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2017-01-23 Home Front: Politix

Progs and Media Console Themselves Comparing DJT and Obama Crowd Size

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-23 06:39|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 The urban chamber pots seldom disappoint.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-23 06:51|| 2017-01-23 06:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, most Trump's voters have to work, and to count every penny.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-23 07:23|| 2017-01-23 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Farther down in the comment:

Add in that DC is over 50% black and it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure that one out.

Rocket surgeon. I'm keeping that one.

And whatever the number, it was at least 400,000 more than attended Hillary's inauguration.

Interesting insight!

Posted by Bobby 2017-01-23 07:33|| 2017-01-23 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 It isn't the size of the crowd, but how you use it.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-01-23 08:59|| 2017-01-23 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Crowd size is such a lefty made-up bogus issue. Most of Trump's support came from between the East and West coasts; supporters are not no likely to travel to an inauguration for work or travel costs reasons. The area around Washington is largely "blue" and has been increasingly so for a few decades. It was a rainy day during the ceremony. The crowd size was larger than Obama's 2nd inauguration but not as large as for his first inauguration. Reagan had huge crowds but so what? Many supporters watched on cell phones, computers, TV and cable. The only number that matters is 306 electoral votes. The left needs to go to group therapy and get over the outcome of the election--in other words grow up; put your big boy and girl panties on--whichever you choose to wear--your call.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-01-23 10:14|| 2017-01-23 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 JohnQC nailed it. Interesting is the long distance viewership of the thing, for those, like me, who never intended to attend. The Washington Times looked into the numbers.

Akamai Technologies — which provides delivery of video content to major news organizations, corporations, retailers and organizations around the world — has this to report: “Video streaming coverage of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration is the largest single live news event that the company has delivered,” calling the event “a new benchmark for live video traffic” which bested such events as the Rio Olympics and the 2016 Euro soccer tournament.

Their measurements are precise. The coverage reached a peak of 8.7 terabytes per second at 12:04 p.m. ET during the opening of the president’s speech, exceeding the previous record of 7.5 terabytes — Tbps — set during Election Day coverage in November. In terms of an audience, that measurement translates into 4.6 million people watching the streaming coverage — about what ABC and CBS garnered during the same time period.

Ronald Reagan still holds the record for drawing the largest inaugural TV audience in history: 42 million viewers watched his 1981 inauguration, and this was before the advent of cable news channels. And this time around? Nielsen Media Research reports that President Trump’s inauguration drew 31 million viewers across a dozen broadcast and cable networks on Friday. In comparison, President Obama attracted 20.5 million viewers for his 2013 inauguration and a hefty 38 million in 2009. And a few more: George W. Bush garnered 29 million viewers in 2001, 15.5 million in 2005 while Bill Clinton drew 29.7 million in 1993 and 21.7 million in 1997.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-23 10:49|| 2017-01-23 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 And that doesn't count those of us you watched it later because we were working during the actual event.

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-23 11:22|| 2017-01-23 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Or watched it twice, and stood for the anthem both times.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-23 11:32|| 2017-01-23 11:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Link Britt Hume says they used a picture of the Trump crowd from earlier in the day.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-01-23 22:11|| 2017-01-23 22:11|| Front Page Top

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