According to a new book written by former chief media correspondent for CNN Brian Stelter, the executive producer of Fox News star Jeanine Pirro called her a “reckless maniac.”
A section of Stelter’s upcoming book, “Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy,” was leaked before it was published in the Daily Beast’s Confider email. It explained Pirro’s connection to Fox News executives.
According to the book, Fox News management orchestrated Pirro’s promotion to regular co-host on “The Five” as a demotion because her weekend show, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” which has since been canceled, served as a primary platform for disseminating the false narrative that Dominion Voting Systems was involved in the purported manipulation of the 2020 election. Afterwards, Fox News and Dominion came to a $787.5 million settlement.
“Pirro was a problem,” two anonymous sources told Stelter, “because of her stubborn, slavish Trumpiness and because she had clashed with Fox executives who had grown tired of her histrionic shenanigans.”
Additionally, it was revealed that Pirro had charged the management of “censorship” for making suggestions on the opening monologues of Justice with Judge Jeanine, her weekend program.
According to an earlier filing in the Dominion lawsuit, Pirro’s executive producer had referred to her as a “reckless maniac” because of her out-of-control behavior. Stelter claims that in the end, Fox cancelled her show because of her carelessness.
Pirro was relegated to The Five, where she lost the ability to write her monologues and choose the guests she interviewed, citing “nobody wanted to deal with her,” according to one of the insiders.
Strangely enough, Pirro’s “demotion” to “The Five” brought her a far higher audience.
Demotion is “completely inaccurate,” according to a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke with Mediaite. The source said, “You don’t get demoted to the number one show in cable news that’s on five nights a week.”
Only CNN and MSNBC had an increase in viewers over the previous year, with Fox News continuing to lead all cable news networks in October.
Fox News’ prime-time viewership fell to 2.12 million, a 7% decrease from October 2022. CNN’s viewership increased by 16% to 722,000, while MSNBC’s increased by 12% to 1.33 million. Fox News averaged 256,000 in the 25-54 market, down 13% from the previous year; CNN averaged 167,000, up 25%; and MSNBC averaged 132,000, up 16%.
Overall, compared to a year ago, Fox News’ 1.36 million viewers decreased by 8%, while MSNBC’s 895,000 viewers increased by 19% and CNN’s 600,000 viewers increased by 12%. Fox News’ average audience of 25–54-year-olds decreased by 15%, while MSNBC and CNN had increases of 23% and 17%, respectively.
With 3 million viewers, Fox News’ The Five was once again the most watched cable news program. With 2.58 million viewers, Hannity ranked second, ahead of Special Report (2.21 million), The Ingraham Angle (2.17 million), and Jesse Watters Primetime (2.58 million).
The next four shows, with an average of 316,000 adults aged 25-54, were Hannity (300,000), Gutfeld! (292,00), Jesse Watters Primetime (270,000), and The Ingraham Angle (244,000), according to Deadline.
An average of 2.5 million people watch Rachel Maddow’s Monday night show, according to MSNBC.
With each new advancement, the networks declared themselves winners. Fox News asserted that its primetime audience surpassed the combined numbers of CNN and MSNBC. Both CNN and MSNBC reported gains in their overall day audiences; CNN said that their increase was the highest since March 2022 and that it accounted for the largest percentage of all of its competitors’ growth.
In the meantime, NewsNation’s weeknight primetime programming saw a 38% rise in the 25-54 market and a 23% increase in overall viewers. The final week of the month was also the network’s highest-rated week overall, averaging 67,000 viewers and 13,000 in the 25–54 demographic.
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