It will be interesting to see the actual numbers compared against normal ratings. For example:
Scoreboard for Tuesday, January 26th Total Viewership .............(Live & SD):
Scoreboard for Wednesday, January 27th Total Viewership ........(Live & SD):
Thursdays numbers were not yet published at time of this posting. But those numbers should demonstrate any changes at either cable news outlet as it regards the numbers at FNC GoP debate vs. Trump's alt. fundraiser at CNN
In my opinion, a TRUE barometer would be "WHAT were the ratings for C-SPAN while Trump's event was being carried?"
I, and many, many others watched the entire event on C-SPAN UNINTERRUPTED.. and the phone calss from DEMS, Repubs, and Independents after it was over were ALL-100% PRO Trump.
C-SPAN Replay:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?403832-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-des-moines-iowa&live