In the good news, bad news department, there's one group in America who made off like bandits during the Worst, Least Issue-Oriented, Most Informationally Valueless Presidential Race Ever. The cable news channels did great!
President-elect Donald Trump's dramatic presidential candidacy catapulted the three cable news networks to their best year ever, with each outlet experiencing record-breaking numbers, according to end-of-the-year ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Fox News crushed its opposition this year, but CNN and MSNBC both saw gains as well. And it's all due to Captain Blowhard and the Blowhardeers. Blowhardateers? Blowharders?
Joe Concha, a media columnist at The Hill, agreed, though he said Trump didn't "deserve all the credit."
"Those who were loyal watched every rally, hung on every tweet, watched every cable news segment debate. Those who loathe him watched every rally, hung on every tweet, watched every cable news segment debate," Concha said.
Yeah, well. Car crashes get better ratings than safety videos. We may be on shaky ground as a democracy, but the nation’s trapeze and high-wire acts continue to be great.