White House launches 'Trump TV' stream, draws tiny viewership

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The White House launched a 24/7 "Trump TV" livestream on its official YouTube channel amid the administration’s ban on MSNBC, CNN and Politico. At launch Monday night the stream peaked at about 8,000 concurrent viewers, fell to around 4,000 within 90 minutes and was drawing roughly 1,600 viewers Tuesday morning during archived footage. Critics compared Trump TV to state-run broadcasters in North Korea, China and Russia, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom calling it "autocratic behavior" and the Lincoln Project labeling it state-run media. White House deputy communications director Kaelan Dorr defended the channel as a way to show the administration’s "greatest hits, unfiltered." Journalist Juliet Jeske said she watched three hours and found it to be re-runs with no added production value, calling it "sad" and noting low viewership. Major news outlets including ABC, Fox News, CBS and NBC suspended pooled television coverage in solidarity with the barred outlets, which filed a lawsuit over the White House restrictions.

Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

The White House says it banned Politico for using anonymous sources. One of the examples it cited was their own background briefing in which the White House itself provided the anonymous official. @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

89616d ago

🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕12

The leak is coming from inside the couch! bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Athion8

Trump told over 33,000 lies during his first four years. Anyone who believes a word he says is deluding themselves. Why isn't he in the Guiness Book of World Records for LIES?

Richard Harold Ainsworth8

Trump speak: "Many people say" = no one said this - I just made it up. "Everyone knows" = no one knows because I just made it up. "I hear it everywhere" = I did not hear it because I just made it up. "I know more than the experts" = Not really I just made that up. "We are very close to a deal"...

seashellsshelly.bsky.social1

It's also a look how fascist we are play

seashellsshelly.bsky.social1

Seeing how much of a role Politico plays in Epstein class and Trump market manipulation schemes, feels weird including in free press to start when all of these organs quite cowed and compromised before now and different levels of complicit with our having mostly only appearances of democracy

蕪徠庵1

You’re not doing enough to stand up for a free and open press. You should be ashamed at your comfort.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social2

Isn’t Trump’s press ban a clear-cut case of discrimination? He is denying access to three press outlets trying to do their jobs while providing access to their competitors.

Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Trump TV is a hilarious disaster for Trump and just another indication that whatever rizz he had has evaporated. Especially when you consider the strong possibility that the majority of these [checks notes] 556 viewers were hate-watching this car wreck.

77616d ago

carelesswhisperer.bsky.social10

Nanny Natalie tells him it’s “record breaking”.

Heartless 🐸🖕🐸 Creatures8

At least 889 people still think it's must see TV.

MadGreek 🧿3

How about those ratings? 🤣

arussellgerber.bsky.social3

Watch the WH lie and say it was 556 rooms of 10,000 people each watching.

Blamedrose872

Maybe they just want to catch the death live.

momtrex.bsky.social2

I didn’t hear anything about it actually existing until it failed. I think people are very tired of Trump branded items.

Joy-Ann Reid

@joyannreid.bsky.social

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, we're at the state TV part of the fascist descent. Fun! We also bring you the latest updates on the Nolan Wells case. www.youtube.com/live/tWDKPtd...

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The Sgt Joker

@thesgtjoker.bsky.social

Trump TV didn't even last as long as Trump's 🍄 time with Stormy.

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Brian Resists!4

That's .09 of a Scaramucci, right?

Deadly Spoons4

Luckily someone caught its final signoff. youtu.be/lT40nTFax7U?...

Randall White1

Why, that's better than ticket sales for Kid Rock's Freedom Fest!

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧6

This must make Escort Melania proud!!! Escort Melania's movie got a whopping 1.3 out of 10 rating! Trump TV didn't get on the scale. (Escort Melania's crypto coin is now $0.11. she's very worried about getting rid of pennies.)

MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧4

Maybe he can ask Bari Weiss at CBS to stream Trump TV.

The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

@brendanhartnett.bsky.social endured six straight hours of Trump TV to answer one important question: How bad is the White House’s new 24/7 channel? “It sucked.” Read his minute-by-minute journey through what may be the most boring propaganda ever produced. lnk.thebulwark.com/3TouD6V?utm_...

7216d ago

Robin1

6 hours. You need an award! If you choked someone in that time period, you're disqualified.

Ruben Garcia

@gorubenruben.bsky.social

Both Trump TV and Trump’s speech at the UN fell on deaf ears today. Same hall. Different dictator. Bigger shoes. #USDemocracy #TrumpTV #UNGA #BigShoes

2517d ago

Peter8

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.

全肯定botたん1

You've been through a lot, and I hope you can catch a break 🍀

𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤

@saltybitchables.bsky.social

WTAF? I lay off of the news for a couple of days to make TikTok videos, and this shit happens?! tRump has his own TV channel broadcast straight from the White House? #ProudBlue #FDT #tRumpTV youtu.be/vcID0OafOts?...

1616d ago

billie18.bsky.social1

I can promise I will never watch it. 🤬

jerake.bsky.social1

I'd rather watch the Bugs Bunny / Road Runner hour, more intellectually stimulating

Larry Colvin

@larrycolvin.bsky.social

Asked directly if he supports Trump banning news outlets, Steve Scalise tried to lie and claim Biden banned 400 agencies. Jon Karl shut down the fake news on live TV in real time: "That did not happen." Absolutely pathetic. #Blues

2017d ago

Mickey Kuhns

@mickeykuhns.bsky.social

I just tuned over to see what's on Trump TV…

2516d ago

Spiked Doormat2

That's obviously AI, otherwise Fatal Nattraction would have murdered him for being with another blonde.

News to Remember

@moments2remember.link

“Trump TV” is reportedly off to a brutal start. Despite Trump’s confidence that he can pull huge television audiences, the numbers being reported tell a very different story: just 3,000 viewers during prime time last night — and only around 1,000 during this morning’s news programming.

2217d ago

🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️

@buckivotesblue.bsky.social

#TrumpTV is finally here, delivering 24/7 unfiltered reality straight from the source—because facts are overrated, right! Tired of those pesky "real reporters" asking annoying questions about things that actually happened? Welcome to the ultimate safe space for the truth (well, his truth). #Blues

1817d ago

Sarcasmo Ultra BLAM!2

Another something I'll never watch, but, from what I hear, after a big schmaltzy illegal copyright theft fest, a speech from six months ago was played. Pity the poor bastard who had to watch a bunch of word salad explosions, and pick out one that almost sounded sane. A lying house organ, methinks.

California Dreamin’… 😎

@jerasikehorn.bsky.social

Americans are struggling with affordability, cost of living increases, high fuel prices, & persistent inflation… But don't worry, the Trump regime is launching a new 24-hour streaming service called "Trump TV." How the hell does this help one single American? How?! 😎✨

2016d ago

Jake Lahut

@jakelahut.bsky.social

I wrote the other night about this very issue. I also haven’t heard back from the White House on some very basic questions regarding “Trump TV” — such as, will it involve a mic? straightfromthehut.substack.com/p/the-trumpi...

1716d ago

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@maxbrockbank.com

The second day of Trump TV proved to be even more of a disaster than the first From 5,000 viewers down to 626. The Webcam at little old Shaver Lake, California, has a bigger audience.

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1616d ago

conifergirl.bsky.social

@conifergirl.bsky.social

and it bottomed out overnight at barely 1,000 viewers during a rerun of a year-old Trump speech alongside Britain’s King Charles. Trump TV may have failed right out of the gate, but the ban is in place for now. So will it be struck down by the

1817d ago

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