[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

shrill.polemic at gmail.com shrill.polemic at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 02:33:51 PDT 2009


The TV ratings argument is a bit overstated. A top cable news program like O'Reilly maybe gets 3.3 million viewers while Olbermann gets a bit over 1 million. By comparison, "All In The Family" used to attract over 21 million households in its heyday. O'Reilly and the like have figured out how to profit from stirring outrage, but does 3 million TV viewers constitute a mass movement?

shrill



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