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UPDATE, 2:45 PM: The second presidential debate was down 1.6 million viewers from the 67.2 million who watched the October 3 match-up between President Obama and Mitt Romney. NBC was No. 1 overall with 13.8 million viewers. The 65.6 million that watched the Candy Crowley-moderated town hall-style debate last night were 2.4 million more than watched the second similarly formatted debate between Obama and John McCain in 2008. ABC followed NBC in viewership with 12.46 million and then Fox News Channel with 11.1 million. CBS had 8.9 million total viewers, and the Fox network had 4.6 million, according to Nielsen. NBC also was tops in network post-debate analysis, followed by ABC and CBS. ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, CNN, FNC, MSNBC, Current TV and CNBC all ran the debate live from 9-10:45 PM ET on Tuesday, with Univision and Telemundo broadcasting coverage on tape delay.
PREVIOUSLY, 11:30 AM: Fox News Channel topped the ratings among cable news networks for last night’s second matchup between President Obama and Mitt Romney, just like it did with the first presidential debate. Fox News drew 11.1 million viewers for the 9-10:30 PM ET debate Tuesday, more than rivals MSNBC and CNN put together. The viewer total ties Fox News’ all-time high rating set by the 2008 Vice Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.
Moderated by CNN’s Candy Crowley, the town hall-style debate was way up from the 8.8 million who watched the similar formatted second face-off between then-Senator Obama and John McCain on October 7, 2008. Fox News pulled in 3.46 million in the adults 25-54 demographic last night, CNN came second last night with 5.77 million viewers, 2.58 million in the 25-54 demo. MSNBC had 4.87 million viewers, 1.9 million in the demo.
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The second debate in 2008 between Obama and McCain was seen by a total of 63.2 million viewers, with ABC No. 1 among all broadcasters with an audience of 13.2 million. The first debate this year between Obama and Romney on October 3 was seen by 67.2 million viewers watching on 12 broadcasters. That was 28% from the first Obama-McCain debate in 2008. Fast nationals this morning had last night’s debate on par with the October 3 debate, with NBC in the lead among the main networks. We will update when more solid numbers become available later today.
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Sad so many Americans are being misinformed by Hamnity & company..hope they’re the far right and not independent or impressionable voters..Scary
Good, more people saw Romney complete botch Libya, immigration, women’s rights and his tax cuts for the rich.
Binders full of women watched.
What’s scary is the “fact checking” Candy Crowley did last night, claiming that the Obama administration called the ambassador’s assassination an “act of terror” from day 1. Completely and totally untrue – read the transcript of Obama’s statement the next day. She’ far more dangerous than Hannity, because so many are deluded into thinking that people like her are unbiased.
What’s scary is the way righties are clinging to this Benghazi business like it’s some scandal. Who cares? As I write this, four Americans have died from heart attack, diabetes, drunk drivers, crime, cancer. The shit isn’t Watergate. And Rmoney is still losing. Enough already.
Yeah, four Americans dead, first ambassador to be murdered in decades, a willful attempt to cover for a pre-planned terror event timed to the anniversary of 9/11 with a shoddy cover story about a YouTube movie. You’re right. No scandal. Bumps in the road, eh?
She said “President Obama is right because that’s literally what he said, and Romney is also right because that doesn’t mean what he’s trying to say it does.” She hit them both, tried to tell them to get past semantics and move on. And nobody can get past the first part. Why is that?
The problem is that a moderator shouldn’t say anything about right or wrong. Handing out equal portions doesn’t excuse the major error in form. Totally unprofessional.
So…it’s unprofessional to call out a lie when it’s being broadcast to millions of Americans? Candy was right about what President Obama said. The audience deserved to know.
Miffy, if you read the transcript, and still don’t think Obama was referring to Libya when he talked about acts of terror, then I’m guessing you failed 7th grade English.
Agreed. Never before, not even in Ford vs. Carter debate did the moderator fact check, and interfere like that. Whats’ worse is that her fact check was wrong.
Romney screwed up, he made it about the phrase “act of terror” and not the fact that it wasn’t a spontaneous attack, Obama clearly believed it was one of the many “acts of terror” that have happened to us. I’m so pissed of at Romney, he could have hanged Obama but instead he decided to zone in on semantics and screw it up. I’m still voting for him though.
Obama’s words on the day in question: “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.”
Gotta have something to complain about, right? Oh, also have fun watching your women’s rights take a step backward to if Romney is elected.
Obama’s quote: “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter the character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for,” Obama said at the time.
Obiously, you, Sir, like, Romney, have an allergy to the truth. It’s in writing. Obama called Romney out, and the facts defeated Romney.
His comment about “terror” was discussing things in general such as 9/11, etc. Read THE WHOLE transcript. And if he called it a terrorist attack why was Susan Rice on every talk show saying it was about a video? Why did Hillary hold two press conferences about a video? Why didn’t Obama tell the Univision interviewers it was a terrorist attack on 9/11′s anniversary. Why did Jay Carney deny it for so long? Even in the BEGINNING of his rose ceremony speech he basically addressed the video saying that it was disgusting. That was the first thing he said regarding the attack. And for the record, I’ve never heard of a President flying off to campaign in Vegas on the day after our country was attacked. You don’t care?? Well shame on you then. Go pick up a gun and fight yourself then or go get a job in Mexico. We don’t need you here.
ok so explain the YOUTUBE crap for two weeks, shill…
@ Miffy – Romney went for the “he didn’t say act of terror” card – Candy corrected him, but ALSO agreed that it did take approx 2 weeks for the Administration to come totally clean. Not sure what debate you were watching.
If Fox is so far right, then why do they get the ratings? Maybe CNN and MSNBC (or MSDNC if you want to be more truthful) are shoveling drivel and “Obama Love” is such excess that regular Americans can’t take it. You know, the “red” states that aren’t bastions of liberalism. Take a look at the red/blue map, and you’ll see just how polarized we are. Personally, if the west and east coasts just broke off and drifted out to see I wouldn’t shed a tear.
I actually agree with you here in that I’d love for the red states to go it alone without the blue states around to subsidize them.
Candy: I’ll be happy to reveal my ignorance of the facts and reveal my partisan support and confirm the accuracy of your inaccuracy Mr. President.
President: Fist pumps.
Peanut Gallery: Applause.
Candy: Er, ah, however, Governor Romney is accurate about the inaccuracy you maintained for two weeks.
Peanut Gallery: Applause.
Candy (in her support group later): Governor Romney used the wrong word which prompted me to correct his inaccurate accuracy with my accurate inaccuracy.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
“No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter the character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for,” Obama said at the time.
Please tell me the lies present in this statement or the moderator’s last night. I think you, like, Romney, have an allergy to the truth. The remedy is fact.
The statement is a noble one and doesn’t contain any lies. However, “acts of terror” (a strategy) versus “an act of terrorism” (a tactic) are two different things. One a description and the other an action or event. The action/event (tactic) embraced by the administration was that a YouTube clip spawned a justifiable gathering of protesters which somehow turned into a heavily armed assault that killed 4 people. This version of what happened was repeated for weeks by many who knew or should have known that none it was true. There was no protest gathering. It was a well-planned “act of terrorism”. This is why the moderator corrected herself not only on the spot but later. Romney’s choice of words may not have been accurate but the reality of what happened (on the anniversary of 911 btw) was shamefully obfuscated by this administration. You can cherry pick your facts but the truth is what our dead American brothers and their families deserve.
Sorry, but the President was caught in a lie. You can try to hang a hat on the semantics, but that only works if you ignore the 12 days of the Administration telling the world it was a deplorable video. Which is a lie in itself, and a deliberate one given what facts were known when and by whom. The President lied. The real issue is if you care or not.
So 65.6 million people watched Crowley make an ass out of herself….it must suck to be her right now.
Translation: “Our guy lost. Let’s blame the dumb broad.”
Has anyone besides me catch Romney say ‘give me 8 years and I’ll fix everything’? Something like that. Which goes to say he can’t fix things in 4 years… either.
The Right is so hung up on the terror line because it was Mitt’s ace in the hole. If that was his ace in the hole, it was a pretty lousy one. No one cares about this except the echo chamber of Fox “News” watchers and Limbaugh droolers.
Now the Teabaggers are whining that Obama didn’t outline his plans for a second term during the debate. Allow me to do the honors:
Finish cleaning up the mess Bush/Cheney created that nearly destroyed our country.
Any questions?
You guys are all missing the real point.
NBC won again.
Hurray for another pointless debate. When will Americans learn that neither Republicans or Democrats will make any difference in this country until both parties are eliminated and each candidate represents all of American??? I mean ALL of America. Until then, lets looks forward to more of the same BS… every 4 (or
years of the next administration trying to undo the stuff of the previous administration, placing blame at the other parties records while spinning their own record, promising false promises to get elected, and representing special interest groups instead of the American people.
If you want real hope and change, please don’t waste your vote on Republican or Democrat. In order to get something you never had before, you must do something new. Vote Libertarian. Until then, God bless the Divided States of America.