That Vast Sucking Sound You Heard Last Night….

Was ABC News’ credibility AND audience going down the drain.

President Obama’s town hall meeting on health care delivered a sickly rating Wednesday evening.

The one-hour ABC News special “Primetime: Questions for the President: Prescription for America” (4.7 million viewers, 1.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) had the fewest viewers in the 10 p.m. hour (against NBC’s “The Philanthropist” debut and a repeat of “CSI: NY” on CBS). The special tied some 8 p.m. comedy repeats as the lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.

Gee, I was right on then.  

The All Barack Channel managed to grab a mighty 1.6% of the population of the United States to watch the propaganda-fest.

I get the feeling that the absurd cult-of-personality, wall-to-wall media coverage is beginning to backfire. Rather rapidly. You heard wall-to-wall coverage about how the White House was mobilizing its mailing list minions to agitate for his health care program. Remember that?

Heard anything else about it since the raucous media cheering and fawning?

Just like you heard within days of the salvation (for one year) of the jobs of a few police rookies in Toledo because of Obama’s stimulus plan.

Heard about any other triumphant job saves or creation? Other than claims of same with no actually proof thereof?

Crêpes. Light, thin, airy and small. Not much there at all.