Not only was Ryan's speech a LIEfest but it wasn't viewed by as many people as viewed Palin's speech in 2008. Matter of fact, the TV viewership for Wednesday's presentation was down 17 million from 2008 when Palin was the Republican candidate for Vice President.
Ouch!
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The TV ratings are in for Wednesday RNC and the ratings are a dud.
RNC Ratings Night Two: Networks Lose 17 Million Viewers Compared To Night Two Of 2008 RNC
In fact Wednesday had about 20 million viewers (most likely Republicans) which was similar to Tuesday's viewership but far below the 37 million viewers for Palin.
All told, just over 20 million people were watching last night on the Nielsen-rated networks, compared to 37 million for night two of the RNC in 2008. Night one of the 2012 RNC was roughly on par with night one of the 2008 RNC ratings-wise, making the gap all the more dramatic.
In fact Wednesday was such a dud that only FOX News and ABC increased their viewership from Monday while all other networks decreased their viewership.
Only FNC and ABC improved their 10-11PM viewership compared to day one of the RNC. Every other network was down. Every network was also down from 2008, with FNC down 1.5 viewers, NBC down 3.5 million viewers, CNN down nearly five million viewers, ABC down three million viewers, CBS down two million viewers and MSNBC down about two million viewers. It is worth noting that night two of the RNC in 2008 saw a speech delivered by Palin, who at the time was still a relative unknown.
With the combination of low viewership and everybody fact checking Ryan's lies, Ryan's speech may have roused the base but didn't do much else.