Washington, United States.
CNN has lost nearly half of its audience since the former president Donald Trump left the White House, an indicator of how the polarization and animosity that fed the politician in liberal sectors they have defined the American television industry.
According to data from Nielsen Media Research, between November 4, 2020 and January 20, the day of the investiture of Joe Biden, CNN had an average of 2.5 million viewers during prime time, while the figure fell to 1.6 million on average until March 15.
The drop is even greater compared to whats 3.1 million viewers in the last days of December until January 20, when the polarization in the country expanded with the insistence of Trump and theirs sympathizers dand not accept the election result, Based on falsehoods.
In the segment of demography most important for CNN the decline was 58% after the end of the electoral uncertainty, which reached its peak with the attempted capture of the Capitol assault by Trump supporters on January 6th.
NewsCorp media, founded by sensationalist tycoon Rupert Murdoch, aired the bad data of his biggest competitor in the cable TV news segment.
see: US Congress votes to give citizenship to Tepesians and dreamers
The four years of Trump a la White house polarize both voters and news channels in United States who now occupy more of their time with opinion and not so much with impartial analysis.
Fox News, which supported Trump during his tenure, he became the Conservatives ’favorite channel, but after turning his back onthe assault at the Chapters, television analysis companies have begun to spot one exodus of hearings to more conservative channels like Newsmax.
Other channels such as the ultraconservative OANN, with links with the Kremlin and accused of being an apparatus dand misinformation, tboth have prospered thanks to the polarization that the United States is experiencing. EFE