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Tuesday Ratings: Fox News #1 In All Cable News, Total Viewers And Demo

 MEDIAITE 3 Hours Ago Tuesday Ratings: Fox News #1 In All Cable News, Total Viewers And Demo by  Dan Abrams On a news day jam-packed with Obama administration scandals, Fox News dominated the cable landscape in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. In both total day and prime time viewers, Fox beat CNN and MSNBC by more than 1 million viewers. Fox had 1.615M total day viewers and 2.190 total prime time. In total day, CNN came in second with 408K and MSNBC third at 364K. In prime time, MSNBC was second with 528K, while CNN was third 493K. In the demo, CNN beat out MSNBC across all shows, with  Piers Morgan 's 170K beat Rachel Maddow 's 154K at 9pm. In the 8pm time slot, MSNBC's  Chris Hayes  had a particularly poor showing, with only 88K demo viewers, falling far short of  Anderson Cooper 's 155K and  Bill O'Reilly 's 460K. Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings: TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) 5 pm The Five 373 Blitzer 139 Matthews...

Obama Lectures Congress on 'Partisan Agendas' as IRS Scandal Deepens

 BREITBART.COM 3 Hours Ago Obama Lectures Congress on 'Partisan Agendas' as IRS Scandal Deepens by  Tony Lee by  Tony Lee 15 May 2013, 4:31 PM PDT post a comment "Obama said, noting the IRS reaches" In a brief statement in the East Room of the White House, Obama also announced that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requested--and accepted--the resignation of acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller.  Miller had been informed in 2012 that the IRS had targeted Tea Party and conservative groups but did not inform Congress about it.  Obama said the White House intends to "work with Congress as it performs its oversight role"; he claimed everyone believes what the IRS did was "outrageous." He also said he has instructed Lew to "ensure the IRS begins" to implement the Inspector General's recommendations to prevent such abuse in the future.  "I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS," Obama said,...