Quote:Following the September 10 debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, ABC’s World News Tonight anchor David Muir, who served as one of the two moderators, has seen his viewership drop.

According to Fox News, the show averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, which were the three episodes immediately following the debate. Before the debate, his show was averaging 7.6 million viewers.

While Muir’s show remains the number one broadcast evening newscast, the 12 percent drop in viewers is more than the slight declines seen for CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News when comparing the three episodes that aired after the debate.

Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis were criticized for fact-checking Trump on stage numerous times while not issuing any for Harris. The 2024 GOP presidential candidate said the debate "was one against three," adding that "every one" of Harris’ claims "should have been questioned by David Muir, who I've lost a lot of respect for. Everyone's lost respect for him."

Since the debate, Davis said in an interview that she had decided in advance to fact-check Trump due to the debate staged between him and President Joe Biden in June, which resulted in Biden dropping out of the race. "People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators," she said.

A post-debate poll from YouGov found that 35 percent of Americans believed that the moderators treated Trump unfairly, including 41 percent of independents, a key voting group to win over before November. Only two percent of independents thought that the moderators were unfair to Harris.

(09-17-2024 02:15 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:Following the September 10 debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, ABC’s World News Tonight anchor David Muir, who served as one of the two moderators, has seen his viewership drop.

According to Fox News, the show averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, which were the three episodes immediately following the debate. Before the debate, his show was averaging 7.6 million viewers.

While Muir’s show remains the number one broadcast evening newscast, the 12 percent drop in viewers is more than the slight declines seen for CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News when comparing the three episodes that aired after the debate.

Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis were criticized for fact-checking Trump on stage numerous times while not issuing any for Harris. The 2024 GOP presidential candidate said the debate "was one against three," adding that "every one" of Harris’ claims "should have been questioned by David Muir, who I've lost a lot of respect for. Everyone's lost respect for him."

Since the debate, Davis said in an interview that she had decided in advance to fact-check Trump due to the debate staged between him and President Joe Biden in June, which resulted in Biden dropping out of the race. "People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators," she said.

A post-debate poll from YouGov found that 35 percent of Americans believed that the moderators treated Trump unfairly, including 41 percent of independents, a key voting group to win over before November. Only two percent of independents thought that the moderators were unfair to Harris.

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(09-17-2024 02:46 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Wow, a conclusion reached after 3 whole days.

Meanwhile his show had the most viewers to begin with and still does...and both the other networks also saw declines in viewership.

I'd probably wait until this weeks numbers are out before spiking any orange footballs.

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

(09-17-2024 04:22 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

He cares if he loses his job due to bad ratings.

(09-17-2024 04:22 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

He cares if he loses his job due to bad ratings.

(09-17-2024 04:10 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

Propaganda? Subverting democracy? That was his job?

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

(09-17-2024 10:05 PM)BlueDragon Wrote:  

(09-17-2024 04:03 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  He doesn’t care. He did his job.

He may NOT, but his bosses are feeling what is called a rap to their groin with a hoe handle. Not good. Tens of millions of $$$ are disappearing before their eyes.