'Is this the best Dems can do?' Rupert Murdoch blasts 'pathetic' Dem debate as 'too painful to watch'

Jacob B. | 4:08 PM on November 15, 2015

Last night’s Democratic debate was bad. Really bad. And Murdoch wasn’t the only one turned off by it. Check out these numbers:

CBS's #DemDebate averaged 8.5 million viewers, far fewer than all the prior debates this season https://t.co/RjLvtECeY8

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 15, 2015

Dem debate on CBS had 5 million fewer viewers than GOP debate on Fox Business https://t.co/LV0THHkbMk

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 15, 2015

Ouch!

Completely agree. It's an embarrassment. https://t.co/avjnG7ueQh

— Randy Barnett (@randybarnettttt) November 15, 2015

What the Democrat Party has descended to. https://t.co/QyTT72pxKJ

— Paul B. (@paul1149) November 15, 2015

Sadly it is the best the Dems can do.. https://t.co/y3vvTRj27r

— Sarah (@smmarrujo) November 15, 2015

It wasn’t a debate. It was an infomercial, and no one wanted to watch because they already knew the tired lines that were going to be repeated incessantly.