Freefalling media face grim prospects as reach, influence wane

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Instead, the most-listened to broadcast is the Joe Rogan podcast out of Austin, Tex., averaging 11 million viewers per episode.
45% : ABC, likely fearing what could be revealed in the discovery phase of a trial -- and knowing full well that Stephanopoulos' unambiguous words would simply be read back to a jury -- settled, paying Trump $15 million plus another $1 million in legal fees.
44% : But these efforts failed -- and as Trump swept his way to a resounding victory, his triumph underscored both the waning influence of the mainstream media and the public's disdain.
31% : An explosion of defamation suits: ABC News recently settled with Trump after anchor George Stephanopoulos repeated -- on 10 occasions in a single interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) -- that the former and future president had been "convicted of rape.
15% : "It was a lie, and Trump rightly called the former Clinton operative out on it, via a defamation suit.
11% : And all the while, they trashed Donald Trump and his supporters as fascist and uninformed.

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