Posted on 07/08/2007 10:38:38 AM PDT by bahblahbah
The Live Earth concert promoted by former Vice President Al Gore received plenty of media coverage and hype, but most Americans tuned out. Just 22% said they followed news stories about the concert Somewhat or Very Closely. Seventy-five percent (75%) did not follow coverage of the event.
By way of comparison, eight-in-ten voters routinely said they were following news coverage of the recent Senate debate over immigration. Fifty-four percent (54%) said they followed news coverage of the President’s decision to commute Scooter Libby’s sentence.
Skepticism about the participants may have been a factor in creating this low level of interest. Most Americans (52%) believe the performers take part in such events because it is good for their image. Only 24% say the celebrities really believe in the cause while another 24% are not sure. One rock star who apparently shared that view is Matt Bellamy of the band Muse. Earlier in the week, he jokingly referred to Live Earth as "private jets for climate change."
Only 34% believe that events like Live Earth actually help the cause they are intended to serve. Forty-one percent (41%) disagree. Those figures include 10% who believe the events are Very Helpful and 20% who say they are Not at All Helfpul. Adding to the skepticism, an earlier survey found that just 24% of Americans consider Al Gore an expert on Global Warming.
Given a choice of four major issues before the United States today, 36% named the war in Iraq as most important. Twenty-five percent (25%) named immigration, 20% selected the economy and only 12% thought Global Warming was the top issue.
Among political conservatives, Iraq (36%) and immigration (33%) were far and away the top issues. Only 6% named Global Warming.
Among liberals, 44% named Iraq as the top issue followed by the economy (27%), Global Warming (16%) and immigration (12%).
Earlier surveys show the public is divided as to the cause of Global Warming.
Slightly under half (46%) believe that Global Warming is caused primarily by human activities. A roughly equal number believe warming is either the result of long-term planetary trends (35%) of some other cause (8%). Eleven percent (11%) are not sure.
I'm really doubting the 2 billion figure they're putting out considering that 2 billion people in the world don't even have electricity. It was a good day yesterday, almost everyone I know went out.
I think many folks are put off by the climate issue, the global warming thing. If nothing else comes of it, perhaps people might have more respect for the earth and its resources. Or not.
According to polls I’ve seen over the past 2 weeks+/-, an overwhelming majority of Americans place global warming at the bottom of their list. This “concert” was a staged, overhyped event orchestrated by the media and the dems to take the spotlight away from their weak points. Terrorists, taxes and immigration. No matter what dems attempt, immigration is the key note for ‘08.
Well, what do they consider “watching” the event on TV? About 3 of my cable channels were showing it. I flipped past and watched for about 20 seconds before I couldn’t stand anymore. [Madonna reeks.] Did I “watch”?
Hmmm. If I had to hazard a guess, based on the poor physical attendance of the shows, I'd say less than 0.05% of those available watched.
what is live earth?
Lawrence Solomon's "The Deniers" (a series of articles on the view of scientists who have been labelled "Global Warming Deniers"):
Other References:
So, as suspected, Al and his Celebretard Circus busted.
yes, that’s exactly what I need to hear. . . the opinion of a bunch of high school dropout hypocrites. I wouldn’t care if hollywood burned to the ground and all these jackholes were on street corners holding signs saying “will pretend for food.” In fact, it sounds like a good idea.
This might be Gore’s Chappaquiddick moment...such an atrocious lie that he will never recover.
I read earlier that during Madonna’s ‘special’ song, when the lyrics with “S” came on the screen, they turned into dollar signs. Subliminal or not, that is so damned lame!!
LalaManBearPigLosah
They were claiming that 2 billion figure all DURING the concert ..
I wish people would stop spouting off presumptuous nonsense like that. I spoke with a missionary a few months ago who said there are cell phones all over in Africa. They might have to charge them using the village's only generator each night, but that doesn't mean two thirds of the Earth's population is disconnected from 'the rest of the world.'
Probably the two billion people claim is based on radio broadcasts of the same. But I doubt people were interested in Gore's show through that medium either.
Cat Stevens supposed sang. He is now supposedly Yusef Islam. Let’s see, a man who supports a death warrant against Salmon Rushdie, and who is reportedly a supporter of terrorists/Islamists in the Middle East who wish to exterminate Israel. al-Gore thinks this man is worthy of respect and attention?
I hope Gore runs this time.
“Probably the two billion people claim is based on radio broadcasts of the same.”
Good point.
One point - According to Rasmussen, 22% said they followed the NEWS COVERAGE about live Earth closely. That’s not the music.
There are probably quite a few interested in global warming, who didn’t watch or listen to the concert because they can’t stand the music. There are probably also young people who watched the concert for the music who don’t care diddlysquat about global warming.
bump for later mass consumption
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
