Washington, United States.
The news channel 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 hostility that fueled the politician 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 inauguration of Joe Biden, CNN averaged 2.5 million viewers during “prime time” hours, while the number fell to 1.6 million on average until March 15.
The drop is even bigger compared to somes 3.1 million viewers in the last days from December to January 20, when the polarization in the country at the insistence of Trump And his supporters dI accept it election results, based on falsehoods.
In the segment demographics Most importantly for CNN, the decline was 58% after the end of the electoral uncertainty, that culminated with the attempted seizure of the Capitol Trump supporters 6 January.
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The four years of Trump on the White House polarized voters as well as news outlets U.S who now spend more time on opinion rather than impartial analysis.
Fox News, which supported Trump During his tenure he became the favorite channel of the conservatives, but after turning his back on him due tothe attack already Capitol, television analytics companies have begun to detect one exodus of the public to more conservative channels such as Newsmax.
Other channels such as the ultra-conservative OANN, with ties with the Kremlin and accused of being a device dand misinformation, tThey are also thriving thanks to the polarization the United States is going through. EFE