House lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin begins the managers’ opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on the floor of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 10, 2021. U.S. Senate TV/Handout via Reuters
Those empty seats in the Senate chamber on Thursday? They are emblematic of the public's reaction to the second Trump impeachment trial.
If you've been glued to every minute of the trial, or even just half-watching the proceedings, then you're part of a special club. You're learning the full story of the crimes that were committed at the Capitol on January 6. But you are much more plugged-in than the average American adult.
The Nielsen TV ratings for the first two days of trial coverage show that only a sliver of the public is watching at any given time. The ratings for CNN and MSNBC are way up -- and the ratings for Fox News are much weaker. Some people are also watching coverage via the broadcast networks, but not in huge numbers.
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WNU Editor: I have watched or heard much of the impeachment trial this week. I have one of my monitors running non-stop covering the trial, and I estimate I have watched/heard about 80% of the entire proceedings. Is the American public glued to what is happening as much as I am? I doubt it.
5 comments:
Zero interest here. Id rather clean my bathroom
For myself and my network of friends and family (including staunch Biden supporters and MAGAs) and not one person that I know is following it at all...checks are of interest but impeachment? No one cares.
Just a Democrat rattle.
Very few are watching. Why so many are not watching is the real interest.
What impeachment trial? I think I will clean my toilet.
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