CNN is Number One And It Has Very Little To Do With Politics

 YES, THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE:  CNN has been kicking ass  and I think I know why.

It's not so much which way you go political leaning. I watch FOX more than I watch MSNBC and I'm a center-left guy.

I actually like and enjoy FNC's non-talk performers such as Brett Baier and Chris Wallace. They give me more information and I like the fact they at least try to be objective and anchor with little bias. As I said, they try.

CNN's dominance is more a tactical success, I believe, than its overall coverage. As a breaking news entity, CNN is a go-to because viewers just expect immediate play from the scene of the crime. When the Capitol attacks began to get more urgent, I quickly went to CNN, not so much because I have any overt political bent, more just I know and expect CNN would have reporters on the ground and immediate information.

I was not disappointed.

Fox, as loyal their core demo is and still rigidly right-wing el fresco, doesn't do right-away theatre very well. It's not a crime, they just gravitate more to opinion than they do to the actual goings-on there at the dateline. It's not a knock just an acknowledgement of what's apparent. MSNBC has great reporters and as much resources as does CNN and FOX, it's just they don't cater to immediate news either. They tend to rely, like Fox, on their commentary panel. It's their thing, nothing wrong with that, but CNN is sort of "here it is now." 

I know a lot of people who don't like CNN's political purge, or what they perceive as a purge or bias but they still watch CNN, at least at the start because they know what their getting; it's not so much political edge, just a brand that is doing what it tells us all, the masses, what we expect from them. 

The ratings confirm that.