Posted on 09/16/2017 8:49:06 AM PDT by simpson96
President Donald Trumps Twitter attack on ESPN on Friday morning hit the sports network in a particularly sensitive area its declining subscriber numbers, which Trump claimed was because of its too-liberal politics.
Over the past several years, ESPN has faced a steady decline in subscribers, dropping from more than 100 million in 2011 to around 87 million today. The company has also undergone very public job reductions, cutting dozens of well-known faces in April. But does politics have anything to do with it?
According to analysts, no. But getting dragged into a political fight does present a challenge for the network.
Its a red herring. The drop in subscribers is an economic issue, not a political one, said Joseph Bonner, a senior analyst for Communications and Technology at Argus Media. Bonner actually laughed at the notion that political bias has played a role, pointing out that ESPN has been steadily losing subscribers since well before the narrative developed fairly or not that the network is too liberal.
Stephen Beck, founder and managing partner of the consulting agency cg42, which has extensively studied cord-cutting in the cable industry, agrees. If you go way, way, way down the list, you might have a segment of the population that is changing behavior based on their political stances, Beck said. But I would be shocked if that was a significant contributor to ESPNs decline. It has a lot more to do with macro trends.
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Thanks, Grampa Dave!
ESPN & NFL = Leftist totalitarian thugs
Even ESPN anchors like Linda Cohn have said otherwise - that delving into politics has hurt ESPN.
Thanks!
Obviously the NFL forgot who the majority their fans were. They for the most part MEN who act like men and women who want their men to be men. They do ascribe to limp wristed faggots, ungrateful traitors, PC correct crowds or Liberal politics.
Obviously the NFL forgot who the majority their fans were. They for the most part MEN who act like men and women who want their men to be men. They do not ascribe to limp wristed faggots, ungrateful traitors, PC correct crowds or Liberal politics.
Obviously the NFL forgot who the majority their fans were. They for the most part MEN who act like men and women who want their men to be men. They do not ascribe to limp wristed faggots, ungrateful traitors, PC correct crowds or Liberal politics.
Obviously the NFL forgot who the majority their fans were. They for the most part MEN who act like men and women who want their men to be men. They do not ascribe to limp wristed faggots, ungrateful traitors, PC correct crowds or Liberal politics.
Much like in any totalitarian society, NOBODY wants to be the guy that shouts that the emperor is naked.
All the research in the world is useless if it is tailored to what the end user wants to hear. For more proof, just look at sHillary’s last campaign.
Ecc 1:15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.
When anyone cuts their cable, Sling is a reasonable alternative. We cut our cable in June and went to Sling Orange and Sling Blue.
So, we had both the Sling Orange and Blue basic. One of our relatives, who hates ESPN/NFL gave us a great heads up.
Sling Blue doesn't carry any ESPN or Disney channels.
We don't watch ESPN or Disney, however, they were getting money from us by our subscribing to Sling Orange each month when we automatically paid our bill.
I got that info from my relative, Friday. A few minutes later I had cancelled Sling Orange. ESPN and Disney get zero money from my Sling Blue monthly subscription payment.
What Is Sling Blue?:(from their site)
Sling Blue costs $25 per month and gives you access to 43 live channels. However,
Blue does not include every Orange channel by default; theres no Disney and no ESPN, for starters.
So Adios ESPN and Disney!
Tuning into ESPN is the same as a donation to the democrat Party.
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