[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

[Miles Jackson]

shrill.polemic at gmail.com wrote:
> 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 

Just to keep things in perspective: More people watch the Cartoon 
Network than Fox.  In mass media terms, the Fox audience is a niche 
market. 

Miles