Fox News falls behind MSNBC and CNN on a tough news day for Trump
by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2018
3 minutes
Call it the anti-Trump bump.
Fox News has enjoyed a surge in cable ratings as the destination of choice for President Trump's supporters.
But the conservative-leaning network - typically the top-rated channel - scored a rare third-place finish in prime-time ratings Tuesday in the advertiser-coveted 25-to-54 age group, behind CNN and MSNBC, according to Nielsen data.
The ratings dip came on a day many pundits described as the worst of Trump's presidency, a one-two punch of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion, and his former lawyer
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