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Ratings fall flat as most Americans tune out impeachment spectacle.

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There are about 330 million Americans. According to the ratings, nearly 320 million of them aren’t watching the House impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Despite television networks’ fervent belief that the country should be paying attention, with wall-to-wall coverage on all the cable news stations and most of the broadcast networks, the early days of hearings have drawn paltry ratings, as viewers vote with their eyes.

“It’s on constantly but I’m not paying any attention to it,” said Emily Brown, a waitress at Mandy’s, a popular breakfast and lunch spot near New Orleans.

“I’m not really watching it during the day. I’ll look online at night just to see what happened,” said 47-year-old Jeremy, an Omaha dog groomer, as he played with an excited boxer.

Perhaps most striking has been Mr. Trump’s approval rating which stands at 44% in the Real Clear Politics average of national polls. That’s virtually unchanged, with only a point or two of variation, since his State of the Union address in February — a remarkably consistent record.

Impeachment hearings draw low ratings as most Americans tune out - Washington Times

I stopped paying attention to the Ukraine BS a while ago and it seems like most Americans have too. Despite all the propaganda being pushed by the left , through news, late night shows and social media not many people seem to care. Has the oversaturation of Drumpf based news caused people to become immune to the ""scandals"" or have people started to realize that mainstream news is "fake and gay"?
 
Another brick in the wall proving that Putin has won.
 
I don't think it is especially shocking that in an era of unprecedented ways to entertain oneself, gigantic numbers aren't showing up to watch marathon impeachment hearings on television during the middle of the average workday. Still, that only seems to account for people who watched live on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc. Many, like myself, followed via live streams on their computers or checked out highlights when they got out of work. TV ratings simply aren't a great way to judge how engaged people are.
 
Impeachment hearings draw low ratings as most Americans tune out - Washington Times

I stopped paying attention to the Ukraine BS a while ago and it seems like most Americans have too. Despite all the propaganda being pushed by the left , through news, late night shows and social media not many people seem to care. Has the oversaturation of Drumpf based news caused people to become immune to the ""scandals"" or have people started to realize that mainstream news is "fake and gay"?
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I guess that explains the million in donations to Stefanik's opponent, Tedra Cobb in their upcoming election.

Rep. Stefanik’s Hearing Antics Raise $1M — For Her Democratic Opponent - The National Memo


Apparently, money speaks louder than words.
 
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Not really sure impeachment needs to be a ratings grab. I mean, I would hope that Americans would be invested in the Republic enough to want to stay informed about this. But our government is not, nor should not, be a Reality-TV show. I know...Trump is President, but it would not behoove us to fall to such lowest-common-denominator antics.
 
I'm sorry, how many people watched Benghazi?

Less than a third of what Pelosi got.
 
Well, if you saw one debate, you've seen them all.
 
It's the inquiry, it's not the trial. But I suppose a people who elected a reality TV star as POTUS simply want ratings.

Hearings were public to inform the public, which now gets filtered through the internet/social media unfortunately. People simply get their news through filtered sources.
And public, because Republicans cried they were not public. And after being public, they cried that there was a basement, something about magic, and Hunter Biden something.
 
If even 10 mil are tuned in to the tv antics, that is huge ratings compared to most shows and doesn't include the many millions who are at work and willing to check out the results online when they get home and such - tv ratings are a horrible way to measure interest on this one


All that being said, it's just a circus that doesn't actually matter anyway(period) The only possible gain for the dems is to try and convince a few moderates to vote against Trump since he will never stand down and there will never be 67 votes to oust him from the senate(period) Anyone that was going to vote for Trump a month ago will never be swayed by this and anyone voting against him is too busy wishing there were a serious candidate on the left

The timing, choice of things to prosecute and a half dozen other indicators clearly show this was a show and not serious movement

Unfortunately, it comes across as a desperate attempt, driven by Trump hate and will most likely damage the left more than it helps and the seriousness of the accusations is lost in that show

All i wanted was a candidate that I could actually hold my nose and vote for and this stuff just makes me less convinced that we will see anything change this or next election(period) While I doubt most people are as disappointed as I am, I imagine the lack of excitement on the proceedings reflects many are somewhere along that reasoning
 
CitizenBasehead said:
There are about 330 million Americans. According to the ratings, nearly 320 million of them aren’t watching the House impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Despite television networks’ fervent belief that the country should be paying attention, with wall-to-wall coverage on all the cable news stations and most of the broadcast networks, the early days of hearings have drawn paltry ratings, as viewers vote with their eyes.

“It’s on constantly but I’m not paying any attention to it,” said Emily Brown, a waitress at Mandy’s, a popular breakfast and lunch spot near New Orleans.

“I’m not really watching it during the day. I’ll look online at night just to see what happened,” said 47-year-old Jeremy, an Omaha dog groomer, as he played with an excited boxer.

Perhaps most striking has been Mr. Trump’s approval rating which stands at 44% in the Real Clear Politics average of national polls. That’s virtually unchanged, with only a point or two of variation, since his State of the Union address in February — a remarkably consistent record.

Impeachment hearings draw low ratings as most Americans tune out - Washington Times

I stopped paying attention to the Ukraine BS a while ago and it seems like most Americans have too. Despite all the propaganda being pushed by the left , through news, late night shows and social media not many people seem to care. Has the oversaturation of Drumpf based news caused people to become immune to the ""scandals"" or have people started to realize that mainstream news is "fake and gay"?
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The Cartoon channel and Nickelodeon have higher ratings than CNN or any other Democrat hearing. Laughable.
 
Condor060 said:
The Cartoon channel and Nickelodeon have higher ratings than CNN or any other Democrat hearing. Laughable.
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I did not know that. Could you please post the ratings for the Cartoon channel and Nickelodeon and then the hearing numbers that right along next to them at the same time please?
 
CitizenBasehead said:
There are about 330 million Americans. According to the ratings, nearly 320 million of them aren’t watching the House impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Despite television networks’ fervent belief that the country should be paying attention, with wall-to-wall coverage on all the cable news stations and most of the broadcast networks, the early days of hearings have drawn paltry ratings, as viewers vote with their eyes.

“It’s on constantly but I’m not paying any attention to it,” said Emily Brown, a waitress at Mandy’s, a popular breakfast and lunch spot near New Orleans.

“I’m not really watching it during the day. I’ll look online at night just to see what happened,” said 47-year-old Jeremy, an Omaha dog groomer, as he played with an excited boxer.

Perhaps most striking has been Mr. Trump’s approval rating which stands at 44% in the Real Clear Politics average of national polls. That’s virtually unchanged, with only a point or two of variation, since his State of the Union address in February — a remarkably consistent record.

Impeachment hearings draw low ratings as most Americans tune out - Washington Times

I stopped paying attention to the Ukraine BS a while ago and it seems like most Americans have too. Despite all the propaganda being pushed by the left , through news, late night shows and social media not many people seem to care. Has the oversaturation of Drumpf based news caused people to become immune to the ""scandals"" or have people started to realize that mainstream news is "fake and gay"?
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YouTube
 
Roadvirus said:
But money doesn't get a person reelected. Voters do.

Ask Hillary. Billions of dollars raised and she lost.
Ask Beto. Millions of dollars raised by out-of-state donors (Follywood) and he still lost against Cruz.
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Ask Citizens United.
 
Ikari said:
Not really sure impeachment needs to be a ratings grab. I mean, I would hope that Americans would be invested in the Republic enough to want to stay informed about this. But our government is not, nor should not, be a Reality-TV show. I know...Trump is President, but it would not behoove us to fall to such lowest-common-denominator antics.
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It should be considered at least a civilians civic duty to know what's going on and follow it a little bit. One problem here is that it's just too much content for most people to watch, and so they may turn to abridged highlights...which leads to the other problem. News orgs are carefully curating what they include in the highlights, with a lot of help by grandstanding committee members and witnesses. Theres a lot of nuance missed when you just get a curated to your bias portion. If all you watched was Republican questioning you'd think the whole thing was off the rails and Biden should be in prison or something.

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Condor060 said:
Cable Ratings: October 7 – 13, 2019 | Nickandmore!

In the very same time frame Nickelodeon and Cartoon channel had over 3 million viewers each.
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So where is the head to head where the programs ran right alongside opposite each other that I asked for and what YOU need to prove your allegation.

When I read your claim I figured you had that information and were comparing the figures on the same day and time. That is the only way you can come to the conclusion fairly.
 
CitizenBasehead said:
There are about 330 million Americans. According to the ratings, nearly 320 million of them aren’t watching the House impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Despite television networks’ fervent belief that the country should be paying attention, with wall-to-wall coverage on all the cable news stations and most of the broadcast networks, the early days of hearings have drawn paltry ratings, as viewers vote with their eyes.

“It’s on constantly but I’m not paying any attention to it,” said Emily Brown, a waitress at Mandy’s, a popular breakfast and lunch spot near New Orleans.

“I’m not really watching it during the day. I’ll look online at night just to see what happened,” said 47-year-old Jeremy, an Omaha dog groomer, as he played with an excited boxer.

Perhaps most striking has been Mr. Trump’s approval rating which stands at 44% in the Real Clear Politics average of national polls. That’s virtually unchanged, with only a point or two of variation, since his State of the Union address in February — a remarkably consistent record.

Impeachment hearings draw low ratings as most Americans tune out - Washington Times

I stopped paying attention to the Ukraine BS a while ago and it seems like most Americans have too. Despite all the propaganda being pushed by the left , through news, late night shows and social media not many people seem to care. Has the oversaturation of Drumpf based news caused people to become immune to the ""scandals"" or have people started to realize that mainstream news is "fake and gay"?
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The only news event polling worse among American viewers than Schiftt's ****tf show is the democrat candidate debates
 
marke said:
The only news event polling worse among American viewers than Schiftt's ****tf show is the democrat candidate debates
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The only way anyone can fairly measure this is to take the days of the hearings on TV and then compare the ratings to what they got in a recent day at that same time for regular programming.

Do you have those figures to present?
 
haymarket said:
So where is the head to head where the programs ran right alongside opposite each other that I asked for and what YOU need to prove your allegation.

When I read your claim I figured you had that information and were comparing the figures on the same day and time. That is the only way you can come to the conclusion fairly.
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Everyone knows how many people watched the hearings. Neilsen ratings don't track single day events that I know of. I am sure you can compare the known broadcast reports of the hearings to the know ratings I provided. No?
 
Condor060 said:
Everyone knows how many people watched the hearings.
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Great - so give us those figures that everybody knows. I can't wait to see them.

For example, on MSNBC at 10AM on a normal Wednesday compared to what they did this past week. Lets start there.

The claim was made - lets see the verifiable proof.
 
grainbelt said:
It should be considered at least a civilians civic duty to know what's going on and follow it a little bit. One problem here is that it's just too much content for most people to watch, and so they may turn to abridged highlights...which leads to the other problem. News orgs are carefully curating what they include in the highlights, with a lot of help by grandstanding committee members and witnesses. Theres a lot of nuance missed when you just get a curated to your bias portion. If all you watched was Republican questioning you'd think the whole thing was off the rails and Biden should be in prison or something.

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I mean, Biden might deserve to be in prison. But that doesn't mean he's the only one, lol.

But yes, I think if we were to take this Republic and Constitution seriously, we'd drop all pretense of partisan shenanigans and pay attention. Unfortunately there are many who would sell out the Republic for their Party's Power.
 
Moot said:
Ask Citizens United.
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I think CU was the vehicle that allowed the Koch network to flip state governments red. I find it absurd that out of state forces can sweep in and plant politicians and policies favorable to their national agenda or their businesses. Seems the value of the local individuals vote to themselves and their community is dwindling and becoming more so an item to be bought be special interests.

This is a not so serious post.

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ocean515 said:
When the left and Hillary partnered with him, what was the objective?
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To elect his toady Donald Trump and destroy Americans faith in their government. Trump and Putin have done a terrific job in that respect.
 
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