Rachel Maddow’s slow-walk reveal of President Trump’s decade-old tax records on Tuesday night did not earn her much journalistic praise. More than 4 million people tuned in on Tuesday to watch Ms. Maddow’s report on MSNBC, the biggest audience in her show’s nine years on the air. Ms. Maddow drew 1.1 million more viewers than her Fox News rival, Tucker Carlson, who typically dominates the 9 p.m. time slot. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnd Ms. Maddow seemed to strike a nerve at the White House. As for Mr. Carlson’s interview with Mr. Trump on Wednesday, cable-news ratings for that evening were not yet available on Thursday.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2017 00:07 UTC