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I was thinking in terms of lost viewers not tuning in to watch the debate with the absence of
a Trump whoever not being there. Ratings are important to any network.

I mean - maybe? I imagine nearly all of those viewers are already lost, given that Trump's not going to be there. They either won't turn in because the debate won't have the main attraction (Trump mixing it up with his opponents), or they'll watch the Trump-Tucker show. They're not tuning in just to watch the spin room.

Trump's campaign is trying to get access to the viewers who do watch the debate, so that they can try to mitigate some of the consequences of Trump's decision not to participate. They want to be able to influence that audience. It's not surprising that Fox wants no part in that, and it's kind of childish that the campaign is complaining about it.

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