I’M SURPRISED THEY’RE EVEN THAT HIGH, TO BE HONEST: Don Surber: Bad war coverage, bad ratings: TV audiences down 42% from the Persian Gulf War. “Elon Musk, meanwhile, said X broke a record in engagements on the first day of Epic Fury, a record users broke the next day.”

Plus: “People want the news but the cable news channels don’t deliver news. They deliver panels. Usually the panel is a black guy, a white guy and three ladies.”