Americans have a lower-than-ever opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a poll published Friday by Trafalgar Group. Just 28% of respondents approve of the VP, while 57% of those polled said they ‘strongly disapprove’ of how she is handling her job. US President Joe Biden is languishing at …
Read More »S&P, Fitch, and Moody’s withdraw Russia credit ratings
The globe’s three major credit rating agencies – S&P, Fitch, and Moody’s – withdrew ratings on Russia and Russian entities on Friday in order to comply with Ukraine-related European Union sanctions imposed on the country. The EU prohibited international financial institutions from rating Russia and Russian firms on March 15 …
Read More »Post-Trump ‘RATINGS DIP’ blamed for advent of ‘irresponsible’ Covid-19 news coverage that the White House wants to shut down
As the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on mask-wearing and reports of numerous “breakthrough” cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant made headlines in American media, one unnamed Biden administration official called the media’s coverage “hyperbolic and, frankly, irresponsible in a way that hardens vaccine hesitancy.” Speaking …
Read More »Watch out Macron & Le Pen? TV firebrand Eric Zemmour has topped French ratings with his takes on immigration, Islam and Napoleon
When French TV viewers turn on CNews tonight, no doubt they’ll be expecting political journalist and award-winning author Eric Zemmour to mention the 200th anniversary of the death of his hero, Napoleon. And the million or so viewers that tune in at 7pm from Monday to Friday to hear the …
Read More »Biden’s ratings MUCH lower than Trump’s least-viewed speech to Congress, but he did beat the Oscars
Only 200 or so people were inside the House chambers on Wednesday evening as Biden gave the first joint address of his presidency – not a proper State of the Union, as fact-checkers hastened to point out – but just 12.5 million Americans tuned in to ABC, NBC, CBS and …
Read More »Oscars plunge to lowest ratings in HISTORY despite panoply of stunts & pandering as audiences flee suffocating wokeness
The downward trend didn’t stop Oscar producers from trying valiantly to spice up the turgid blandness of the evening, but their heroic efforts nevertheless left a lot of empty seats (and empty sofas). If viewers thought last year’s awards ceremony – with just 23.6 million watching – was bad, they …
Read More »Be careful what you wish for: New York Times celebrates Trump’s Twitter ban, but post-Donald ratings aren’t looking good
Donald Trump was a master of branding, and never missed a chance to heap scorn and ridicule on the paper he dubbed the “failing New York Times.” The paper gave as good as it got, hitting Trump for four years with sniping commentary and investigation, often with little regard for …
Read More »Covid-19 has been ‘really good’ for CNN’s ratings, WarnerMedia CEO says at Morgan Stanley conference
Jason Kilar – CEO of WarnerMedia, which owns the cable network – appeared at Morgan Stanley’s “Technology, Media and Telecom” virtual conference on Thursday, where he was asked about CNN and whether it could keep up its current “momentum.” “I’d say that it turns out that pandemic is a pretty …
Read More »Google DELETES 100,000-plus one-star ratings of Robinhood app after enraged retail traders pile negative reviews over GameStop ban
After Robinhood controversially stepped in and made the “risk management decision” to block the purchasing of stocks being made unusually popular thanks to the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, its app on Google Play was inundated with reviews from unsatisfied customers. The app’s near-perfect rating stumbled to just one star on Thursday after …
Read More »TV ratings battle? Trump & Biden to hold competing town hall events in lieu of scrapped 2nd presidential debate
NBC News announced that Trump has signed on to a town hall event, moderated by ‘TODAY’ anchor Savannah Guthrie, which will take place on the same evening and at the same time that Biden will be fielding questions from voters in Philadelphia. The Republican incumbent will converse with a group …
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