Rachel Maddow Conquers Cable News With Informed Facts, Analysis & Civic Truth

Rachel Maddows Conquers Cable News With Informed Facts, Analysis & Civic Truth

All key news channels have higher ratings in the time of Trump. But MSNBC as a network and Rachel Maddow as the front person for informed analysis and less spin -- in contrast to say the ego-consumed Chris Matthews on 'Hardball' -- is showing the boys club how it's done.

The July 21, 2017 Nielsen ratings put The Rachel Maddow show not only in a dominant position in the 9 pm time slot but with an audience that exceeded competitors Fox News  'The Five' and CNN's Anderson Cooper combined. Maddow clocked 2.938 million total viewers last Friday, compared to 1.987 million for Fox and 1.073 million for CNN.

Trump's War on Press Is a Key Signal of Authoritarian Objectives in Repressive Societies

GATEWAY PUNDIT FOUNDER JIM HOFT WITH LUCIAN  WINTRITCH AT TRUMP/TRUDEAU AT JANUARY 2016 PRESS CONFERENCE

Trump's War on Press Is a Key Signal of Authoritarian Objectives in Repressive Societies

The Trump administration stepped its assault on the media today, barring news outlets including CNN, the New York Times, Politico and the Los Angeles Times from attending an off-camera press briefing held by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. 

The controversy came hours after President Trump again launched a full-frontal attack on the media -- the #fake media, he clarified in his Friday morning CPAC speech. The problem is that Trump is on the record calling the New York Times, CNN and countless other high-level media organization as perpetrators of #fakenews. So his clarification falls on fake ears. 

The Wall Street Journal did participate in the briefing, issuing a statement that the newspaper was unaware of the exclusions. "Had we known at the time, we would not have participated, and we will not participate in such closed briefings in the future."

White House deputy communications director Raj Shah insisted this was all much ado about nothing. 

Today's events follow Trump's top strategic adviser Steve Bannon's CPAC confab yesterday in which he said that the Trump White House intends to ramp up attacks on the media, insinuating that very choppy waters lie ahead. 

We haven't confirmed if Lucian Wintritch, founder of Twinks4Trump -- an artist now with White House press credentials in his role as a reporter for Gateway Pundit --was in the selective gaggle. Read on for an in-depth analysis of Trump's war on the press.