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Ratings are out. I didnt see anything posted on this previously, Media is giddy that he didn't top McCain, but 2008 in media was different than 2016, just 8 years later. For example, I watched most of the convention on my IPad, streamed it from the RNC. Plus, I don't think this accounts for C-SPAN or the millions that will re-watch on YouTube. Just doing a quick tally on the top hits on YouTube is about another million viewers.
1 posted on 07/23/2016 6:34:12 AM PDT by usafa92
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I watched it on Right Side News, streamed from their YouTube account.


2 posted on 07/23/2016 6:36:43 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (If 0bama had a son...he would be killing people.)
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Exactly. Everyone I knew live streamed it because the cable networks weren’t showing all the speakers. This is just more wishful thinking by the left leaning mainstream media.


3 posted on 07/23/2016 6:38:02 AM PDT by Nicojones
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I watched on C-SPAN, gavel to gavel.


4 posted on 07/23/2016 6:38:11 AM PDT by maggief
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I haven’t had cable for 10 years. I watched LIVE on youtube.

They can be “giddy” about the numbers all they want. They are lower because their industry is in decline.


5 posted on 07/23/2016 6:38:41 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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Save this story for when the ratings for Hillary’s speech come out. I bet the spin will be a little ... different.


6 posted on 07/23/2016 6:38:51 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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I was just going to point that out.this DOES NOT account for those who watched on CSPAN......We could not stand all the talking heads who were not showing each speech so we watched on CSPAN........as many did soooooooo Media spins things again it would appear


7 posted on 07/23/2016 6:39:58 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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Yup. How many streamed Trump? Millions.


8 posted on 07/23/2016 6:39:59 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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Millennial me, I don’t have a TV, guess I don’t count.
I watched on youtube and cspan.


9 posted on 07/23/2016 6:40:04 AM PDT by Buttons12
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You’re right, the comparison between 2008 and 2016 doesn’t account for the fact that television is quickly becoming yesterday’s medium, especially among those of us who can’t stand the asinine MSM talking heads.


11 posted on 07/23/2016 6:41:23 AM PDT by Genoa
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I think you are right. I only watched the convention on TV on Fri. The rest of the week, I went over the speeches from Utube links the following morning.

I was very disappointed with the coverage on TV cable, Fox. Just talking heads, leaving out speaker after speaker, not even announcing who was at the lectern.

If you want to see and hear most of the speeches, you have to use Utube or CSPAN or streaming.


13 posted on 07/23/2016 6:41:41 AM PDT by AMDG&BVMH
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Yeah, I watched it on YouTube.

No doubt lots more people watching online than 8 years ago.


16 posted on 07/23/2016 6:44:04 AM PDT by Yardstick
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that’s because more people watched online this time..

less people have TVs than in McCain’s year..2008..

they can measure how many people were online instead of guessing the TV ratings using Nelson...

Plus many people could have watched the video later online instead of LIVE...

I was tired myself and went to bed at 7.30PM and watched the CSPAN video online hours later..

this article means nothing..


19 posted on 07/23/2016 6:45:17 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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20 posted on 07/23/2016 6:45:40 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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Media is giddy that he didn't top McCain, but 2008 in media was different than 2016, just 8 years later. For example, I watched most of the convention on my IPad, streamed it from the RNC.

Very good point. But today's media will use anything, anything at all, no matter how feeble the evidence, or glaring the pretext, to disparage Trump. Thank heavens we have the Internet.

21 posted on 07/23/2016 6:46:32 AM PDT by Blennos
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An apples: oranges comparison. They will also make a big deal of Hillary’s audience not coming near Obama’s, right? Sure they will.


22 posted on 07/23/2016 6:47:34 AM PDT by EDINVA
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People are getting wise to even FoxNews.and are no longer watching these events from media outlets


23 posted on 07/23/2016 6:48:07 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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I watched on C SPAN to avoid the constant propaganda.


25 posted on 07/23/2016 6:48:36 AM PDT by CarolinaGOP ("Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face." - Ronald Reagan)
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I watched the RNC feed on Youtube. No crap from the crooks in the media.


26 posted on 07/23/2016 6:49:49 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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I’m guessing that adding CSPN, PBS, youtube and other streaming sites, that he got about the same as McCain and 0bama in 2008, both of whom drew about 38 MILLION.


28 posted on 07/23/2016 6:52:16 AM PDT by euram
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As we have seen with the Wikileaks emails from the DNC and liberal media, they will do what they have to to make Hillary look great. So I expect they will count CSPAN numbers, Youtube viewers, those sitting in prison, dogs and cats, anything they can do to make her numbers look better than they really are. I mean, they were ready to start challenging Bernie’s Jewish heritage, so they will do anything.


30 posted on 07/23/2016 6:54:43 AM PDT by bcr100
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