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BlancheSplanchnik

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18. Give the watchers what titillates them, & tie that to what YOU want them to want

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 09:55 AM

Jun 2012

that's my take on it.

From a product perspective, truckloads of money are dumped into consumer preference studies; finding out what the demographic wants, strictly from a base-motivations standpoint.

Creature comforts and limbic system stimulations are what the fat and greasy citizens want; meet those two needs, and you can overlay any impellent you want.

With regard to media in general, I see two forces working:

**Entertainment programs which ARE liberal---SOCIALLY liberal.

**"News"fotainment programs which are Conservative --- they are in the service of the corporate/legislative Powers That Be. (And in thinking about them just now, how to characterize them, the image of an angry mob comes to mind.)

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You want to know why the main stream media has shifted so far to the right.... [View all] WCGreen Jun 2012 OP

That's an encouraging thought and it has the ring of truth to it. teamster633 Jun 2012 #1

Has anyone else sensed that CBS has become a GOP platfor? judgegblue Jun 2012 #2

I rarely watch the evening news (or network TV at all). Blanks Jun 2012 #3

I quit watching 4-5 years ago CanonRay Jun 2012 #4

I'm 64 and never watch 'news' on TV, especially on the cable stations. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #5

At 50+ my teevee watching became a grail search re: watchability, I thought I'd found HereSince1628 Jun 2012 #6

That was my experience also. zeemike Jun 2012 #12

We chucked cable too... mike dub Jun 2012 #26

The Weather Channel is UNWATCHABLE now SoCalDem Jun 2012 #28

Except for wanting to catch the local weather report I don't watch news on tv, avebury Jun 2012 #7

Re: adversting RT Atlanta Jun 2012 #8

MSM entitites like NBC are one of the weaker divisions money-wise of huge corps like GE KurtNYC Jun 2012 #9

Absolutely on target. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #21

Absolutely Spot On!!!!....I applaud your understanding of the Media Machine!!! lostnote12 Jun 2012 #25

Hear here. /nt Festivito Jun 2012 #30

Citizens United $$$$$ otohara Jun 2012 #10

Create therefore Consumers United $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ RedCloud Jun 2012 #15

I still usually watch the local news for area updates on weather and stuff like that.. Harriety Jun 2012 #11

There are plenty of 50+ liberals thesquanderer Jun 2012 #13

That is true plus media consolidation abelenkpe Jun 2012 #14

Part of that was corporate cost-cutting, where they laid off all the fact-checkers. tclambert Jun 2012 #20

Fact checkers and actual reporters are irrelevant Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #22

I watched a Bill Moyers interview a few weeks ago that focused on this. You can watch Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #16

I think you have it backwards. eom GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #17

Give the watchers what titillates them, & tie that to what YOU want them to want BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2012 #18

Why, you young whippersnapper, I remember when we used to read NEWSPAPERS! tclambert Jun 2012 #19

News to me... progress2k12nbynd Jun 2012 #23

True and the good news is that many 50+ treestar Jun 2012 #24

The last stand of the white male elite... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #27

When I was a kid, my family routinely watched the local news followed by the national news. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #29