Career-low TV audience for Bush's Iraq speech
Posted on: Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 21:41 CDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Bush's address to thenation, urging Americans to stand firm in Iraq, drew thesmallest TV audience of his tenure, Nielsen Media Researchreported on Wednesday.
Bush's speech on Tuesday night at the Ft. Bragg militarybase in North Carolina averaged 23 million viewers combined onthe four major U.S. broadcast networks and three leading cablenews channels networks that carried the speech, Nielsen said.
That number was 8.6 million viewers below Bush's previouslow as president, his Aug. 9, 2001 speech on stem cellresearch, which was carried on six networks.
Even Bush's last prime-time address, his April 28 speech onSocial Security overhaul, drew more viewers, 32.7 million.
Bush garnered the biggest U.S. TV audience of hispresidency -- 82 million viewers on nine networks -- when headdressed a joint session of Congress nine days after the Sept.11, 2001, attacks on America.
By comparison, his May 1, 2003, speech from the deck of anaircraft carrier declaring an end to major combat operations inIraq averaged 48.4 million viewers.
Source: REUTERS
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