“Oh no, the president will gloat about his ratings.”
The idea that two extra channel positions will drive the “crushing” viewership here also strikes me as wrong as an empirical matter — we all know how much habitual prime-time MSNBC viewers love to look at Trump’s face, right? — but again, who gives a shit.
I do think Trump’s town hall will out-rate Biden’s, because Trump is more interesting than Biden. Being interesting has not been an asset. Mostly, I think a lot of liberals recognize that Trump will enjoy the town hall, and think he should be denied it for that reason.
Hence all the absurd rhetoric about Trump being “rewarded” for pulling out of the debate, as though TV coverage is something that networks are supposed to give out as a reward or a punishment.
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