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struggle4progress

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Wed Jan 31, 2018, 11:19 PM Jan 2018

Ratings king sees viewership slump for first SOTU

Mark Joyella

... According to data released Wednesday by Nielsen, Trump's speech drew a combined 17.3 million viewers on the cable news networks -- with Fox News dominating cable news -- and another 23.1 million watching on the four broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox ...

The president's first address to a joint session of Congress last February did better, with a total audience of 47.7 million viewers. President Obama .. had better ratings for his first speech to Congress in 2009 (52.4 million viewers) and his first SOTU (48 million). Viewership tends to decline during a president's time in office ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2018/01/31/donald-trump-ratings-king-sees-viewership-slump-for-first-sotu/#5e5dec2f7c57

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Ratings king sees viewership slump for first SOTU (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2018 OP
Fake news. Highest ratings ever. I am sure Press Secretary SHS will confirm the high ratings Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #1
Wow, those ratings are really amazingly low. Guess there are a LOT of us who can't stand him. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #2
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