What is happening in the HamBurglar investigation???
Posted on 12/21/2004 12:59:16 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Americans are more likely to get their news from local TV and newspapers than national sources, according to a Gallup Poll released today. But of all sources, only news on the Internet is gaining in popularity.
The poll found that 51% say they get news from local TV every day, with 44% saying they get it from local newspapers. Lagging are cable news channels, at 39%, and network newscasts, at 36%.
An additional 14% say they get news from newspapers several times a week, bringing that total to 58%.
But every source has fallen somewhat since 2002, with only news on the Internet gaining, from 15% going there every day two years ago to 20% doing so today.
Some sources dropped heavily: National newspapers are off 4%, from 11% to 7%; NPR is off 5%; local TV news is down 6%; network news down 7%; and PBS news plunged 8%. In that company, local newspapers are doing fairly well, only dropping 3%. Cable news dropped 2%.
The percentage of those consulting a newspaper daily was at 54% in 1999, so the falloff has slowed lately.
Contrary to many assessments, young people do not consult Internet news more often than other sources, Gallup found. For those 18 to 29, only 21% said they looked at Web news daily, not much different than the 19% of those 50 to 64 who do so. In that younger age group, local TV news was most popular, at 33% daily usage, with local newspapers just off the pace, at 32%. Both far outdistanced the Net, even among youth.
The survey misses the bigger picture. The internet has emerged as a check on the old media and influences how they cover stories.
Talk radio and net. The majority of my information is obtained from these two sources.
The net comprises a number of conservative and liberal publications. I read from each. Talk radio gives us a voice, and chance to hold a back/forth discussion.
I don't need to listen to local/national cable/public TV to hear the sneer in a voice or the mocking expression of Kerry.
'The survey misses the bigger picture. The internet has emerged as a check on the old media and influences how they cover stories.'
Good point. It seems to me that with Internet Media (IM) requiring activity and cognitive engagement, where the OM requires nothing except rudimentary wakefulness on the part of its audience, the most that can be expected from the IM is a balance to the OM. The downside is for that balance to resonate with the masses, they will have to at least marginally adopt cognitive engagement in the medium, something that will never be as pervasive as the OM has become.
If it had anything good for CBS in it, it would have been released, so I have to guess that they are "working on it" kind of like they worked on the ANG story.
I know... I just want everyone to remember so CBS can't just hope everyone forgets
Good point. What, for instance, is happening with Sandy Burglar.
WHO IS INVESTIGATING SANDY BERGLAR?
In the US over the past 9 years there has been a constant, year after year decline, in the sale of the paper used by newspapers.
The old liars are being run over by the truth.
From 1% to -4%.
Actually they have beaten it. It is just that old media is so slow in reporting the news that we have yet to see the concession "speech".
From -7% to -15%. LOOOSERS.
your comments are unfair. Why last night Dan Blather announced that "if trends continue, the president may hold on to Ohio". However he felt, Like the true journalist he is , it is still too close to call.
Only a few crazies like us get their news primarily from the internet. But a great many more either get some news from the internet, or talk to somebody who gets news from the internet.
With a big story like Monica or Rathergate--and most likely the Swiftboat story--the MSM is unable to suppress the news because it gets around by word of mouth as well as directly. With smaller stories, they probably still pretty much succeed.
Also, it depends what you mean by "internet." A lot of people see the headlines at AOL or Yahoo or whatever site they use as a portal, but that's essentially the same as the MSM.
The problem with this pile of liberal crap is that they are not allowing for the fact that the % of VOTERS who go to the big three, The Net, Talk Radio and FOX, has sky rocketed.
What is happening in the HamBurglar investigation???
Those are all basically "old media" accessed through the net, which was the point I was making. People won't necessarily learn anything more from them than from watching TV and reading the newspapers. So it's not time spent on-line but the kind of time spent on-line that counts. The internet as a method of breaking the MSM monopoly (which consists mainly in suppressing news they don't favor and subtly twisting what they report) relies on "new media" sources such as FR, Drudge, blogs, or access to foreign newspapers that previously were only available at great expense to people in large cities. Drudge has a very large following, but he only intermittently reports news that the MSM is trying to cover up. Still, that's very helpful indeed.
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