not surprising, but the network’s position in the top 44 that day has undergone some changes. Then there is MSNBC, it hasn’t even entered the top 30? ! Although the network on that day was traditionally soft, if it slipped further than normal, it indicated that there was a problem with the audience. When global stories are played almost every hour, it seems time to see an increase in audience share.
Speaking of Stelter, his performance is still far below the level of his show Reliable Sources earlier this year. His return of over 850,000 viewers here is better than his performance in recent weeks, but due to his direct competition, this number has doubled. On FoxNews, Howie Kurtz has his own media analysis program, and his program Media Buzz often has twice the ratings of Stelter.
One contributing factor is that MSNBC has been playing down the crisis in Afghanistan throughout the week. This is indeed a case of avoiding news in the story. Throughout last week, the main news page of the network barely mentioned mining disasters. On Friday, the network appeared to be mainly focused on drama surrounding the “dangerous” game show.
Does anyone want to inform MSNBC about the news in Afghanistan? The front page didn’t mention it-they focused on “dangerous” masters.
It barely appeared in the headlines, but they did have a vague Wednesday:
“The embarrassing Trump truth about a possible new Taliban leader in Afghanistan” pic.twitter.com/yNbzkwLcpu— Brad Slager — Focus on laser (@MartiniShark) August 20, 2021
What seems to be happening is that those who wish to learn about new developments in the story will look for them elsewhere.
