In debates, Fox tops MSNBC
The debate among Republican presidential candidates on Fox News Channel this week drew about 38% more viewers than the first one that was carried on MSNBC May 3.
Tuesday night’s 90-minute telecast with the GOP contenders at the University of South Carolina averaged 2.4 million viewers on Fox, while the earlier one at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley attracted 1.76 million on MSNBC.
An April 26 debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls on MSNBC averaged 2.26 million viewers.
Fox’s showing on Tuesday wasn’t huge, but it left its cable news competitors in the dust: MSNBC had just 310,000 viewers during that time period, while CNN garnered 891,000 and Headline News nabbed 358,000.
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