Fox News Keeps Winning While CNN and MSNBC Keep Whining
Fox News has once again left its competitors in the dust, dominating the cable news ratings in the third quarter of 2025. Not just dominating — it is pulverizing. The network secured 14 of the top 15 programs among total viewers and the ever-coveted adults 25-54 demographic. That is not a lead. That is a rout. That is the political equivalent of winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the Stanley Cup — all in one week.
At the top of the heap sits “The Five”, which averaged a jaw-dropping 3.7 million viewers. That is more than the population of some countries. Meanwhile, CNN is busy setting records of its own — just not the kind one brags about. The once-proud network reached its lowest primetime viewership ever. Yes, ever. MSNBC is not far behind, clinging to its one lonely spot in the top 15 with “The Rachel Maddow Show”. One show. One. The rest of the lineup? A parade of echo chambers and progressive group therapy sessions.
So why does Fox News keep expanding its lead while CNN and MSNBC keep shrinking into irrelevance?
The answer is simple. Viewers are not stupid. They know propaganda when they see it, and they know balance when they hear it. Fox News, for all its conservative leanings, actually invites dissenting voices. Left-wing panelists, liberal guests, and opposing viewpoints – with such left-wingers as Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, vice chairman of the House Progressive Caucus and Delaware Senator Chris Coons – making regular appearances.
Compare that to MSNBC, where the programming resembles a political cult meeting. There is no debate, no disagreement, and certainly no conservative voices. Just a steady stream of progressive sermons delivered with all the subtlety of a foghorn. CNN, once the gold standard of journalism, now seems more interested in chasing clicks than chasing facts. Its anchors look surprised when they report actual news, as if someone slipped it into the teleprompter by accident.
Fox News has held the top spot in cable news for over two decades. That is longer than most reality shows, political careers, and celebrity marriages. It is not a fluke. It is a reflection of what the American audience wants — news that does not insult their intelligence, reporting that does not come with a lecture, and commentary that does not sound like a college sociology seminar.
The success of Fox News is not just about ideology. It is about trust. Viewers trust Fox to tell them what happened, not what they should think about what happened. They trust Fox to challenge the narrative, not regurgitate it. And they trust Fox to educate and entertain them with non-political news without turning every segment into a therapy session for the perpetually offended.
In a media landscape littered with bias, spin, and sanctimony, Fox News stands out by doing something radical — letting people think for themselves. That is why “The Five” leads the ratings. That is why CNN is hemorrhaging viewers. That is why MSNBC is stuck in a feedback loop of its own making.
So let the analysts wring their hands and wonder why Fox keeps winning. The answer is not in the spreadsheets. It is in the living rooms of America, where millions of viewers have made their choice — and it is not the network that treats them like ideological livestock. It is the one that treats them like adults.
And that, dear reader, is why Fox News keeps expanding its lead. Because while the competition keeps preaching, indoctrinating and propagandizing, Fox keeps reporting — with a wink, a grin, and just enough humor to remind us that news can be serious without being sanctimonious.
Fox News doesn’t spin liberal propaganda. At least not as much. They have messed up a few times. By the way Larry , what happened with Dunger?
Harold blankenship … See, I told you Frank would be back with is usual nasty attack and childish name calling. The man is obviously devoid of self-respect and self-esteem. So, we all see what an unhinged obsessed hater sounds like.
Frank Danger is still around. Maybe just tired of repeating the same old crap. His ratio between words and new thoughts is pretty bad.
Larry is a pugnacious prick who picks a fight and then blames the other guy. See above.
Win-lose is his mantra.
Big fish, small pond is his life’s turf.
He can’t debate like a gentleman, just a gutter snipe.
Spanky laughs at him as he uses his Black daughter to sell books I gather he’s dumping at cost now. Still no reviews on Amazon, has he no friends?
How does he know I read occasionally? Makes you wonder who he’s tracking for.
Oh, batter up, shoulda let it go. Be writing at you soon.
Fire in the hole. Bang.
Like I said, Larry Horist is a big fish, small pond sort of guy who loves his cable news and thinks the world of it. He’s wrong. Cable news has less than 5 million viewers, the USA has 340m adults. The New York Times has 12 million subscribers.
There’s nothing wrong with being a big fish in a small pond, I was one once too. Then I joined corporate America to be a fair-sized fish in the world’s biggest pond of business.
Cable news is the small pond, there’s an ocean of media outlets where we get our news. I told Larry that, didn’t register. He’s pretty much not open to new ideas. Or reality. His small view is cable news, I ask: where do Americans get their news. What’s the rating on that? He’s at 10,000 feet, I fly at 30,000 feet. OK, welcome to the 21st century old man.
PEW, 9/25, says: “In a fragmented media environment with seemingly endless sources of information to choose from, Americans’ news habits have changed dramatically in the 21st century. Today, an overwhelming majority of American adults get news at least sometimes from digital devices.”
That’s right Larry, it’s a modern world with many forms of access: get hip like a zip and take a trip with me.
PEW says: “A large majority of U.S. adults (86%) say they at least sometimes get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, including 56% who say they do so often. This figure is almost identical to the share who said they at least sometimes got news from digital devices in 2024.
Digital devices are by far the most common way Americans get news, although a majority (64%) get news from television at least sometimes. This includes 32% who say they often get news from TV, which has has stayed fairly steady over the last few years.
Americans turn to radio and print publications for news less frequently. In 2025, 11% of U.S. adults say they often get news from radio, and 7% say the same about printed newspapers or magazines – both roughly the same as last year.”
Son of a gum. Basically, TV based news is somewhat fading, internet news is all the buzz, news-print is dying, except in digital form.
Basically, the big picture of where ALL Americans get their news has cable news in a corner. And in that corner, FOX does rule, but more at the cost of NewsMax, NewsNation and the like, not MSNBC and CNN.
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Here’s the big picture where America shops for news: *https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/news-platform-fact-sheet/#:~:text=In%20a%20fragmented%20media%20environment,say%20they%20get%20news%20from%20%E2%80%A6*
Hope you enjoy the news; I choose the NYTimes over cable every day.
More dung.
Probably Frank isn’t here is Americafirst decided NOT to post most of the time, so he doesn’t have me to terrorize anymore. He is the reason I don’t post anymore. When terrorists go just so far, we punt and stay away. So, when people start frightening us away, the website becomes heartless and useless. I have been made to feel worthless by him and Larry who sticks up for the far lefties here, not the ones who do the correct homework and tells the truth! The truth has become worthless on this supposed CONSERVATIVE website. It isn’t anymore. I prefer to only read the editorials and the posts except for today.
Americafirst … I was struck by your claim that Frank Danger and ME stick up for the lefties. If you have come to that conclusion about me, a CONSERVAITVE writer — and you see this site as a “supposed CONSERVATIVE (sic) website.” I have no idea what planet you live on. I have been accused of many things in my life, but never sticking up for lefties. Au contraire. And if you are “terrorized” by folks with different opinions — and in my case with conservative opinions — it is more likely paranoia that is the problem. Glad to hear will be remain a loyal reader.