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Originally Posted by sarettah
Robbie. Please give me a link (or links) with counts of internet users that were watching the last 3 inaugurations via livestream.
Since you know for sure that his numbers are higher I assume that you have seen the numbers. I am too tired right now to go hunt them down.
Thanks in advance.
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Use your own common sense.
In 2009 there was no Facebook Live. There was no Periscope for Twitter Live.
They simply did not exist.
HD streams were just starting to gain popularity because ISP's were just starting to get the bandwidth to be able to do them without stuttering.
I think I already said all of this didn't I?
And I also think I already said that Trump's had more viewers probably because of the technology moving forward.
T.V. viewership is way down because of internet viewing. Young people watch more stuff on NetFlix streaming than they do on cable t.v.
These are all factors that the mainstream media ignores.
So use your own common sense.
There was NO internet in 1981 when Reagan was sworn in (which was the most viewed in history until Obama's 2009 inauguration).
There wasn't much live streaming on a massive scale in 2009 when President Obama was sworn in...which was the new number one for viewers.
Now in 2017...there are hundreds of millions around the world watching live streams on the internet.
Use this knowledge and figure it out for yourself.
38 million watched Pres. Obama on television 8 years ago.
30 million watched Trump on television in 2017 when t.v. viewing is down thanks to internet streaming.
Using common sense would tell you that more than only 8 million watched various live streams from across the globe.
Are there any "numbers" for that?
No. At least I don't think there is any way to have the exact number of every person who watched official feeds on every streaming platform...PLUS the number of people in the live crowd who were all streaming it via their own accounts on Facebook, Periscope, Youtube, etc.
If you don't believe the modern technology allowed that inauguration to be viewed by more people...then you living in the past (just like the obsolete mainstream media).
And I am NOT saying that Trump is more "popular" than Obama or Reagan.
I don't think that at all. Not after the divisiveness of the last 2 Presidents in office.
I believe it's the technology that did it for him.
And if I were some "reporter" on CNN I would do exactly what they are doing...try to downplay this so that they don't look weak and obsolete.
And if I were Trump I would do exactly as he is doing...try to play it up to make myself appear more popular.
This ain't hard to see on both sides. You just have to step back from the politics of it and ask yourself why each side even CARES about the numbers.
Because the media is trying to make it seem like Trump is the only one worried about the numbers.
But trust me...it's important to CNN too. It's all about advertising dollars and trying to prove their relevancy in a changing technological world.