2016 Election Coverage Shatters Cable News Records

Politico: “The 2016 election is proving to be a powerful force for Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, and all three of them are major beneficiaries of the chaos, drama and uncertainty that has surrounded the Republican and (to a lesser extent) Democratic campaigns.”

“To be certain, the nonstop onslaught of primary debates and town halls helped boost the ratings of the channels, but they were not necessarily the root cause of the ratings surge.”