"I love the poorly educated," Trump famously said after polls showed they contributed to his Nevada caucus win in 2016. Turns out he had - and has - good reason. Voters who are poorly educated about
the facts of key campaign issues - including inflation, immigration and violent crime - are much more likely to vote for Trump than Democratic rival Kamala Harris, according to new research released
Thursday by Ipsos' political tracking team in what was their last monthly campaign briefing before the 2024 presidential election.
There are significant differences in news preferences among registered voters, both for TV and online sources.
Combating accusations of fake news, falling ad revenue and lack of staffing are the biggest concerns of journalists worldwide.
Conservative-leaning TV news stations and networks are coming clean with how they feel about the monetization of news as billions of political ad dollars -- destined to hit record amounts this year
-- are poured into TV stations.
Trust in Joe Biden's media brand has slid from his initial post-election bounce, but remains above water with more than half of Americans surveyed this month by Brand Keys indicating they trust his
brand.
Fox Corp. has now finished its upfront deals at "unprecedented" business revenue levels, with 20% gains in cost-per-thousand viewer pricing for its linear TV business and higher overall revenues,
similar to other network groups.
I only ask because I'm growing weary of the harangue of Fox News "media relations" execs kvetching when I express my views that advertisers are culpable in all the damage the network does because they
provide the financial support for Fox News to do it.
While Fox News Channel remains the dominant source for political news among Republicans, especially conservative ones, newer TV news rivals Newsmax and OAN (One America News) have made significant
inroads. According to a new study released this morning by the Pew Research Center, 43% of Americans overall got news from Fox News in the past week, while only 10% got it from Newsmax and 7% got it
from OAN.
"We envision Tubi becoming a $1 billion business and a core pillar of Fox," said Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corp. CEO, during an earnings phone call with analysts.
The October lead-in to the election should have been a period of intense audience interest for major conservative news sites, yet many of the biggest experienced significant audience erosion vs.
October 2019, according to an analysis of Comscore data by TheRighting.
Conventional thinking believes the TV-focused Donald Trump -- with his seemingly always-on media messaging and tweeting profile -- would want to own a TV network/platform.
The President's interview on Fox News Election Day morning marks his 100th on the network, marking a symbolic milestone for an industrial complex that has been very bad for American democracy.
A startling insight from Ipsos suggests many Americans won't accept the outcome of next week's election because they come from another planet: Fox News.