[lbo-talk] what, me worry?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Apr 2 12:22:50 PST 2003


The Washington Post - April 2, 2003, page C7

The TV Column Viewers Put the War on the Back Burner

By Lisa de Moraes Wednesday, April 2, 2003; Page C07

War-weary viewers made Fox's "American Idol" their first choice last week. But two full nights' worth of "Law & Order" plus two nights of Thursday's sitcoms landed NBC in the lead spot among networks. Not a single news program cracked the prime-time Top 10.

[rest: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6566-2003Apr1.html>

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Pew Research Center <http://people-press.org/reports/print.php3?PageID=692>

Question PRC11a: "I'd like to ask you a few questions about how you feel when you are watching coverage of the war on TV. For each statement that I read tell me if you strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree. [ROTATE. READ STATEMENT.]

a. I can't stop watching news about the war."

Percent Disagree March 25-27, 2003 - 57% March 23-24, 2003 - 55 March 20-22, 2003 - 57 Mid-October, 2001 - 47 Mid-September, 2001 - 34

Percent Agree March 25-27, 2003 - 41% March 23-24, 2003 - 42 March 20-22, 2003 - 39 Mid-October, 2001 - 49 Mid-September, 2001 - 63



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