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Presidential Debate Viewership Falls From 2016 To 73.1 Million; Fox News Tops Ratings
Deadline ^ | September 30, 2020 | Ted Johnson

Posted on 09/30/2020 9:33:43 PM PDT by be-baw

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1 posted on 09/30/2020 9:33:43 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: be-baw

I’m rather surprised. I thought for sure this would break all records.


2 posted on 09/30/2020 9:40:04 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: be-baw

Do these figures include people who watched live-streams on YouTube?


3 posted on 09/30/2020 9:48:26 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: be-baw

All for Trump....bare minimum for Sleepy Joe.


4 posted on 09/30/2020 9:49:48 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: be-baw

With the immoderate Chris Waffler spinning the helm hard to the left...who is surprised?


5 posted on 09/30/2020 10:02:56 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: be-baw

Hmmmm...reports I heard on the radio this morning were that the numbers were UP and a new record set.


6 posted on 09/30/2020 10:04:18 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: be-baw

I wish that C-SPAN viewers were included. I watch all debates on C-SPAN, only!


7 posted on 09/30/2020 10:20:26 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

We watched on OAN. Love them!


8 posted on 09/30/2020 10:26:14 PM PDT by publana
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To: be-baw

Surprising.


9 posted on 09/30/2020 10:26:30 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: be-baw

Fire Chris Wallace.

Have Emerald Robinson moderate a debate.

After that, have Tucker Carlson moderate a debate, and watch the world change.


10 posted on 09/30/2020 10:28:17 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: caseinpoint

I don’t think so. The article says the tally is from the 16 networks who showed it. I was wondering the same thing. Is there any way to measure viewership via streaming?


11 posted on 09/30/2020 10:29:21 PM PDT by be-baw
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“I wish that C-SPAN viewers were included. I watch all debates on C-SPAN, only!”

I watched it on OAN. I don’t know why C-SPAN, OAN and others would not be included in the ratings. Then again, maybe they are...

“The numbers are from Nielsen and include 16 networks.”


12 posted on 09/30/2020 10:30:25 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: publana

No actual commercial interruptions on C-SPAN, plus they show live prep of the presidential debates/vice presidential debates up to an hour before the debates, which I like.


13 posted on 09/30/2020 10:31:27 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: aquila48

It probably depends on when the measured the audience. I spoke to six casual acquaintances today about it, and five of them said they turned it off after no more than ten minutes because it was an idiotic waste of time.


14 posted on 09/30/2020 11:03:15 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("ThereÂ’s somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: Arcadian Empire
Have Emerald Robinson moderate a debate

Wouldn't that disrupt everything including daylight savings time?

15 posted on 10/01/2020 4:21:24 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: aquila48

If it did break records, do you really think they’d be honest about it?


16 posted on 10/01/2020 4:31:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Getting people to tune out early was likely the intent.

I’m sorry so many obliged.


17 posted on 10/01/2020 4:32:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Having the stupid thing start at 9:00PM on the East Coast didn’t help. Even when I was an avid NFL fan I never watched Monday Night Football games for that very reason.


18 posted on 10/01/2020 4:59:02 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("ThereÂ’s somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: be-baw
People had already seen that scene in "Forrest Gump"


19 posted on 10/01/2020 5:25:26 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Joe Biden: Barack Obama minus the pretty talk.)
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To: aquila48

Dems don’t want to look at their candidate so they don’t have to admit he’s a con job.


20 posted on 10/01/2020 5:26:53 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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