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Who won the ratings race: Fox News or Donald Trump?
CNN ^ | January 29, 2016

Posted on 01/29/2016 7:29:18 AM PST by justlittleoleme

Donald Trump counter-programmed Thursday's GOP primary debate on Fox with his own prime time event. So whose show scored a bigger audience?

Answer: Fox's debate. But it was the second lowest rated debate of the season. So Trump is certain to take credit for hurting the channel's total viewership.

Fox News Channel's Trump-less debate had an 8.4 household rating, according to early Nielsen data from so-called metered markets.

This means 8.4% of American metered market homes with TV sets were watching the face-off.

By comparison, two of the cable channels that showed parts of Trump's event, CNN and MSNBC, had about a quarter of Fox's audience combined.

So Trump's rivals clearly came out ahead in the raw ratings.

The most recent GOP debate, televised two weeks ago on the harder-to-find Fox Business Network, had a household rating of 7.4.

So Thursday's debate was bigger -- but not by much. The other five GOP debates of the cycle have had household ratings ranging from 8.9 to 15.9.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debate; fox; foxgooglegopdebate; trump; trumpvetsevent
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To: Mollypitcher1

Isn’t that great! MSM is dishonest.


161 posted on 01/29/2016 10:28:08 AM PST by nclaurel
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To: pgkdan

Two things:

1. You failed to list even one conservative position Trump has maintained for the last five years.

2.Never said Trump hated this country. I said I could produce the videos of Trump promoting liberal ideas and praise of various high-ranking liberal Democrats. Learn to read.


162 posted on 01/29/2016 11:44:21 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: pgkdan

Agreed.


163 posted on 01/29/2016 11:55:11 AM PST by ShasheMac (www.needGod.com)
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To: SeaHawkFan

I said I don’t care about conservative vs liberal areguments anymore. Can’t you read!?


164 posted on 01/29/2016 12:18:14 PM PST by pgkdan (Trump 2016 ! And then put Ted Cruz on the USSC!)
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Thanks, FRiend, for the link to OAN. Saved to bookmarks, thanx again.
165 posted on 01/29/2016 12:41:20 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Your graphic is TRUMP dropping the nagging Cruzers out the nearest window. With sound effects. :)


166 posted on 01/29/2016 1:56:09 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Sometimes “caustic” can be good. :)


167 posted on 01/29/2016 5:19:06 PM PST by callisto (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: pgkdan

Just in time to run for president!!!


168 posted on 01/29/2016 7:45:38 PM PST by ontap
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To: RitaOK
Your graphic is TRUMP dropping the nagging Cruzers out the nearest window. With sound effects. :)

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."

Seriously. Trump must be laughing his ass off.

169 posted on 01/29/2016 8:50:52 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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