The Communists win again!!!

DNC night one ratings beat RNC by 21 percent despite late Biden speech

Early data comes as Trump reportedly concerned Kamala Harris nomination
speech will outshine his from RNC
Josh Marcus

The first night of the ongoing Democratic National Convention in Chicago
had signficantly better ratings than the opening of the Republican National
Convention last month, according to overnight data.

The DNC had 11.4 percent of sampled households watching in 44 major metro
areas across seven networks on Monday, compared with the RNC�s 9.4 percent
rating, a difference of over 20 percent, according to TV analyst Michael
Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics at FOX Sports, FOX
Entertainment, and Tubi.

In a statement on X, the analyst warned that the data was just preliminary.
The DNC got better early ratings data for its first night than the RNC did,
despite a Biden speech that stretched into the early hours of the morning.
The DNC got better early ratings data for its first night than the RNC did,
despite a Biden speech that stretched into the early hours of the morning.
(AP)

�That DNC lead will likely narrow in the final national viewership and
could even be erased, though that seems unlikely,� he wrote. �The
overnights reflect 44 major metro areas.�

Some running the DNC surely were concerned that delays caused Joe Biden to
give his highly anticipated convention speech at 11:25 pm on Monday, well
past when some voters in East Coast battleground states like Pennsylvania
were in bed.

That didn�t seem to make a huge difference, according to Mulvilhill.

�The late-running DNC show did not help viewership for President Biden,� he
added on X. �The Biden portion rated slightly (-2%) lower than the pre-
Biden portion and the President�s forceful speech lost audience as the hour
grew later. Not ideal but not disastrous either.�

The initial, encouraging signs for the DNC come as Donald Trump is
reportedly concerned Kamala Harris�s Thursday speech to close out the
convention will outshine Trump�s RNC send-off.

Two sources close to the Trump campaign told Rolling Stone the former
president has brought up the topic multiple times, though he�s sure to
mention the �tremendous� viewership of his own nomination speech, which
attracted a peak of 28.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

In response to the report, the Trump campaign told the magazine, �Voters
know Kamala is weak, failed, and dangerously liberal, and the Democrat
ticket is the most radical in American history.�

Media observers say the 2024 race is likely to be one of the most dramatic
in US history, especially when compared with the 2020 election, which was
held under the shadow of the Covid pandemic. There�s already been a
candidate swap and an assassination attempt, and we�re still months away
from November.

�I look at these two campaigns right now as the fiercest competing
political reality shows I�ve ever seen,� Professor Frank Sesno, director of
strategic initiatives at the GW School of Media and Public Affairs, toldUSA
TODAY. �There�s so much drama on both sides, there�s so much tension
between the two sides and there�s a huge suspense as to what�s going to
happen.�

KSTP’s Kyle Brown writes Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty are clashing over a weekend shooting involving several teenagers and the county’s early intervention programs.

https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/08/ohara-moriarty-clash-over-juvenile-crime-in-wake-of-shooting/

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara are clashing once again over how to handle youth crime after a weekend shooting in Minneapolis left four children injured inside a stolen car.

What we know
Around 1 a.m. on Sunday near the intersection of West Broadway and Girard Avenue, four minors were injured, one critically, after automatic gunfire struck a stolen Kia while the children were inside.

A total of five children, three boys and two girls, between the ages of 11 and 13 years old, were in the stolen Kia during the shooting.

Four were hospitalized after the shooting, while police said the fifth child, an 11-year-old boy, was detained and brought home to his parents. A police spokesperson told FOX 9 the 11-year-old couldn't be charged, citing state law.

O'Hara also added on Sunday that two of the minors had been arrested less than two weeks ago inside another stolen vehicle.

Hennepin County Attorney issues statement
On Monday, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office released a statement saying, "The shooting of four children in a car over the weekend is tragic and unacceptable. We must act with urgency to implement effective solutions to gun violence and ensure that no one in our community is victimized in this way."

The statement went on to say that collaboration was needed to "intervene effectively with youth who are engaging in auto theft-related behaviors" while saying MPD Chief O’Hara, "inaccurately stated that children under 14 cannot be referred for prosecution."

According to the attorney’s office, law enforcement has the ability to refer offenders to the Youth Auto Theft Early Intervention Initiative.

However, MPD has not referred any youth to the initiative in the second quarter of 2024, and has only made four referrals in the third quarter to date, the statement said.

"None of the children aged 11 to 13 who were shot while riding in a stolen car over the weekend had been referred to our office by law enforcement for youth auto theft early intervention," the statement says. The office claims that of the youth served by the early intervention initiative, 81% have had no new cases submitted.

"Through this Initiative, we have created a new pathway for referral and intervention when police do not have sufficient evidence to submit a case for charging," the statement says. "This is critically important given the low clearance rate of 1.4% in 2024 for auto theft cases in Minneapolis; police often tell us they know who is involved but do not have the evidence to prove it."

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has not yet received any case submissions for the shooting over the weekend, the statement says.

O'Hara responds during a heated news conference
The statement from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office was issued around 3:30 p.m. on Monday. A little over two hours later, Chief O'Hara held a news conference during which he accused the county attorney of not telling the truth.

In fact, O'Hara claimed, the Minneapolis Police Department had referred at least two of the kids involved in Sunday's incident for charges.

"It is not true to say no one from this case [was referred]," said Chief O'Hara. "That's not true at all. Two of the kids in this stolen car were referred for charges on August 9th for auto theft. Nothing was done. They didn't put them in their diversion program. They didn't charge. Nothing."

O'Hara says even the family of the children were "begging" for legal intervention.

"Despite pleas from their parents, begging for help, begging for them to be detained," O'Hara explained. "They were let back into the street, into the same environment, to commit more crimes. We've had several of the parents involved with the kids involved in the shooting this weekend asking for us to arrest their kids, begging us to detain them. Because they can't control them and they're afraid they're going to get killed."

O'Hara said the police department communicated these fears to the attorney's office but to no action. "The county attorney's office isn't listening," said O'Hara. "The idea of catch and release for violent juveniles is not working."

Previous issues
This isn't the first conflict between the Hennepin County Attorney's Office and the Minneapolis Police Department.

In March, Moriarty also criticized the Minneapolis Police Department for failing to work with her office on the youth auto theft diversion program during a presentation to the Minneapolis City Council.

"I am a big believer of collaboration," said Moriarty. "I've been in this system for over 30 years in Hennepin County. And one of the things I saw that was really destructive is finger pointing and blaming."

"But we need to communicate with each other," Moriarty added. "And that has been a problem right now. I would like to see that communication between MPD and our office improve."

O'Hara, who was in the audience for the presentation, fired back after, saying in part: "Any implication that the Minneapolis cops are not doing everything they can to try and solve that problem, not partnering with people to try and address it, is just not true, and it’s a slap in the face to the cops that are out there every single day putting their lives on the line to try to resolve this problem."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/moriarty-ohara-spar-over-youth-211655538.html

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:45:55 -0000 (UTC), Ryan <X@Y.com> wrote:

>The Communists win again!!!
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>DNC night one ratings beat RNC by 21 percent despite late Biden speech

Night 2 ratings by 39%.

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#NEVERtrump

In article <jt9ecj1q5d7ge6tcrhs7c47t9ok5hmjvl1@4ax.com>,
governor.swill@gmail.com says...
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> On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:45:55 -0000 (UTC), Ryan <X@Y.com> wrote:
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> >DNC night one ratings beat RNC by 21 percent despite late Biden speech
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> Night 2 ratings by 39%.

When you get paid to be there.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/economy/bls-jobs-revisions/index.html

They lied.