Articles: CNN: From Fake News to Fudging Ratings?

Articles: CNN: From Fake News to Fudging Ratings?
"CNN has reacted very badly to the political rise of President Trump, promulgating fake news and presenting an echo chamber of negative commentary.  
Now, the struggling news channel appears to be trying to manipulate the ratings.

...Because analysis of TV ratings is both a science and an art aiming at a moving target, CNN put out a “spin city” news release insisting that it beat MSNBC during the month of July 2017, “CNN #2 in Total Day in July Among [Viewers] 25-54.”

Adding Fake Ratings to Fake News?

Analyzing the cable news ratings for Monday August 21, the night of President Trump’s 9 P.M. E.D.T. speech to the nation – his first address as the commander-in-chief in prime time – I observed a strange anomaly which is being reported here exclusively. 
First, it should be noted that the viewers of cable news that evening were at least twice as numerous as the typical number for a weekday night because of the major public interest in the president’s address. 
This benefited all three news channels...

Screen Shot CNN Monday Aug. 21, 2017 9:14 P.M.

Official Transcript CNN 9-10 P.M. Monday Aug. 21, 2017 confirming the hour credited to “AC360” consisted of President Trump’s address and Rep. Paul Ryan’s Town Hall

On Monday, MSNBC and FNC described their programming from 9:01 to 9:27 P.M. E.D.T. (or 9 to 9:30 P.M. in the case of MSNBC) as “Pres Address-Afghanistan” (FNC) and “MSNBC Special Coverage” (MSNBC), instead of The Five and The Rachel Maddow Show that normally air at 9 P.M. CNN, however, told Nielsen it was airing “Anderson Cooper 360,” even though, as with the other channels, President Trump was on CNN during that entire time. 
This means, in effect, that the ratings surge provided to CNN during that half hour by viewers tuning in to see President Donald J. Trump – ironically CNN’s nemesis – will be attributed to the lagging Anderson Cooper program!

Read on.
They lie!