Samba, a TV technology company that tallies data from chips in SmartTVs and other devices, said the audience on BET, Univision and Telemundo dropped by half about 45 minutes into the debate.
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JOHN YANG: Trump told reporters after the debate that his mic was defective and suggested it was on objective.
The total audience for Monday’s event grows even larger when the millions of online livestream viewers are factored in – as well as untold others on CSPAN, which is not measured.
Clinton took this as an opportunity to criticize Trump. Bringing up what Trump has said about women in the past was a good start, he thinks.
“Everything I wanted to say I got out, except for the transgressions of Bill”, Trump said post-debate. I think I did really well in answering those questions, but those questions are not answerable in a positive light. His face was a symphony of contortion while Clinton spoke, and he interrupted her with abandon, tossing away the book of traditional debate etiquette as if it were a beauty queen who’d gained a few pounds.
Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump are slated to face each again on October 9 during the second debate, in St. Louis.
The highly-anticipated clash between Secretary Hillary Clinton and real estate developer Donald Trump lived up to the hype, if not in substance, necessarily, then certainly in heated television moments.
“Has been firm and fair, called Trump on statements more than Hillary but spent most of his efforts steering the conversation / debate to the two candidates”, CNN Washington Bureau Chief Frank Sesno said.
Clinton retorted by noting her travels to 112 countries and her more recent 11 hours of testimony before the House Benghazi Committee, suggesting that once Trump does something similar, “he can talk to me about stamina”.
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“The Clinton partisans and the Trump partisans, none of this has any bearing because in their eyes both of their candidates won comprehensively last night and there is no middle ground”. “If I’m the only person on stage, I’m the only person on stage”.
