I think I figured out why Tweety sounds so pleading & desperate

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11. MSNBC has seen a huge drop off in viewship, CNN has seen a rise. The average audienece for

MSNBC is about half a million, roughly the same for CNN. Not many people. In that setting there is no such thing as 'better lead in' or 'popular show' and nothing they have is strong enough to help a show coming after it. Sharpton, Bashir, it matters not, both have tiny audiences comprised largely of the same viewers. Also, MSNBC has no 'true news shows' at all, not even one, all of their shows are commentary and opinion. They do not have reporters in the field and none of the hosts are anchors, they are chat show hosts. They are all 'yakkers' Rachel of a more uptown style, but she's a yakker, not an Anchor.
I'm saying, show me what in the numbers makes you think any of this makes sense. Bashir and Sharpton have similar tiny audiences to Chris and his tiny audience.