SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

MY HEART BREAKS – FROM DAILY MAIL:    CNN is losing around a million viewers on average each night since President Donald Trump left office - and is down nearly 50% in the key 24-54 age group, a report said on Thursday.  The cable news channel had averaged 2.5 million prime-time viewers each night from November 4 through Inauguration Day on January 20, according to a Fox News analysis of Nielsen data.   But data shows the network averaged only 1.6 million total prime-time viewers from January 21, the day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, through March 15, according to the report.  CNN's overall prime-time viewership, from 8pm to 11pm Eastern Time, has dropped 36% since Biden took office in January, according to Fox News.   Meanwhile, since January 21 CNN's prime-time viewership of adults between the ages of 24 and 54 dropped a whopping 47% since Election Day.  The network also suffered a major hit to its daytime viewership.  CNN averaged 1.7 million total daytime viewers from November 4 through January 20 and has since suffered a 34% decline, Fox News reported. CNN has averaged 1.1 million daytime viewers since Biden took office.  Yes, caution is required since this report is based on statistics reported by Fox, a fierce competitor of CNN's.  However, the figures seem consistent with what we're reading elsewhere.  CNN became the anti-Trump network, and the anti-Trump network needs Donald Trump.  Without him, what do they do?  Report the news?  Who'll teach them how.  A really cool move would be for CNN to give former President Trump his own show, no holds barred.  I don't think they will.

March 17, 2021