* According to Nielsen Ratings, MSNBC’s prime time audience dropped 55% from Nov. 4 through Dec. 15. CNN experienced a 46.7% decrease.
* “The function of journalism and a free press is not confined to the presentation of news. Their function is to create continued debate, to provide a forum, to give opportunity for the expression of opinion.”–The late American journalist Dorothy Thompson.
* “You don’t hate the lying legacy media enough.”–Elon Musk.
* Merry Christmas: The NFL and NBA did their perverse part. Netflix set records for the most streamed NFL games in U.S. history on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, the NBA had its best holiday numbers in five years, according to Nielsen. BTW, there are no NHL games on Christmas, Christmas Eve or the day after Christmas.
* It’s expected that Matt Gaetz will soon join the One America News network. That should help ratings, if not credibility.
* Maybe the media needs an epiphany when it comes to overcovering the Epiphany cross toss and retrieval in Tarpon Springs.