[lbo-talk] what, me worry?

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 2 17:55:08 PST 2003


that's one way to look at it, doug. and probably right. yet, the war news programs really are worse than American Idol, sitcoms and Law and Order.

news? did i say "news"?

R

----- Original Message -----

From: Doug Henwood

To: lbo-talk

Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:22 PM

Subject: [lbo-talk] what, me worry?

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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