Since when do people watching an event on tv or online, (but not actually present at said event) factor into attendance numbers? By this logic, if I watch someone stream their weekend at Disneyland, that counts as me having actually gone there myself. And I thought only Hollywood had such creative number crunching. 😉
If the inauguration was a rock concert, that was not a super turnout.
It counts when it comes to how many people witnessed the Inauguration. One does not have to be in physical attendance anymore to do that.