Posted on 06/14/2020 9:04:58 AM PDT by kevcol
By force-feeding its viewers an unwanted diet of systemic racism and social justice, ESPN has thinned its viewership to an all-time low. The blundering miscalculation sank ESPN's audience this week to the lowest numbers in its 41-year history. Good luck defending this hair-brained strategy to your advertisers, ESPN.
Clay Travis, of Fox Sports Radio and a frequent ESPN "Woke Center" critic, put it all into perspective on his Outkick The Coverage blog.:
"The network, which has become more left wing than MSNBC and CNN combined over the past several weeks, has completely abandoned sports coverage. The result? Viewers, many of whom were willing to watch the channel even during a pandemic disaster with limited sports to consume, have abandoned it in droves. How bad was it? We’re talking full-on crisis mode level awfulness."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
They are still getting carriage fees from cable providers which are of course passed on to subscribers. I know my Verizon Fios bill sure hasn’t gone down.
You’re right, ESPN shares the broadcast rights for a lot of live sports including NBA, MLB baseball, college and pro football...non of which have been playing for months.
Their viewership had already been declining a lot prior to this crazy year though. Millions have tuned their social justice warrior act out.
The Bush Rule: “Pissing off your base is not a winning strategy”
If you’re tired of true crime, for the past four years I have been recording a podcast on Southeast Asian history. The latest episode covers how Cambodia got pulled into the Vietnam War.
I remember when ESPN use to be the top channel on cable. And they charged a fortune to get a subscription to it. Husband loved it; otherwise I would have dropped it for sure.
Liberal propaganda tool. 40 years going down the drain.
It is already happening in many ways for people who have high-speed internet. My wife and I “cut the cord” two years ago, but the big streaming providers like Sling, ATT, YouTube TV, and others still bundle, but it is getting a little more à la carte all of the time.
And yet they keep pushing it.
Liberal propaganda tool. 40 years going down the drain.
Some people never assimilate.
Shut your mouth and go out into disadvantaged communities and listen to what they need and then help them get it.
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Instead of virtue signalling & tearing down statues, maybe ESPN, BLM, DemonRats, the Left/Progressives & even the stinkers in Congress ... whoever is flapping their gums & kneeling these days, should actually DO something about situations like THIS, where limbs and LIVES could be saved:
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
https://features.propublica.org/diabetes-amputations/black-american-amputation-epidemic/
Read it and weep - I did. After staving off T2D myself & working to help family/friends who have similar issues, this doctor has inspired me even further and I have some ideas that I plan to act on in the near future, outside the sphere of family/friends.
“ I watched the 2002 World Series the other couple nights.”
I’m watching game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference playoffs today. Rangers vs Devils. Got the smoker going for some salmon and ribs, deep fryer for wings and fries. As far as I am concerned, if live sports doesn’t come back for awhile I won’t be upset.
Thanks, I will check it out. While I mostly do true crime, I do add in other topics, so I appreciate the suggestion.
Very cool - it’s on the podcast app I use (Podcast Republic)!! Subscribed & will check it out.
You forgot cornhole?
To be fair, don’t you think the almost complete absence of live sporting events in the last three months might have more to do with the decline than disagreement over “wokeness”?
This is such wonderful news!! Any time there is trouble in my enemy’s camp it is good news.
Yesterday while watching a golf tournament there were at least two 60-second commercials, one featuring a successful female black basketball player and businesswoman saying her success (I'm paraphrasing) didn't matter because she's still a black person.
The other was an older black man (I don't know who) saying that "a conversation" must happen in this country and that the Boston Tea Party was a riot but it's romanticized because the participants were white.
ABC Good Morning America & TMZ both should switch over to BET network. It is ALL BLACK ALL THE TIME & ALL ANTI-TRUMP.
Teach money sense and great ways to save toward owning a home.”””
To own a home, first you have to have employment
To have employment, first you have to have skills that are usable & hireable.
To have skills, first you need to actually ATTEND SCHOOL & NOT have a criminal record.
Seems to me that most blacks go off the rails about 4th grade.
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