CNN is claiming that more people watched the U.S. Capitol riots than anything else ever on their network.

One TV blog that mainly just posts press releases from TV networks, wrote, “January 6, 2021 will officially go down as the most-watched day ever for CNN, which launched in 1980.”

That is the spin that is being put out by the PR folks at CNN.

CNN media critic Brian Stelter writes, “It was the most-watched day in the history of CNN, surpassing previous record highs on 9/11, Election Day 2008, and Election Day 2016. Several days of Election Week 2020 were also among CNN's highest-rated days in history, but the insurrection coverage topped them all."

But is it true?

Come on, this Is Jeff Zucker’s CNN, of course, it’s not true.

It’s not even the most-watched day on CNN in January.

This story published by the LA Times On January 23, 1991, at the start of the Gulf War says, “CNN’s prime time viewership exploded that evening from its normal 560,000 to an astonishing 11.4 million. That was more than even the networks reached in cable markets.”

I’ll admit I’m not a math whiz, but I’m fairly certain that 9 million is less than 11.4 million.

Facts First?

Hmmmmm….where have a heard that before?