Nielsen: McCain’s speech draws more viewers than Obama’s — while airing on fewer networks

hotair.com ^ | September 5, 2008 | Allahpundit

[Free ThinkerNY]

Just across. BET and TV One apparently decided that with Barry O already pulling 90-95% of the black vote, they needn’t bother turning any precious airtime over to McCain. In fact, all four nights of the Democratic convention aired on both networks. The GOP convention didn’t air at all.

Do note: Palin finished just shy of both candidates in total audience running on only six networks, two fewer than McCain and four fewer than Obama. Telemundo and Univision didn’t bother with night three coverage.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””BET and TV One apparently decided that with Barry O already pulling 90-95% of the black vote, they needn’t bother turning any precious airtime over to McCain.”””

It is sad that BET and TV One did not air the Republican convention. But I guess the Democrats and the Black Leadership would not want their minions to ever know the truth.

[DallasDeb]

I loved the “zero” symbol at the convention—a replacement for the “O” hand sign.

[calex59]

I don’t think they showed the entire RAT convention. At least they were fair. BET could be fined for not showing both. Couldn’t they?

Nope, they can't be fined, we don't have the fairness doctrine any more, which is just great. Bet can show who they want, when they want, and that is the way it should be. If we go crabbing and complaining about things like this we are just opening outselves up to a repeat of the fairness doctrine, we don't need that sh**.

[Bubba_Leroy]

It doesn’t matter, because BET is correct, hardly any black people are voting for McCain.

And BET wants to keep it that way.

[Candor7]

RACISTS!

[donnalee]

I am far from a legal expert but thought this issue is more about "equal time" regulated by the FEC. I remembered it being raised a few times in the past year. I guess opinions are conflicted on how it applies to cable stations. Is Stephen Colbert Breaking the Law?

[Starboard]

BET wants to keep its viewers on the Democrat Plantation.

[Republican Wildcat]

That’s pretty amazing. Palin vs. Biden’s ratings are even more dramatic.

I wonder if the media will hype the fact McCain just broke the record like they did for Obama...

[lionheart 247365]

I wonder how that breaks down in how much was spent by both campaigns to produce these results . I would bet Obama out spent McCain.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

What kind of audience did “Plugs for Slugs” Biden draw? 5 relatives from Scranton?

[eaglestar]

I’d like to know what BET’s normal # of viewers would be for a Thursday night and compare it to BET’s actual #s for last night. It could be said that the difference in viewership was the group watching McCain. Might be one way to evaluate black interest in McCain/Palin.

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Wish I could find that out also. This link only shown the major cable news netowrk ratings.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/default.asp

[ncpatriot]

I just watched the full speech on the internet

Do you have the website address for McCain's speech?

[GOP Poet]

OMG. I just watched the full speech on the internet-I don’t even want to read the pundits commentaries, it would spoil it for me-the last part moved me to tears, and I’m no wimpy liberal who turns on the faucet at the drop of a phrase. Nothing could be more moving than his story that lead to him saying “America saved me”. And I grinned from ear to ear when he said the part (paraphrasing) about not thinking that he was called of God to “save the country in its hour of need”, but that he felt honored to be able to serve her. I don’t care what the chatterati are saying, that speech moved me in a different way, as much as Sarah Palin’s did. I don’t agree with John McCain on everything-I have major disagreements with him on a couple of things-but my gut tells me that NO one, absolutely no one, could have the integrity as far as having a real desire to serve as elected that he will bring to the Presidency, even if I want to throttle him for some of his beliefs in the future.

Well said.

[mrsmel]

I’m on the handheld thingy right now, when I get back to the laptop I’ll get it for you. I think it was on the MSNBC site. I made sure to avert my eyes from anything else on the site, LOL.

[ncpatriot]

Thanks...no rush

[ebiskit]

There is a mountain of FEC violations. One that screams at me is all that free airtime that the dims received IS, if I’m not mistaken, considered a donation if the opposing party does not receive the same consideration. Do ya think the GOP could get away with that? Is the McCainPalin Campaign going to pursue this violation and further erode osabama’s chances? Just wondering.

the Deets

[mrsmel]

Here is the url—

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#scroll_video

Scroll down until you see the video titled “McCain:Change Is Coming” and click on it.

[COgamer]

“If we go crabbing and complaining about things like this we are just opening outselves up to a repeat of the fairness doctrine, we don’t need that sh**.”

I don’t know, the media is now fully out of control, no longer even pretending, or even trying to pretend, to be objective. This is the worst I have ever seen it. I do think something needs to be done, I’m just not sure what.

[Luke21]

“I don’t know, the media is now fully out of control, no longer even pretending, or even trying to pretend, to be objective.”

Nothing new. I was a Reagan Democrat watching the press trashing the Republicans at every opportunity during the 1980 convention. I said to myself, “Well, next month, Carter gets his.” Then I watched the press ooh and ahh over every feminist and gay rights kook and Ron Dellums and pimp the Democrats even though Carter and Kennedy were gouging each other's eyes out.

I was 22, and never looked at the press the same way after that. They are craven, shameless, partisan buzzards.

[Becki]

I'd be curoius about the ratings for BET on Wednesday and Thursday. If their ratings were lower than usual, that would mean they lost viewers as their veiwers would have watched it on other networks.

Becki