Posted on 07/31/2019 11:49:58 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update, Part II (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
We here at the Campaign Update have laughed out loud for the last 3 years as CNN’s ratings have collapsed like a treehouse built like a Bernie Sanders acolyte. – Now, the fake news channel’s collapse has rubbed off on its cherished Democrat Party and it’s presidential debates.
Last night’s first of two debates aired solely on CNN this week plummeted from the 15.3 million viewers who tuned into the debates held in late June to just 11.5 million, according to the final ratings released this morning by the Neilsen Media Research group:
CNN’s broadcast of the Democratic debates on Tuesday night attracted 11.5 million viewers, according to final ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research.
Some 8.7 million people tuned into CNN while the CNN Digital live stream attracted 2.8 million.
The first of two debates from Detroit was watched by approximately 4 million fewer people than the June 26 debate broadcast by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, which attracted 15.3 million viewers for the broadcast from Miami.
Oh, my.
Neilsen attributes some of the collapse to the tough competition the Democrat Clown Show faced from airings of “The Bachelorette” on ABC and “America’s Got Talent” on NBC. But if the Democrat field also had talent, wouldn’t concerned Americans tune into their debate and catch “The Bachelorette” on their DVR, sans commercials?
Contrast these ratings to the GOP debates during the summer of 2015, all of which drew well over 20 million viewers, even the fiasco that was moderated by the raging nitwits from CNBC. Critics will contend that that was mainly due to the presence of Donald Trump, but the proper reply to that is yeah, and he won the election, so what’s your point?
The big danger going forward here for the DNC is the stunning lack of public interest in their jalopy clown car. The DNC is already scheming to rid the field of anyone who does not toe the party line – witness what they’ve done to Andrew Yang this week – which most likely means that actually interesting and entertaining outliers like Marianne Williamson, Yang and Tulsi Gabbard won’t be on-stage for the next rounds of debates this fall.
These three actually interesting people are the only attractions for anyone to the political right of Fidel Castro to actually watch these debates – without them, the only people tuning in will be the same collection of lunatics, nitwits and malcontents who live their entire lives making all the noise on Twitter and Facebook.
Newsflash to the DNC: That is not a winning strategy.
But please, don’t listen to me. Carry on.
That is all.
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And I would not be surprised if the amount of viewers for the last 20 minutes of the debates was half what it was for the first 20 minutes.
Where did you get these numbers?
Wikipedia, which I know is unreliable, shows a significant drop in viewers after the first 2 debates.
“A CNN-Level Collapse: Dem Debate Night 1 Ratings Fall by 25%”
I guess that means their overall rating was -25%.
I listened to 1 and 1/2 hours of this blithering idiocy, with each trying out smart the other, in their zeal to go as far left as possible.
There was one fellow who practically made sense, as it seemed he could do math and understood economics.
I thought “Why is this guy a democrat”
Have no idea who he was and doesn’t matter...
Hope the ratings tank by another 25% tonight!!
One thing America needs is a major liberal network whose viewers keep leaving in droves month after month. Thank you, CNN.
CNN’s ratings are in the tank. FNC swears Trump will lose to Biden.
It is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. It’s more entertaining to watch sharks on TV than the “Sharts” of the Democrat Party
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So which is it?
Ignore you or become your mindless follower?
One of us is confused, sunshine.
Well it’s their own fault they picked CNN
I was playing a video game at the time...
One of us is always confused, and it never seems to be me.
Right.
But please, don’t listen to me.
Follow me on Twitter
Pick one, Bloggy McBlogface.
Come on, homey. Seek that fame! Let's see how you do it!
Let me try to help, humble.
When he says “But don’t listen to me” he’s talking to the DNC (continued from the previous line) because he wants them to keep doing stupid stuff.
The “follow me on Twitter” line is standard for the end of all of his blog posts (which BTW I enjoy very much).
Besides, I thought you would appreciate this guy because he ALWAYS posts his blog entries here in their entirety, which is what you’re usually griping about.
I usually do unless his fake humility contradicts his fame seeking.
I don’t see it as “fake humility” to tell an opponent to continue doing things that are failing for them, but whatever.
Carry on.
If he is “telling opponents” then why is he posting it here?
He calls his material the “Daily Update”... who is he updating?
What makes him think we are so ignorant as to need his guidance?
Seems like an arrogant prick to me.
>>>But please, don’t listen to me.
Follow me on Twitter<<<
“So which is it?
Ignore you or become your mindless follower?
One of us is confused, sunshine”
His first comment was directed at the Democrats he was lambasting, but you already knew that. (sunshine)…
I’m not sure that following him on Twitter makes one a “mindless” follower. That’s what the Rats say about us Deplorable types who read POTUS Trump’s Tweets.
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