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Trump TV flops as Karoline Leavitt accidentally steals the show
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What happened
AlterNet reports that the White House’s 24-hour “Trump TV” livestream lost nearly all of its launch audience, while former press secretary Karoline Leavitt accidentally drew far more viewers by starting an Instagram Live from bed. Citing The Daily Beast, AlterNet says the official stream fell as low as 187 concurrent viewers, compared with 1,157 for Leavitt’s brief, silent broadcast. She ended it immediately and later said she had gone live while trying to edit a reel.
The channel launched September 21 with about 8,500 viewers and subsequently fell below…
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