Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the best of the O'Reilly update. Here's what's

happening today in America. It has been a dismal decade for America's network news operations.

Since 2015, ratings at ABC, CBFs and NBC have dropped double digits. Even iconic broadcasts like 60 minutes

are down. 60 lost 15% of its viewers in the last five years and its battle with Donald

Trump will cost them even more eyeballs. According to Pew Research, employment at the network news outlets

is down 25%. More than 27,000 jobs have left the industry. Last year, the entire media

business consisted of 90,000 full-time employees at newspapers, TV networks, or online agencies across the country.

Situation is even worse at the cable operations. CNN's ratings have dropped 25% since Donald

Trump's first term. So why are Americans tuning out? Well, many of them simply don't trust what they see. Recent polls

find half the population think the media is biased and it is. 60% of young adults blame

so-called fake news for their mistrust.

Now the networks are facing a new challenge, lawsuits from the White House.

In December, 2024, ABC News agreed to pay Donald Trump $15 million after George Stepanopoulos of GMA

inaccurately asserted that President-elect Trump was found guilty of rape.

He was not.

Trump is currently suing CBS News for $20 billion.

The president's lawyers assert that Kamala Harris was given favorable treatment

by 60 minutes, and that was election interference. The White House has filed similar lawsuits

against the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, and Facebook. And here's something else you might not know.

For the first time in half a century,

most Americans are no longer getting their news from television.

60% of the population now receives daily information

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