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| Carolyn Kaster/AP |
It was a beautiful night in the neighborhood for Joe Biden, according to critics who compared the Democratic presidential candidate’s town hall on ABC News to a Mister Rogers episode.
The former veep was mostly lobbed softballs by George Stephanopoulos in Philadelphia on Thursday while President Trump was grilled by NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie in Miami, where the former litigator peppered him with questions and fact checks.
“This is a townhall? where is the town? its just Savannah badgering. what a joke,” Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said in a tweet.
Trump adviser Mercedes Schlapp wrote in response: “Well @JoeBiden @ABCPolitics townhall feels like I am watching an episode of Mister Rodgers [sic] Neighborhood.” --->READ MORE HERE
A social media influencer tried to manipulate online ratings for Joe Biden’s ABC News town hall event Thursday to deny President Trump a ratings win for his rival NBC News forum — but he failed, with Trump triumphant in YouTube clicks.
Hank Green, who has a vast online following, implored TikTok users Thursday to watch Biden’s event on “every phone, television and computer.”
His video appeal scored 1.2 million “likes” and more than 21,000 comments on TikTok, a China-owned platform popular among teens and young adults.
As for TV viewership, Biden’s town hall drew more viewers than Trump’s, according to early figures.
An average of 13.9 viewers tuned in to ABC to watch Biden field questions from voters from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., compared to 13.1 million who watched Trump do the same on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC, initial Nielsen ratings show.
Biden’s town hall, meanwhile, had 2.9 million views on ABC News’ YouTube channel. Trump’s town hall had about 4.7 million views on YouTube distributed across NBC News, CNBC and CNBC television channels as of noon Friday. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to related stories/reactions/opinions and FULL VIDEO of BOTH TOWN HALLS:
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