Nielsen: McCain’s Speech Viewed by More than Obama’s
The Nielsen group reported Friday that John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention was viewed by more people than Barack Obama’s during the Democratic one.
“Senator McCain amassed an audience of 38.9 million viewers for his speech on two fewer channels than were carrying Senator Obama’s speech August 28 to 38.38 million viewers,” Nielsen Media Research said in a statement.
The speech given by the Republican nominee for the vice presidency, Sarah Palin, was viewed by an astonishing amount of people as well; 37.2 million tuned in.
To compare, George W. Bush’s acceptance speech in 2004 was viewed by slighly more than 25 million individuals.
Barack Obama’s speech was a big deal; it was a great speech, and viewed by many people. The media used the ratings as proof for the thesis that he arouses much passion among his supporters, and is able to reach out to independents as well as partisan Democrats. It is interesting to see that they have nothing to say about the fact that McCain’s ratings were better.
Following the logic of so many American journalists, doesn’t this mean that McCain’s supporters are even more passionate and that McCain is more able to reach out to independents than Obama?
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