Re. Iowa: Probably because the CBS affiliate in Des Moines has traditionally had higher ratings for their newscasts than the ABC and NBC stations combined. It also accounts for the fact that Letterman's Late Show has continually beat the Tonight Show in the market.
------- Original Message ------- >From : Wesley McGee[mailto:[email protected]] Sent : 7/23/2009 12:00:01 AM To : [email protected] Cc : Subject : RE: [TV orNotTV] Katie Couric is the most trusted newscaster in Iowa? Yay for online polls! With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Time commissioned an internet poll asking who people today trusted the most for news. Surprising or not, Jon Stewart wins the plurarity of the internet vote (9409 folks voted total), and from the looks of it, the internet electoral college as well. What I find interesting is that somehow Couric wins Iowa. And as with every election, there has to be a recount state or two -- here it's Kentucky and Alaska (where in Alaska, not a single member of Palin's extended family voted for Couric.) http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html (via http://www.good.is/post/jon-stewart-our-most-trusted-newsman/ by way of http://hunsonisgroovy.com/post/146446756 and http://www.oddlytogether.com/post/146982033/in-john-stewart-we-trust ) -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
