It's not just this board that has largely become moribund.

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Nearly halfway through President Biden's first 100 days, data shows that Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news and especially politics.

Why it matters: The departure of former President Trump's once-ubiquitous presence in the news cycle has reoriented the country's attention.

Driving the news: Nearly every big news site saw its traffic decline in February, compared to a tumultuous January that included the Capitol insurrection and Biden's inauguration.

• Publishers' traffic was down across the board, and many major sites saw traffic dip more than 20%, according to data from traffic analytics company SimilarWeb.
• Politics consumption dropped most dramatically, tumbling 28%.

Between the lines: Interest in the presidency, specifically, has taken a steep plunge.

• There were three times as many stories written about about Trump in February of 2017 than about Biden last month, according to data from NewsWhip.
• Biden was discussed on cable news for an estimated 1,836 minutes last month, according to the Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer. In February of Trump's first year, he commanded an estimated 4,669 minutes on cable news.

Other stories including GameStop stock and developments on the coronavirus vaccines have driven higher interest than they could in a Trump-centric world.

• Interest in finance and business coverage declined from January to February, but not nearly as steeply as political coverage, and February's consumption trends were still higher than the average over the last three years.

What's next: These dynamics could change if Trump inserts himself back in the news cycle. Nearly 7 million people watched President Trump's speech at CPAC last Sunday, nearly rivaling the number of people that tuned into the Golden Globes later that evening.

• Many of the pro-Trump sites that built massive audiences feeding false claims of a stolen election over the last few months are coming out of the Trump era with new and bigger audiences.
• Newsmax's February traffic was lower than January's, but it was still up 179% compared to the daily average from the previous 3 years.
• OANN jumped 157% and Gateway Pundit saw a 70% increase, per SimilarWeb. Data from Comscore shows similar trends.

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Axios

Liberal media = JV team

The fact that the total incompetence of Biden not being reported but rather "news" that deflects from their actions is not unexpected. They didn't report on the Democrat platform during the election because they knew that most Americans would be disgusted. Why should they report on the Democrats using executive orders to implement their agenda?

The summary says that Americans prefer news sources that did not lie about actual election fraud and that are obvious propaganda arms of the DNC. I am surprised that Axios would report that ratings for more honest news networks have increased while their ratings have decreased.

An even bigger question is why would 7 million subject themselves to watching the Golden Globe Awards?

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Well, when the new POTUS is under lock and key - not allowed to speak, there's not much to talk about.

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even if he wasnt he doesnt move the media needle. he's not polarizing. there will be many layoffs in the msm over the next 4 years.

BuddysBud said:

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An even bigger question is why would 7 million subject themselves to watching the Golden Globe Awards?

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Honestly I kept flipping over to it in hopes of seeing Selma Hayek's bewbs again.

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Old Buffalo said:

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Well, when the new POTUS is under lock and key - not allowed to speak, there's not much to talk about.

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even if he wasnt he doesnt move the media needle. he's not polarizing. there will be many layoffs in the msm over the next 4 years.

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If the media and DOJ investigated and reported on "The Big Man" half as much as they did Trump, the needle would move. Since the media are complicit with the corruption, they have no incentive to report the truth.

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Old Buffalo said:

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Well, when the new POTUS is under lock and key - not allowed to speak, there's not much to talk about.

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even if he wasnt he doesnt move the media needle. he's not polarizing. there will be many layoffs in the msm over the next 4 years.

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Really? He talked about taking the former President outside behind a gym to start a fist fight, shoved a potential voter who questioned him, gropes little girls and other female adults, challenged another guy to a push-up contest, and talked about kids loving the hair on his legs.

I'm not sure what your definition of "polarizing" is but that's the very definition of mine.

This is why the media desperately wants another spike in Covid so they can continue to be relevant.

After the PGA Bay Hill tournament, NBC went to their evening news and the lead story was the scary Covid and how people are dying yet states are opening up and college students are running around with no social distancing nor masks.

The news anchor was doing their best to sound the alarm to a population that is fed up with fear-mongering from politicians and media types.

So I say the best way to end covid is to turn off the news!

I watched that exact same segment and even recorded it on my phone and sent it to a couple of people. It was so absurd and the height of corona fear porn.

johnnyblaze36 said:

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I watched that exact same segment and even recorded it on my phone and sent it to a couple of people. It was so absurd and the height of corona fear porn.

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totally agree with the absurdity of the segment

No one really cares about the future of our republic anymore. Obama's third term (some might argue his fourth term) will make Hitler appear to be a piker with the speed in which they do it.

Buckle up, buttercup because this country as we knew it growing up, is going down, in a hurry.

johnnyblaze36 said:

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I watched that exact same segment and even recorded it on my phone and sent it to a couple of people. It was so absurd and the height of corona fear porn.

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Literally Trillions of dollars are at stake

The longer they string it out the more "stimulus" bills they can pass to send millions of dollars into their bank accounts

Maroon Dawn said:

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johnnyblaze36 said:

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I watched that exact same segment and even recorded it on my phone and sent it to a couple of people. It was so absurd and the height of corona fear porn.

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Literally Trillions of dollars are at stake

The longer they string it out the more "stimulus" bills they can pass to send millions of dollars into their bank accounts

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We are exactly like Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. Oligarchs and thugs will run this country. Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Bezos, etc. Soros clones for One World Order, all of them.

jefe95 said:

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Man you would think 80 million people would be tuned in to see their hero doing the work they sent him to do.

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They didn't even want to leave their homes to vote for him.

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jefe95 said:

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Man you would think 80 million people would be tuned in to see their hero doing the work they sent him to do.

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They didn't even want to leave their homes to vote for him.

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Many just got paid to have others vote for them.

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What?!

Between Hide'n Biden and propaganda leftist lapdog media just playing "everything is awesome" on a repeat no one has any interest in political news anymore?!

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Exactly. Another thing is many are probably figuring out the very obvious truth that most of the national media is content to undermine American values and cutlure for ratings. They are enemies of the center and right and with the administration they pretty much hand-picked (along with Big Tech) in power, its almost 24/7 propaganda and Left drivel. Especially all the gum flapping about race.

And then there is their stupidity about covid concerns even as cheering letting in thousands of illegals.

Add the fact that everyone sees how they spike any dissenting view, and don't even let President Biden himself answer questions when he wants to. They know its a sham so have lost interest.

Probably most people know the press and political class up there doesn't serve them anymore than the Kremlin pre-Gorbachev did the Russians.

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What's next: These dynamics could change if Trump inserts himself back in the news cycle. Nearly 7 million people watched President Trump's speech at CPAC last Sunday, nearly rivaling the number of people that tuned into the Golden Globes later that evening.

• Many of the pro-Trump sites that built massive audiences feeding false claims of a stolen election over the last few months are coming out of the Trump era with new and bigger audiences.
• Newsmax's February traffic was lower than January's, but it was still up 179% compared to the daily average from the previous 3 years.
• OANN jumped 157% and Gateway Pundit saw a 70% increase, per SimilarWeb. Data from Comscore shows similar trends.

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People are interested in the truth and these news organizations are going to report just that for they learned that every other MSM are just propaganda outlets for the Democrats especially after four years of Trump bashing.

And these news organizations will continue to grow audiences as the MSM continues to whitewash Biden's administration.

I watched Meet the Press this morning for the first time since Biden was sworn in, the amount of complicity towards the Biden Administration guests as compared to the Trump Administration guests was palpable...how one can not press harder, like he did with the Trump admin, is embarrassing.

Almost like politics is boring. Who'd a thunk it.

The Democrats WANT to bore people into tuning out. That's why they chose Biden. They want everyone to think "ah, it's good to be back to normal!" so that they can 'fundamentally transform's our country in the dark.

Additionally, by being chicken-little during R presidencies and Eeyore during D presidencies the media can annoy folks into submission to D power.

Coverage of the next war we are about to be in will increase the media's traffic.

Get Off My Lawn said:

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The Democrats WANT to bore people into tuning out. That's why they chose Biden. They want everyone to think "ah, it's good to be back to normal!" so that they can 'fundamentally transform's our country in the dark.

Additionally, by being chicken-little during R presidencies and Eeyore during D presidencies the media can annoy folks into submission to D power.

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Or into just leaving the 50 states. They are overlooking that. The implosion of national feeling of people thinking D.C. rather than their own state has anything to do with their interests is something to see. You hear that kind of talk everywhere now. The "Kremlin of the Potomac".

trump and the media treated his presidency like a reality tv show or major sporting event. it's over now so people are tuning out, for the better.

Old McDonald said:

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trump and the media treated his presidency like a reality tv show or major sporting event. it's over now so people are tuning out, for the better.

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Another Lefty thrilled the media is back to being unapologetic lap dog propaganda that intentionally tunes people out so they can get away with more corruption and tearing down of America

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Old McDonald said:

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trump and the media treated his presidency like a reality tv show or major sporting event. it's over now so people are tuning out, for the better.

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Another Lefty thrilled the media is back to being unapologetic lap dog propaganda that intentionally tunes people out so they can get away with more corruption and tearing down of America

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if it's got you this upset, it must be a good thing

MelvinUdall said:

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I watched Meet the Press this morning for the first time since Biden was sworn in, the amount of complicity towards the Biden Administration guests as compared to the Trump Administration guests was palpable...how one can not press harder, like he did with the Trump admin, is embarrassing.

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Many of the liberals I work with - professional, educated, excellent at their jobs - treat politicians the way little girls treated Tiger Beat cover models.

They love to virtue signal how they're "in tears of joy" after attending political rallies or watching the inauguration.

They don't see it - they're sitting their screaming "Yes Yes Yes!" when their heroes are fawned over in the media.

jefe95 said:

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Man you would think 80 million people would be tuned in to see their hero doing the work they sent him to do.

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Nope.
But Ted Cruz goes on vacation and they all come crawling out of their holes

Old McDonald said:

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trump and the media treated his presidency like a reality tv show or major sporting event. it's over now so people are tuning out, for the better.

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Or.
You elected a traitorous, incoherent, bumbling fool who is a perfect representative of those who elected him.
He's such a great leader that his party has to hide him and prevent him from talking.

That's why there's nothing to report.

Oh, and "Salute the marines"