{"id":2342527,"date":"2024-09-17T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abcs-david-muir-takes-hit-to-ratings-after-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:40:10","slug":"abcs-david-muir-takes-hit-to-ratings-after-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abcs-david-muir-takes-hit-to-ratings-after-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC&#8217;s David Muir takes hit to ratings after debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fabcs-david-muir-takes-hit-to-ratings-after-debate-washington-examiner%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=2342527&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>ABC News anchor David Muir has faced\u200b a decline in ratings for his flagship program\u200d following his performance as \u2063a moderator during a presidential debate between former President \u2062Donald Trump and \u2062Vice \u2062President Kamala Harris. Muir, who moderated alongside Linsey Davis, was criticized for his approach, \u2064particularly for \u2064fact-checking Trump while \u200dnot applying the same scrutiny to Harris. He was specifically called out for contradicting Trump&#8217;s claim about\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-house-gop-signal-support-for-police-in-midst-of-defunding-calls\/\" title=\"McCarthy, House GOP Signal Support for Police in Midst of Defunding Calls\">rising crime rates<\/a> using what some deemed incomplete data,\u2064 and for questioning Trump&#8217;s sarcasm in a \u200dprior interview. The backlash from his moderating role\u2062 appears to have negatively impacted his show&#8217;s viewership.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ABC&rsquo;s David Muir takes hit to ratings after performance as debate moderator<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758649\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>ABC News&rsquo;s David Muir experienced a decline in ratings in his flagship show after his controversial performance as one of the moderators of the presidential debate between former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Muir was a debate moderator alongside Linsey Davis, frequently fact-checking Trump while failing to do so for Harris. Muir was criticized for disputing the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s claim that crime was going up by countering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3150975\/abc-news-debate-host-claimed-crime-down-using-incomplete-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"incomplete data\">incomplete data<\/a> and questioning whether he was being sarcastic or not in a previous interview. The flak Muir took from the experience appears to have taken a toll on his ratings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abcs-david-muir-sees-newscast-ratings-decline-after-controversial-debate-performance?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">According to<\/a> Fox News, Muir&rsquo;s <em>ABC World News Tonight<\/em> ratings fell by 12% after the debate, with an average of 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, compared to an average of 7.6 million before the debate.<\/p>\n<p>That was a substantially steeper decline than that suffered by <em>CBS Evening News<\/em> and <em>NBC Nightly News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Muir and Davis have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-ends-opening-prayer-with-amen-and-awoman\/\" title=\"Democrat congressman ends opening prayer with \u2018amen and awoman\u2019\">faced heavy criticism<\/a> from Trump and Republicans for their performances as moderators.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every one of them should have been questioned by David Muir, who I&rsquo;ve lost a lot of respect for,&rdquo; Trump told Fox News last week. &ldquo;Everyone&rsquo;s lost respect for him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was so &hellip; one-sided,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It was one against three.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Muir claimed in one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dan-bongino-on-the-future-of-parler-and-governments-role-in-tech\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino on the Future of Parler and Government\u2019s Role in Tech\">fact checks<\/a> of Trump that FBI crime statistics showed that violent crime was going down, but the data showing such a trend was &ldquo;based on data received from 13,719 of 19,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-news-debate-host-claimed-crime-is-down-using-incomplete-data-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"ABC News debate host claimed crime is down using incomplete data - Washington Examiner\">268 law enforcement agencies<\/a> in the country,&rdquo; excluding high-crime areas such as New York and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758649\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758649\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC&#8217;s David Muir saw a drop in ratings for his flagship show following his contentious role as a moderator in the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Alongside Linsey Davis, Muir frequently fact-checked Trump but did not apply the same scrutiny to Harris. He faced backlash for challenging Trump&#8217;s assertion about rising crime rates with incomplete data and questioning whether Trump was being sarcastic during a prior interview. This criticism seems to have negatively impacted his viewership, with Fox News reporting that Muir&#8217;s ratings for ABC World News Tonight fell by 12% after the debate, averaging 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday through Friday compared to 7.6 million beforehand\u2014a sharper decline than that of CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News. Both Muir and Davis received significant criticism from Trump and Republican figures regarding their moderation style, with Trump stating he has lost respect for Muir due to what he perceived as biased questioning: &#8220;It was so&#8230; one-sided,&#8221; he remarked, adding it felt like &#8220;one against three.&#8221; In one instance of fact-checking, Muir claimed FBI statistics indicated violent crime was decreasing; however, this data was derived from only 13,719 out of nearly 19,300 law enforcement agencies nationwide and did not include high-crime areas like New York City or Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2342528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/David-Muir-ABC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36059,40619,41084,33457,41083],"class_list":["post-2342527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc-news","tag-david-muir","tag-debate-impact","tag-media-analysis","tag-ratings-decline"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/David-Muir-ABC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}