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Joe Rogan, one of the most popular podcast hosts in the world, hammered former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and praised her predecessor, Kayleigh McEnany.
During his “Joe Rogan Experience” show on Monday, he compared McEnany, former President Donald Trump’s press secretary, to former NBA star Michael Jordan.
“It’s a weird job in the beginning, right? To begin with, because it’s a job where you’re not even asking the president, you’re asking this White House, press secretary,” the host said.
“The only one who was good at the — that girl McEnany,” he said.” What’s her name? Kay — Kayleigh McEnany. The one who worked for (Donald) Trump, that lady was a fu**ing assassin. That lady had like binders with like footnotes and anyone would say some s**t she’d say ‘That’s interesting because actually, CNN said this’ and then she would like to quote it back to them and stuff it in their face. That lady’s the best ever at that job,” he said.
“She’s the fu**ing Michael Jordan of White House press secretaries. She’s a fu**ing wizard. She was great at it. Unfortunately, she was working for Trump, so she didn’t get any of the credit she deserved for, you know, being so good at that,” he said.
As for Psaki, he said that “She was a propagandist.”
“She just f***ing flat-out lied on not just one occasion, multiple occasions,” the host said. “I mean, maybe they had a narrative that they told her, maybe these were talking points, maybe that’s her job.”
“Most of it, the hard questions were all by Peter Doocy on Fox News,” he said. “He was, like, the only guy that was pushing back against her.”
Joe Rogan OFFICIALLY ENDS Jen Psaki's miserable career with BRUTAL comparison to SAVAGE Kayleigh McEnany 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ts5gruSG8B
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 29, 2022
It comes as McEnany had more fantastic news this month.
Her show, “Outnumbered,” is crushing the competition on other major news channels — primarily CNN and MSNBC — in her time slot, according to the newest viewership data released earlier this week.
In addition to drawing in more overall viewers, ‘Outnumbered’ also topped competitors in the 25-54 age demographic which is sought after most by advertisers.
“‘Outnumbered’ got almost three times as many viewers as CNN’s ‘Inside Politics’ and did more than triple MSNBC’s show in the timeslot, Andrea Mitchell Reports, which continues to hemorrhage viewers,” Slay News reported on Tuesday, citing Monday’s viewership figures. “McEnany’s daytime show also crushed some of CNN’s primetime lineup, beating Don Lemon 1.768M to 649K.”
Here are the viewership figures for the ‘Outnumbered’ timeslot, which airs at noon EDT:
Fox, OUTNUMBERED: 1,768,000
CNN, INSIDE POLITICS: 605,000
MSNBC, ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 580,000
Newsmax, JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 152,000
Newsnation, BLUE BLOODS: 171,000
In addition, Fox News essentially dominates the day in total viewers:
CNN: 539,000
Fox News: 1.71 million
MSNBC: 917,000
Here is the breakdown for the 25-54 Demo:
CNN: 110,000
Fox News: 229,000
MSNBC: 112,000
While August has started off well for Fox News, the network dominated July ratings as well, just as it has for more than a year.
“FNC just completed its 18th consecutive month as the most-watched basic cable network in total day, averaging 1.35 million total day viewers in July 2022, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. Fox also averaged 194,000 adults 25-54 in total day for July. Compared to the previous month of June, however, Fox News lost -2% in total day viewers and -8% in the total day demo. How about Fox News primetime? The network remains far and away No. 1 in cable news, but shed -3% in total primetime viewers and -8% among the primetime demo vs. June,” Ad Week reported.
The report added:
On the programming front, The Five continued to make history, finishing the month of July as the most-watched cable news show for seven out of the past eight months. The roundtable talk program averaged 3.2 million total viewers, and 410,000 in the 25-54 demo at 5 p.m.
At 8 p.m., Tucker Carlson Tonight completed the month as the top-rated program among adults 25-54, averaging 482,000 in the measurement, and finishing No. 2 in total viewers with a 3.1 million average. Additionally, Fox News delivered The network the four-most-watched cable news shows and the top 15 of the top 16 cable news programs in the 25-54 demo for the month of July 2022.
