From Trump to #MeToo: A Dizzying Year in TV News<br />Michael M. Grynbaum: President Trump ended his final interview of the year by warning<br />that “newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes.” He’s not wrong!<br />Big salaries, big ratings, big perks.<br />1, even as it resurrected throwbacks like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, a sign<br />that audiences were more turned on by ideology than by personality.<br />Thanks to the daily press briefings at the White House, people like April Ryan, Jim Acosta and other workaday journalists became boldfaced names.<br />John: But let’s also consider this: The #MeToo movement ended the careers of Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose.<br />Michael: A man also known as “Who?”<br />John: And the biggest network transfer of the year — Megyn Kelly to NBC, at a cost of about $17 million in salary — got off to a rough start.<br />And Americans, seeking clarity amid the noise, turned to networks like Fox News and MSNBC in record numbers.
