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Calacanis: NYT pivoted to partisan activism to drive subscriber growth
“When Trump came in, a generation of new journalists became activist journalists. They didn't want to tell stories and take it straight down the middle and let the facts tell the story and let the audience make their own decision. They felt an existential risk.…”
Greenwald: Donald Trump saved MSNBC and The New York Times from bankruptcy
“Back in 2015, most of these news organizations were on the brink of collapse. Every MSNBC host was on the verge of being fired, you know, a couple of months away from being fired because nobody was watching. The New York Times had severe financial difficulty. …”
Sacks: Tucker Carlson gets more young Democratic viewers than CNN or MSNBC
“Tucker Carlson now gets more young Democrats listening to his show than CNN and MSNBC”
Friedberg: Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC are losing their audiences rapidly
“Fox News is losing an audience. CNN is losing an audience. MSNBC is losing an audience. I mean, their audiences are gone. Like, they're just vaporizing right now.”
Greenwald: Polling shows over 90% of MSNBC and NYT consumers are Democrats
“You just look at polling data, that 95% of the people who watch MSNBC and 93% of the people who read the New York Times and trust it identify as Democrats.”