And I was really surprised that the viewers INCREASED over the last (January 14) Republican debate. IMPRESSIVE!
Viewership increased compared te last debate b/c not all cable carriers carry FBN. But don’t let that take away from your giddy goosebumps over His High Holiness Saint Rafael Cruz of Manitoba.
“And I was really surprised that the viewers INCREASED over the last (January 14) Republican debate. IMPRESSIVE!”
No, put into perspective it is not at all impressive.
The first Fox News debate got 22 million; last night’s debate was a decrease of 9 million viewers or a 41% drop.
The January 14 debate was on Fox Business, and had the lowest viewership of all the debates - BECAUSE Fox Business is not included in the lower tiers of cable and satellite channel lineups. Far less people had access to Fox Business. For the first Fox Business debate, the channel was unbundled (ie, available). For the debate you speak of, it was not - therefore less people could watch it.
BUT ALL channel lineups contain Fox News. That it barely exceeded the Fox Business debate means a lot of people CHOSE not to watch it.
You're easily impressed. This debate drew half the audience the first one did on FNC.
The only debate with lower ratings was on Fox Business, which reaches 30 million less households than FNC.
The CNBC debate outdrew this one.
What a bad article. Of course it increased over a debate on Fox Business - that channel isn’t in a third of the houses that FoxNews is.
Fox reaches many more households than Fox Business. Its a dumb comparison.
Better to compare with the last Fox debate, and it’s down 50%
If Cruz people will spin truth like this then I can’t see myself ever coming over to that side. One of the things conservatives of all kinds hate is spin and PC. This is PC spin. The debate was a dud ratings wise and buzz wise.
Comparing the "improvement" of Fox News ratings vs. Fox Business News ratings is like being shocked a Buick beat a Yugo in a drag race.