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Viewership numbers skyrocket on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” as Kanye West sat down for an interview with Carlson.
A total of 3.59 million viewers tuned in, which outpaced “The Five” at 3.37 million viewers.
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Typically, “The Five” receives the highest viewership in all of cable news.
In the most coveted age group for advertisers between 25 and 54, Carlson also received the most viewers.
West opened up about politics and religion during the interview. He said the mainstream media has a “godless agenda.”
“I perform for an audience of one, and that’s God,” West said.
“They said stuff like, ‘people get killed for wearing a [MAGA] hat like that,’ they threatened my life,” West told Carlson.
“They basically said I would be killed for wearing the hat. I had someone call me last night and said, ‘Anybody wearing a White Lives Matter shirt is going to be green lit.’ And that means, beat them up if they wear it,” West added.
“I’m like, green light me then,” he said. “God builds warriors in a different way.”
More on this story via Western Journal:
Overall, Fox News picked up about 1.9 million viewers on average during the day Thursday, almost 25 percent more than CNN and MSNBC combined.
The other outlets fared a little better in that key 25-42 demographic, combining to garner nearly 90 percent of what Fox News managed to bring in on its own. (I know that’s still pretty pathetic, but I’m trying not to rub it in too much.)
The ratios weren’t exactly the same in prime time, but they were close enough that I won’t bore you with more percentages.
It’s fairly easy to see why “Tucker Carlson Tonight” did so well Thursday. There were plenty of revelations — like the fact that Kim Kardashian was never more than a cellphone call away from former first lady Hillary Clinton even during their marriage, and West never even knew it.
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