Posted on 10/03/2018 1:55:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attracted more interest from television viewers during last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing than Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accuses him of sexual misconduct.
The audience during the peak hour of Kavanaugh's testimony last week was 35 percent bigger than for Ford's on the three top broadcasters and three cable news networks. Ford's audience was 18.76 million in the 11 a.m. hour, while 25.34 million watched at 5 p.m., the Nielsen company said.
Kavanaugh's audience was bigger on all of the networks, although the discrepancy was largest on Fox News Channel.
Some part of that difference can likely be attributed to common viewing habits: more people are usually watching TV as evening approaches than in the late morning. Whether any political favoritism is at play is open to interpretation.
"There was an inherent drama in the way the day unfolded," Christopher Isham, CBS News Washington bureau chief, said on Wednesday. Ford said she was 100 percent sure that Kavanaugh attacked her at a high school party, and he was equally adamant he didn't do it....
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Who cares?
How long did viewers subject themselves to the whiny voice until they flipped the channel?
After 5 minutes, I refused to watch that chick’s testimony. But my husband and I sat through the 2? hours of his.
Better theater. The mob wants its bread and circuses.
Was ‘He’ a ‘she’ in 1982??
...only thing missing in her testimony was the popping of bubble gum....
Ratings = Truth. A new low in America.
It is becoming clear that LSD is back in vogue with the Left.
I purposely watched only Kavenaugh. I did, however, follow the Freerepublic thread when Ford spoke.
I have 3 brothers and 3 sons, and a husband, and am so furious at all of this.
One of my conservative female friends and I like to joke that we’d give up our right to vote happily if all women gave up their right too. Except we’re not really joking. . .
Heh. I was the opposite. I watched hers.
Really?? I can’t imagine more than 5 minutes with that liar.
Can you imagine an Obama or Clinton presidency if only men could vote?
Those who understand things care. More people saw him magnificently defend himself and Graham’s scathing attack on the Demons.
The wife and I watched on C-Span, were we counted as viewers?
No interruptions, no commercials, better than watching one of the alphabet networks.
It actually was a beautiful set-up. Fraud’s examination was methodical, plodding and seemingly ineffective. It was very boring and then the Demons would get their turn to blather this made it hideously boring. So overall it was terribly boring which dampened any positive impact.
However, this was a set-up for the afternoon when the Judge just lowered the boom on these liars and mopped the floor with them. And Senator Graham utterly excoriated the Demons. It was an explosion which totally took the Demons by surprise and was very effective.
Meanwhile the boring questions elicited enough to catch Fraud in numerous lies.
Meanwhile the GOP was killing Fraud with kindness.
You are a much more patient person than I am, my FRiend. Are you a guy or a gal?
I am a man but appreciate your inability to determine my sex. It makes me feel good that I don’t reason in stereotypes.
I think women see through women better and men see through men better. Just my opinion.
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