Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RFK Ripple Of Hope; Paul Marotta / Getty Images Numbers Don't Lie: CNN, MSNBC Ratings Flip Upside Down from Trump's First Term to Trump 2.0 Fox News reigned supreme in 2025 with an average prime-time audience of 2.76 million, up 11 percent, while MSNBC and CNN struggled. By Randy DeSoto January 1, 2026
Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus FoundationCommentary She's Back for the Holidays! Former MSNBC Host Joy Reid Claims 'Jingle Bells' Is Racist The video claimed that the popular holiday standard was, in fact, a racist anthem about black people attempting winter activities. By C. Douglas Golden December 11, 2025
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Rachel Maddow's Once-Unthinkable Attendance at Dick Cheney's Funeral Exposes What the 'DC/NYC Regime' Is All About In the twisted politics of D.C., "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." And the enemy of the establishment is Donald Trump. By Joe Saunders November 21, 2025
MS Now / YouTube screen shotCommentary Woke MSNBC Is So White, It Just Hired Black Actors to Appear Diverse While Peddling Name Change The ad was part of the "Same Mission. New Name" campaign. It succeeded at convincing people of that, if just in all the wrong ways. By C. Douglas Golden November 12, 2025
MSNBC / YouTube screen shot ; Adam Gray - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Watch: Kamala Harris Squirms When Put on the Spot with Mamdani Question Harris' lukewarm response suggested that she still wants something from the establishment Democratic donors who remain wary of Mamdani. By Michael Schwarz September 23, 2025
@RitaNarducci / X screen shotCommentary Oh No! MSNBC Missed Horrible Acronym That New Logo Could Look Like - Utterly Humiliating and Very Un-Liberal “MSNBC's new logo needs rethinking,” one commenter on the new branding said. “Good advice for a dead news station,” another chimed in. By C. Douglas Golden August 22, 2025
Paul Marotta / Getty Images MSNBC Is Officially Dead - Its Replacement Is Already Being Mocked by All Sides The brand MSNBC is going the way of the dodo bird and will be replaced by the end of the year by a successor. By Randy DeSoto August 19, 2025
Dia Dipasupil / Getty ImagesCommentary Ouch: MSNBC's New-Look Lineup Is Off to a Horrific Start The poor performance of MSNBC's new lineup, particularly in the 25-54 demographic, hints at a bleak future for legacy cable news outlets. By Michael Schwarz May 9, 2025
@robbystarbuck / X screenshotCommentary MSNBC Staffers Realize Something About Rachel Maddow's New Boss: 'He Could Have a MAGA Hat at Home' "Mark Lazarus is a company man, a 'golf bro,' as someone who knows him professionally told me. His career began in sports media." By C. Douglas Golden April 26, 2025
Dia Dipasupil / Getty ImagesCommentary Jen Psaki Admits What MSNBC Is Really Up to When It Comes to Trump MSNBC host Jen Psaki just came out and said what everyone already assumed when it comes to covering President Donald Trump. By Samuel Short April 23, 2025