Wayward DP
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suspect it only succeeds in moving the goal posts. already getting shit for doing it with Walz...
OT: American Politics
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MindzEye
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Stump speeches are at least as good imo, it's just a matter of solving the issue of distribution. All an interview is doing is platforming on their network, that's it. After she's done one interview and the legacy/corporate media gets to sensationalize that, they shouldn't do another one for weeks and just keep pounding the message independent of them. Hit the podcast/new media circuit hard.
zeke
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TBH I'm more eager to see Kamala/Walz go on stuff like Rogan, Lex, Theo Von, Hot Ones, etc.
I still say a dem potus candidate should offer Fox one night full slate each month or maybe even more often - go on every opinion show that night starting with The Five thru Laura thru Jesse thru Hannity thru Gutfeld and have an open free form live two way debate. Make sure they commit to having it more than once.
Fox would likely chicken out but that's what I would do.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
No one will give a rats ass 10 minutes after the interview is over.
Wayward DP
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I agree with you here, but it makes me really sad to reach that conclusion.
MSM is making itself obsolete during a time in history where society could really, really benefit from it performing its intended function.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
hockeylover
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Would love to see both together on Hot Ones
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
not good
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
0 %....
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
The wheel might need a second hamster to power it,
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
The legacy media will keep doing what they're doing because those are the marching orders from their corporate owners.
Fuck'em, circumvent their asses.
Pod Save America has 1.5 million listeners per episode and there's a bag of other political podcasts that do 500K+. Have Kamala hit up shit like Shannon Sharpe, Breakfast Club, Jason & Travis Kelce, etc, etc, etc. Send Walz to Theo Vonn, a home improvement/lawn care/DIY youtube channel or two, etc.
Keep banging out stump speeches at union shops and making the legacy media beg for your attention.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
The campaign needs to sign up first time voters in large numbers in swing states. That will guarantee a Harris victory.
axlsalinger
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She's been the nominee long enough that it's time to do some interviews. Of course the media has handled recent events in an often ridiculous fashion, but that's a separate argument. The idea that she can't handle a press conference is laughable, but she has given them this free talking point by not doing any media. Glad to see they finally have scheduled one, they should limit them but it's still a very effective way to get your message out there. Agree they should do something on Fox and then a couple of high-profile spots, whether it's Hot Ones, podcasts, etc. Do an hour with Rachel Maddow. Maybe it could help ever so slightly with coverage if she did one with the NYT. There are plenty of options. Fuck Elon, though.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
As hilarious as going on Fox would be, you know damn well that Fox would take a caller from Florida and try to create a live debate.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
Exactly.
Very few people get their news from cable news. The US has a population of 330 million and these numbers below matter?
Cable News Networks See August Ratings Bump From 2024 Campaign, But Viewership Is Still Well Below Last Presidential Cycle
Cable news networks continued to see a campaign 2024 ratings bounce in August, which saw the Democratic National Convention and a tightened presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Fox News topped primetime, averaging 2.27 million viewers, up 12% from the same period in 2023...
deadline.com
Cable news networks continued to see a campaign 2024 ratings bounce in August, which saw the Democratic National Convention and a tightened presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Fox News topped primetime, averaging 2.27 million viewers, up 12% from the same period in 2023. MSNBC was up 18% to 1.83 million, and CNN grew by 49% to 1.08 million. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 288,000, up 15%, compared to 246,000 for MSNBC, up 46%, and 240,000 for CNN, up 63%.
In total day, Fox News averaged 1.43 million, up 22%, followed by MSNBC with 1.02 million, up 8% and CNN with 615,000, up 13%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 190,000, up 32%, followed by CNN with 123,000, up 17%, and 121,000 for MSNBC, up 12%.
Fox News’ The Five was the top regularly scheduled program in cable news, averaging 3.29 million viewers, followed by Jesse Watters Primetime with 2.97 million, Hannity with 2.61 million, Gutfeld! with 2.55 million and The Ingraham Angle with 2.44 million.
In adults 25-54, Gutfeld! topped with an average of 365,000 viewers, followed by Jesse Watters Primetime with 360,000, Hannity with 350,000, The Five with 339,000 and The Ingraham Angle with 281,000.
As much as the networks have been looking for a viewership spike from this year’s election, the latest figures are still off from the 2020 cycle, which was a bit of a boom year for linear TV in general. In August 2020, Fox News averaged 3.64 million viewers in primetime, compared to 2.19 million for MSNBC and 1.69 million for CNN.
The figures are from Nielsen via Fox News and CNN.
Networks touted their numbers during convention coverage. MSNBC topped networks for coverage of the Democratic National Convention, averaging 5.2 million viewers in primetime. Last month, Fox News was way ahead of rivals as it topped coverage of the Republican National Convention. CNN said it topped the 25-54 demo during the convention’s later time frame, when all broadcast and cable networks were carrying marquee speakers, with an average of 933,000 viewers. MSNBC had the edge in the primetime 25-54 demo, with 888,000, per the network.