Fourth Estate


Sean Hannity Comes out Swinging for New Timeslot’s First Week

When Fox News announced that Sean Hannity would be moving back to the 9 PM timeslot, many noticed that this would be pitting Hannity, one of the, if not the, highest-rated hosts on the network against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who regularly has the highest-rated program in cable news in total […]


CNN Charges Ahead with Health Care Debate

On Monday evening, Senator Susan Collins announced her opposition to the Graham-Cassidy health care reform bill. The decision effectively killed the bill in its current state with its current opposition which could have had a significant impact on CNN’s Monday night health care town hall that was supposed to focus on […]


CNN Announces Bipartisan Health Care Debate

On Thursday evening, CNN announced that it will hold a health care debate Monday night with Senators Bernie Sanders (I/D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The network is advertising the debate as one on “the fight over Obamacare.” However, CNN executive director of political programming Mark […]