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ABC's David Muir sees newscast ratings decline after controversial debate performance
FoxNews ^ | September 17, 2024 | Brian Flood

Posted on 09/17/2024 11:01:19 AM PDT by Robwin

ABC’s "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir may have driven away some viewers after the Disney-owned network irked conservatives during last week’s presidential debate.

Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis fact-checked former President Trump five times without ever correcting Vice President Kamala Harris, prompting a plethora of conservatives to suggest the debate wasn’t fair. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America even called for a correction after Davis made an abortion claim made during the debate during one of the fact-checks on Trump that the group said was "100% inaccurate."

Muir’s "World News Tonight" averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the three episodes following the debate, after averaging 7.6 million in 2024 leading up to the debate.

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KEYWORDS: abc; abcnews; abcwhistleblower; broadcastlicense; davidmuir; muir; ratingsdecline; tds; whistleblower
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To: dfwgator
Seriously, who watches network news anymore?

They probably leave the channel on after watching the local weather report to go make dinner.

-PJ

21 posted on 09/17/2024 11:32:36 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Robwin

I am one.

Watched him fairly faithfully until the debate.

NO MORE

Can watch ADAM-12 reruns


22 posted on 09/17/2024 11:38:55 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Robwin

The decline is very significant because the audience is truth believers that expected ABC to knock this “lie” out of the park. Instead ABC has ignored it and these true believers are like characters in a Greek Tragedy who just found out everything they believed all their life is a lie.
Will all of them stay away maybe; maybe not but some will and that is a net plus for us.


23 posted on 09/17/2024 11:41:52 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Robwin

Anyone who’s watched ABC’s 20/20 knows just how much their “reporters” are so full of themselves. They put on mock interviews of themselves, making them part of the story they are covering. It’s phoney and barf inducing.


24 posted on 09/17/2024 11:46:02 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Robwin

Cool.

I never watched David Muir. Otherwise, I’d be happy to contribute to the broadcast’s decline.


25 posted on 09/17/2024 11:48:11 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: rktman

HA HA !


26 posted on 09/17/2024 11:58:45 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: chopperk

David only thinks about male butts with his middle leg. And that leg despises normal people.


27 posted on 09/17/2024 12:26:49 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: ridesthemiles

Really? Every story is lased with lies and propaganda.


28 posted on 09/17/2024 12:28:27 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Robwin

My brother-in-law is fairly conservative but he watches Good Morning America like a zombie every weekday.


29 posted on 09/17/2024 12:34:51 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Propaganda media


30 posted on 09/17/2024 12:41:40 PM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: Robwin
There are still plenty of fanatical Trump-haters around to watch ABC and the other legacy media.

I had never heard of David Muir until he was mentioned as a moderator for the debate. Some poster on FR referred to him as a homosexual so I tried to verify that from what I could find online. It seems that he has not openly said he is one but that that is his inclination, whether exclusively or only predominantly.

31 posted on 09/17/2024 12:50:09 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Robwin

David Muir, that’s ok, David plays for the other team, he’s one of those things we call a corn-holer.


32 posted on 09/17/2024 1:11:15 PM PDT by kawhill
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To: Robwin

People want a news reader anchor who they can trust and who has gravitas. Muir fails both those tests with flying colors.

What network exec picks these losers?


33 posted on 09/17/2024 1:13:58 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

What network exec picks these losers?


The ones who toe the Corporate Media line.


34 posted on 09/17/2024 1:18:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I would get stressed out watching the national “news” until I heard Rush say, stop watching it. I haven’t listened to a talking head in years.


35 posted on 09/17/2024 1:46:50 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: dfwgator
My Mother and all her friends at the retirement home. They are all in their 80’s and beyond. They vote Democrat , especially, if the husband is dead and voted R all his life.
36 posted on 09/17/2024 2:18:43 PM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Robwin

CRIME IS DOWN.

HES A LIAR.

WHO WOULD WATCH A LIAR ? NOT ME.


37 posted on 09/17/2024 2:19:55 PM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-in)
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To: Robwin

Prick is down nearly a million viewers, make it two and make it permanent America!


38 posted on 09/17/2024 2:34:57 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Pearfect

He maintains a house in Skaneatles. Yes?


39 posted on 09/17/2024 2:43:14 PM PDT by Kudsman (Cat lives matter.)
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To: wardaddy

those are nielsen ratings

abc still gets paid by cable tv subscribers

cut the cable tv

stop funding them


40 posted on 09/17/2024 3:14:08 PM PDT by joshua c
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