{"id":62224,"date":"2024-07-17T13:21:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62224"},"modified":"2024-07-21T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T19:31:03","slug":"trumps-maga-rnc-convention-suffers-sharp-ratings-decline-from-prior-years-and-biden-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62224","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s MAGA RNC Convention Suffers Sharp Ratings Decline From Prior Years and Biden Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican National Convention launched this week and immediately rocketed into the hearts of the America people with such MAGA luminaries as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, puppy killing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, model and reality TV personality Amber Rose, White nationalist whisperer Charlie Kirk, and, of course, Dear Leader himself, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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The popularity of the GOP roster was promoted as a blockbuster lineup that threatened to break all records for television viewing as the Trump Train chugged into the nation’s homes via the media that it regards as the “enemy of the people.”<\/em> Never mind that Trump is among the most despised political figures in decades who voters find repulsive for both his policies and his personality.<\/p>\n

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The ratings for the first day of the Convention are out, and they reflect just how deplorable he is held by the American people. As reported by Variety<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“The first telecasts of the Republican National Convention on Monday drew in 18.1 million viewers across networks, per Nielsen.<\/p>\n

“That total, measured during the 10 p.m. ET hour, accounts for 12 broadcasters and cablers: ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps News, Telemundo, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS, with Nielsen noting that Telemundo only aired 9 minutes of RNC coverage.<\/p>\n

“Fox News led the pack by far with 6.9 million viewers at 10 p.m. Next was ABC with 2.3 million viewers, NBC with 2.2 million, CBS with 1.8 million, MSNBC with 1.3 million and CNN with 1.1 million.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It should come as no surprise that Fox News – Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda – would deliver the lion’s share of the convention audience. Meanwhile, the rest of the nation that watches more credible news sources got comparatively little exposure to the RNC’s unreality show. So Trump had sparse opportunity to spread his message to anyone but the already indoctrinated members of the MAGA cult. And Fox News benefited from the broadcast, despite Trump’s own vacillating opinion of the ultra-rightist outlet. <\/p>\n

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It is notable that the 18 million viewers that watched the affair on Monday is considerably less than the 23 million that tuned into the RNC’s convention in 2016. And it is also only slightly more than than the 17 million who watched in 2020, even though that convention was largely scrapped due to COVID. Furthermore, this feeble showing occurred despite newsworthy highlights including Trump naming his vice-presidential running mate, and this being his first public appearance since the “Earlobe Stigmata”<\/em> he received at his Pennsylvania rally.<\/p>\n

What may be most painful for Trump is that the ratings for his convention so far are also far less than the 24 million viewers that President Biden drew for his post-NATO press conference just last week. So it’s another defeat for Trump at the hands of “Sleepy Joe.”<\/em> It won’t be long before Trump whines that the Nielsen ratings are “rigged”<\/em> and the whole thing is a “hoax”<\/em> and\/or a “witch hunt”<\/em> aimed at “stealing”<\/em> his victory.<\/p>\n

THIS JUST IN:<\/strong> The RNC’s ratings<\/a><\/strong> for the second night also declined from 2016 and 2020. This year the Trump gala drew only 14.8 million viewers, compared to 19 million for each of the prior two conventions.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Trump’s acceptance speech also bombs in the ratings and in the reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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