Statistics from the Standard Media Index, which tracks media income, showed that Fox News took the biggest hit of any cable news operation. Advertisers were still spending the most for 30-second spots for Fox News personalities, even though costs were down significantly. A 30-second spot this September cost $12,200 for “Tucker Carlsen Tonight,” and $8,500 for Sean Hannity’s program. Several advertisers left Hannity’s program this year after he pressed a discredited conspiracy theory about Democratic National Committee worker Seth Rich, who was killed in a robbery. A Stop Hannity effort succeeded in persuading a number of advertisers to quit the program, Media Matters reported.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2017 07:41 UTC