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suere as hell aint Beck or Rush.
How about Ted Nugent? :lol:
suere as hell aint Beck or Rush.
I think she is suggesting that they are less relevant. I don't see any of the MSNBC pundits having disciples here like Beck does.
I think she is suggesting that they are less relevant. I don't see any of the MSNBC pundits having disciples here like Beck does.
Which is highly subjective ... and I reject the notion it's less relevant, and also reject the notion there are no MSNBC disciples.... sounds like pee-nauer, sounds like has-zee-le-put. And disciple is such a strong word - defender may be a better description.
Why are the ratings for right leaning shows so much higher than left-leaning ones?
Because ratings are based on viewership. What ratings are NOT based on is relevance. Because 1 person heard (for example) a hateful comment vs. 1,000 people hearing it doesn't make what was said any less relevant.
People don't watch irrelevant people. How can Nina Totenberg be relevant if no one has heard of her?
There are several possible explanations. Do you claim to know which one is correct?What I do find interesting, though, is why the right pundits have much better ratings than the left ones. And that is the point I brought up earlier.
I would say the opposite - channels wouldn't put irrelevant people on their channel as guests - it's not good for ratings, which is why media outlets exist in the first place.
There are several possible explanations. Do you claim to know which one is correct?
I don't really know the answer. My best guess is that the baby-boomer aged population typically lean more right than not, and like their dose of extreme thinking. But I could be wrong. What is your take?
That's pretty interesting given that the baby-boomers are the hippies of the 1960's. You're saying they've come over to the dark side and lean more right now?
That's pretty interesting given that the baby-boomers are the hippies of the 1960's. You're saying they've come over to the dark side and lean more right now?
Not everyone was a hippy, Ockham. :doh
Anyhoo, I thought it was a welll known fact that the average age of Fox News viewers is in geriactic land.
TV viewers' average age hits 50 - Entertainment News, TV Ratings, Media - Variety
Rush Limbaugh: The Man Who Ate the G.O.P. | Politics | Vanity Fair
It's well known because you want it to be so...and you just googled it... but really... vanity fair and variety? MoveOn.org info wasn't available or did Media Matters just feed this info to Vanity Fair?
I tend to go with something a little less fluffy and overtly liberal.
Ratings - TVNewser
If you check the daily ratings -- you'll see the 24-55 category and then notice FNC beating their competition handily in that demographic. They've been doing that consistently for years maybe even a decade now. :2wave:
Not everyone was a hippy, Ockham. :doh
Anyhoo, I thought it was a welll known fact that the average age of Fox News viewers is in geriactic land.
TV viewers' average age hits 50 - Entertainment News, TV Ratings, Media - Variety
Rush Limbaugh: The Man Who Ate the G.O.P. | Politics | Vanity Fair
Just tried it and it works for me. :shrug:The link did not work.
(ps. no need to be a dick... I am just trying to have a discussion here and haven't got the foggiest why you felt compelled to mention Media Matters or Moveon.)
I have a theory, but I don't know if it's correct, so I don't see the point of posting it. One thing that I do know is that we don't know the real explanation.I don't really know the answer. My best guess is that the baby-boomer aged population typically lean more right than not, and like their dose of extreme thinking. But I could be wrong. What is your take?
I have a theory, but I don't know if it's correct, so I don't see the point of posting it. One thing that I do know is that we don't know the real explanation.
It's just a well-known fact that more people of ALL ages watch Fox News.
Check out the actual ratings:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/cable-news
Just tried it and it works for me. :shrug:
ps, no need to call me a dick - I'm just trying to have a discussion here too and haven't got the foggiest why you felt compelled to characterize misinformation as fact.
I don't really know the answer. My best guess is that the baby-boomer aged population typically lean more right than not, and like their dose of extreme thinking. But I could be wrong. What is your take?
The link worked at home.
Well then, try to be less smarmy. My original quote (in reference to why right leaning pundits have more viewership) was:
Well, if you are to mean that younger people are more apathetic than they used to be, I would say that is typically false.