Biden press conference draws millions more viewers than Republican convention

Ratings for the Republican National Convention have been declining as millions more people tuned in to watch President Biden’s press conferences than watched the convention.

Variety magazine reported the news on the first night of the Republican National Convention:

The first telecast of the Republican National Convention attracted 18.1 million online viewers, according to Nielsen.

This total was measured at 10 p.m. ET and spans 12 broadcasters and cable companies: ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps News, Telemundo, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax , NewsNation and PBS, Nielsen noted that Telemundo only aired nine minutes of RNC coverage.

Fox News was far ahead with 6.9 million viewers at 10 p.m., followed by ABC with 2.3 million viewers, NBC with 2.2 million viewers, CBS with 1.8 million viewers, MSNBC with 1.3 million viewers and CNN with 1.1 million viewers.

Here are the ratings for Biden’s press conference, also from Variety:

About 24.2 million people watched President Joe Biden’s press conference at the NATO summit on Thursday, according to Nielsen data. That’s up from the 20.3 million who watched President Biden address the nation on the war in Israel and Ukraine on Oct. 19, and hovers within the bounds of the State of the Union as concerns about President Biden’s health continue to grow. interest of.

Biden attended a press conference after being shot and unveiled his running mate, drawing a larger audience to the press conference than Trump did. Ratings for the Republican convention were 5 million lower than in 2016, which shows that Trump’s performance is tired and the ratings are no longer rising.

Speaking of ratings, it might be wise for MSNBC to return to regular programming and stop covering the convention. Their viewers clearly hated it because the ratings were so low that CNN almost beat them. Even Rachel Maddow came out to host the show without viewers paying attention.

Watching Biden talk about foreign policy for an hour is more engaging than Trump and the entire Republican Party.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press corps and a congressional reporter for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, particularly social reform movements.

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