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Only 33.5 Million Watch Obama's SOTU Address, Lowest Since 2000 (Not surprising)
NewsBusters.org ^ | February 13, 2013 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 02/13/2013 6:30:27 PM PST by Kaslin

The media are predictably gushing and fawning over Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, but far fewer Americans watched him speak than did last year.

In fact, this is the lowest viewership of a SOTU address since Obama took office.

According to Nielsen, 33.5 million people watched the address Tuesday evening.

This was down 11.3 percent from the almost 38 million that watched in 2012, and down a staggering 36 percent from the over 52 million that watched his first address in 2009.

Tuesday's viewership also ranked amongst the lowest since Nielsen began tracking these addresses in 1993.

Only Bill Clinton's 2000 address garnered fewer viewers.


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1 posted on 02/13/2013 6:30:31 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

As they say, What Difference does it make?


2 posted on 02/13/2013 6:34:59 PM PST by SMGFan (SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
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To: SMGFan

I was one that did not watch


3 posted on 02/13/2013 6:49:59 PM PST by DooDahhhh (ma)
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To: SMGFan

I was one that did not watch


4 posted on 02/13/2013 6:50:25 PM PST by DooDahhhh (ma)
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To: Kaslin

I didn’t watch his State of Delusion address either.


5 posted on 02/13/2013 6:52:11 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Superciliousness is the essence of Obama)
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To: Kaslin

I assume the true faithful were listening on their Obamaphones.


6 posted on 02/13/2013 6:54:40 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: Kaslin

I still find it amazing that the Obama campaign found the votes they did in November. They found a way to convince people that don’t know anything, don’t care, and are suffering economically to all get to the polls. How does an organization get millions of apathetic people to simultaneously get up and go stand in line to vote? Then they all return home and tune out anything of substance again. It is surprising, and one hell of a logistics effort.

(yes, some is fraud, but the fact is they got much higher turnout that they should in this environment. Essentially, they convinced millions to go out despite the fact that they are not doing well in the current environment)


7 posted on 02/13/2013 6:56:04 PM PST by ilgipper (Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)
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To: Kaslin

Perhaps it had the lowest viewership...

but on the bright side, record numbers of Sock Drawers were straightened and re-arranged... you might even say these drawers were transformed.


8 posted on 02/13/2013 6:57:38 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Kaslin

We’ve heard all those lies before.


9 posted on 02/13/2013 6:58:35 PM PST by Dapper 26
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To: DooDahhhh

“I was one that did not watch”

The Westminster dog show was much more relevant to me than the puke that spewed from husseins mouth.


10 posted on 02/13/2013 6:58:56 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Kaslin

Didn’t watch the Obama SOTU, had more important things to do, like changing the cat’s litter boxes.


11 posted on 02/13/2013 7:03:54 PM PST by stbdside
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To: Kaslin

Yeah but how many Democrats watched it two or three times to hit that number?


12 posted on 02/13/2013 7:07:27 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Kaslin

bttt


13 posted on 02/13/2013 7:08:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: freeangel
Westminister was much more important a moment. After all, it was the first appearance of the Russell Terrier, the true JRT. The JRT was 4th in his group. Go stubbies!
14 posted on 02/13/2013 7:09:26 PM PST by Himyar
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To: Kaslin

Can’t help it. Everytime I see that title I read it as Only 33.5 million watch Obama’s STFU address...


15 posted on 02/13/2013 7:19:51 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Kaslin

33.5 million people really need to get a job, a life and a hobby.


16 posted on 02/13/2013 7:31:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Now Playing. Obama II - The Revenge of My Father.)
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To: Kaslin
Maybe fewer people watched it live, but I'm sure all the low-info voters out there got to see enough of it courtesy of the alphabet networks re-broadcasting the speech's "highlights" many times for all to see.

The "media" will make sure no one can ignore their selected boy-king.

17 posted on 02/13/2013 7:33:17 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Kaslin

Banana Joe was a heck of a lot more interesting than Bananabama.


18 posted on 02/13/2013 7:33:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Now Playing. Obama II - The Revenge of My Father.)
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To: All

How many times can Obama rehash the same BS and have an interested audience?


19 posted on 02/13/2013 7:40:39 PM PST by Rodney Dangerfield ("Lean Forward" = "Bend Over")
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To: Kaslin

I don’t think I personally know a single person who watched.


20 posted on 02/13/2013 7:44:21 PM PST by EDINVA
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