{"id":2285677,"date":"2024-06-28T22:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T02:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-biden-cnn-debate-brings-in-over-20-million-fewer-viewers-than-2020-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T02:29:38","slug":"trump-biden-cnn-debate-brings-in-over-20-million-fewer-viewers-than-2020-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-biden-cnn-debate-brings-in-over-20-million-fewer-viewers-than-2020-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Biden CNN Debate Brings in Over 20 Million Fewer Viewers Than 2020 Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-biden-cnn-debate-brings-in-over-20-million-fewer-viewers-than-2020-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2064summary discusses the viewership and implications of\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-quickly-turns-desantis-debate-comment-into-a-campaign-ad\/\" title=\"Biden swiftly transforms DeSantis debate remark into campaign ad.\">recent presidential debate<\/a> between incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The debate, produced by CNN and \u200csimultaneously\u200b aired across 16 other networks, attracted 51.27 million viewers according \u200bto Nielsen data.\u200b This figure represents a significant 30% drop from their previous debate in 2020, which had pulled in 73.13 \u200dmillion viewers. \u200cThe\u2063 article suggests the lower viewership might indicate that many voters have \u200balready\u200c decided whom\u200d to support in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, or it could reflect a general disenchantment with establishment media, or\u2064 perhaps a combination of both. Additionally, the\u200d article \u200dportrays the debate as particularly \u2062unfavorable \u2062for Biden, describing it as a poor performance that might \u200chave benefitted from the lower viewership, implying fewer witnesses to the event. The text concludes with a\u200c note from the Deputy Managing Editor of The Western Journal, highlighting \u2064concerns about election integrity and a plea for support to fight against media bias and uphold American democracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>The Ratings Are In: How Did Trump-Biden Debate Do? What Does It Mean?<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>  &nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>  &nbsp;June 28, 2024 at 5:49pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>For anyone who spent a millisecond on social media during Thursday night&rsquo;s presidential debate, it certainly felt like <em>everyone&nbsp;<\/em>was watching the event.<\/p>\n<p>The 99-minute CNN production pitted incumbent President Joe Biden against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It was, in short, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-says-no-soldiers-died-watch-forgets-13-marines-killed-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debacle<\/a> for Biden.<\/p>\n<p>It was the sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bidens-performance-bad-people-started-wonder-hallucinated-audience-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuclear disaster<\/a> that has the Democrats scrambling to play damage control &mdash; to varying levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-potential-replacement-speaks-disastrous-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But while the &ldquo;results&rdquo; of the debate were clear to see for anyone with a lick of intellectual honesty, just how many people actually did tune in to see the bloodbath?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/biden-trump-first-2024-debate-tv-ratings-1235934892\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, tens of millions of people tuned in to watch Trump verbally joust with Biden, but not nearly as many as the last time the two squared off.<\/p>\n<p>Citing Nielsen Data, the Reporter noted that the CNN-produced debate &mdash; which was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/networks-unhappy-cnn-unusual-restrictive-debate-rules-severely-limit-transparency-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restrictively<\/a> offered across 16 other networks &mdash; averaged a still-impressive 51.27 million viewers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Did you watch the debate?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And while many wayward, modern shows would yearn for 50 million viewers, in terms of presidential debate standards, Thursday night&rsquo;s viewership fell well short of the previous standard set by Trump and Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural 2020 presidential debate, this one with the roles of Biden and Trump flipped in terms of incumbency, drew an eye-watering average of 73.13 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a sharp 30 percent decline in viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Broken down, CNN led the pack by drawing 9.53 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Right behind CNN was Fox News, which drew 9.28 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In third was ABC, which garnered 9.21 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>(CNN also said that another 2.36 million viewers watched the debate via digital platforms, including 864,000 viewers on streaming platform Max.)<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that, for Democrats at least, fewer eyes on the Thursday night debate was ultimately a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to their 2020 debate, 30 percent fewer people saw Trump bludgeon Biden at the debate podiums. That&rsquo;s a win &mdash; sort of.<\/p>\n<p>But dampened expectations aside, what does this lessened viewership actually mean?<\/p>\n<p>While it could mean any number of things, two likely scenarios stick out:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Far more people have made up their minds heading into the 2024 presidential election than in 2020. Whether that&rsquo;s good news or bad news for Biden remains to be seen (it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/establishment-polling-expert-makes-prediction-2024-election-isnt-toss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">probably bad<\/a>), but if people have already decided who they will be voting for regardless of debate performance, why watch?<\/li>\n<li>People are truly and fully fed up with the establishment media, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-pulls-trump-spokeswoman-air-telling-truth-debate-moderator-jake-tapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can you blame them<\/a>? Trust in the establishment media was already cratering before the COVID pandemic, and that&rsquo;s only been followed by four years of shameless gaslighting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-democrats-the-media-are-thirsty-to-have-back-in-politics\/\" title=\"3 Democrats The Media Are Thirsty To Have Back In Politics\">legacy news outlets<\/a>. Given that, why bother giving a network like CNN the time of day?<\/li>\n<li>It could be a combination of the above two scenarios.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whatever the reasons, the debate was an abject step backward for Biden&rsquo;s re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-lakers-star-lebron-james-gets-caught-up-in-illegal-streaming-scandal\/\" title=\"Discover: LeBron James, Lakers Prodigy, Entangled in Unlawful Streaming Controversy\">glass-half-full approach<\/a> for Team Biden is, uh, that fewer people watched this debate than the last one.<\/p>\n<p>The glass-half-empty approach for Team Biden? It&rsquo;s already over, the people have made up their minds in late June, and no amount of establishment media spin will work.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t even know if an election will be held in 2024.&rdquo; Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that&rsquo;s exactly what will happen &mdash; no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can&rsquo;t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - &#039;Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech&rsquo;s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we&rsquo;ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help?&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don&rsquo;t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44778\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44778\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44778\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44778\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44778\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Hawaii <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Class of 2010 University of Arizona. BEAR DOWN. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Korean <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Sports, Entertainment, Science\/Tech <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary: Ratings Reveal Trump-Biden Debate Impact<br \/>\nBy Bryan Chai, June 28, 2024<br \/>\nThursday&#8217;s presidential debate, a 99-minute CNN event, saw incumbent Joe Biden face Donald Trump. 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