Not just Fox, that just was a point of data (that even the top news channel in ratings in primetime would have been canceled in the 80s in a midnight slot due to low ratings)
Discovery vs History. Comedy Central. Cartoon Network. ESPNs. like 8 Home improvement channels. Cooking vs Car shows. MMA vs WWE. It used to be that the entire country was watching 1 of 3 news broadcasts at 6. and 1 of 3 sitcoms at 8pm. and the same news magazine show at 7:00 on Sunday. And the same movie at 6:00 on Sunday. And the same cartoons at 8:00am on Saturday morning. And the same talk show at 11:00pm. And the same cooking show at 10:00am Sunday morning. And the same football game at 8:00 on monday night. It was a common touchpoint. EVERYONE had the same point of reference, the same jokes, something to talk about with ANYONE you met. Anywhere in the country. Now, if you want to talk about what you saw, you either need to talk to a very small group of people with the same interests and outlook and political leaning and hobbies, or you need to have a one-sided conversation. We have segmented into tiny little enclaves of like-minded people, who seldom venture out of their comfort zone. And although it is great in some ways, we have lost that common fabric, and have not replaced it with anything. And that cannot be good. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like sour grapes because the fringe pool called FoxNews forced > the common culture to cover the ACORN story :P > > Just think, without them we'd never know about these videos. > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From a Time Magazine article on Glenn Beck: > > > > "In 1987 comedian David Brenner bombed in syndication with about 2.5 > million > > viewers at midnight which is roughly what Fox, the leading network for > > political talk shows, averages in prime time." > > > > It is the fragmenting of the culture into little tv content pools I think > > might be doing more damage to the overall health of the country than > > anything else. > > > > We are losing the common culture that broadcast TV and radio before that > > created. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
