Efforts by Democrats to saturate the airwaves with a prime-time trial on Thursday, January 6, brought 19 million viewers to five networks – a first issue this year lacking full-scale similar political events like State of the Union grossed 38 million. audience.
This figure surpasses the daytime broadcast of the Robert Mueller collusion hearing, which was watched by nearly 6 million people in Russia.
With almost constant hype ahead of Thursday’s prime-time broadcasts, Democrats are hoping to bombard Americans with memories of the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill to distract them from the many disappointments in the White House and the Democratic-controlled Congress.
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But it’s clear that most Americans have better things to do than listen to a two-hour partisan conference.
Preliminary Nielsen data obtained New York Times It showed ABC had the most viewers with 4.8 million viewers, while NBC and CBS each had over three million. On cable news networks, MSNBC averaged 4.2 million viewers and CNN 2.6 million.
Representative Benny Thompson (D-MS), (left) Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 U.S. Capitol Assault Liz Cheney (R-WY) will chair the investigation from January 6 to June 09, 2022. Capitol Hill in Washington DC. (Vin McNamee/Getty Images)
Fox News did not broadcast the trial in prime time, instead joining its regular cast, which included Tucker Carlson Tonight. During his show, Carlson dismissed the Democratic rumor as pure propaganda.
The total viewership of 19 million isn’t impressive when compared to other media-heavy political events like speeches in Congress and presidential debates.
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden’s speech on State of the Union attracted 38.2 million viewers. The initial debate between then-President Donald Trump and Biden in 2020 attracted more than 73 million viewers.
Source: Breitbart
