Ratings at MSNBC Hit Record Lows -- Is This Bad News for Democrats?
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We live in a country where the more liberal candidate for president has won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 elections. (Obama twice, Clinton twice and Gore beat Bush once in the popular vote.) And since people who are interested in politics usually seek out a place on the media dial where they can get their views validated, it’s not unreasonable to think that there’d be a pretty big audience for liberal opinion media shows on talk radio and cable TV. But, as we all know, there isn’t. In fact, liberal talk radio is a total bust – can you say Air America? And the same goes for cable TV’s most “progressive” channel – MSNBC. So what’s going on?
Ratings at MSNBC Hit Record Lows -- Is This Bad News for Democrats?
Ratings at MSNBC Hit Record Lows -- Is This…
Ratings at MSNBC Hit Record Lows -- Is This Bad News for Democrats?
We live in a country where the more liberal candidate for president has won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 elections. (Obama twice, Clinton twice and Gore beat Bush once in the popular vote.) And since people who are interested in politics usually seek out a place on the media dial where they can get their views validated, it’s not unreasonable to think that there’d be a pretty big audience for liberal opinion media shows on talk radio and cable TV. But, as we all know, there isn’t. In fact, liberal talk radio is a total bust – can you say Air America? And the same goes for cable TV’s most “progressive” channel – MSNBC. So what’s going on?