Posted on 12/23/2004 8:09:35 AM PST by pookie18
The number of Americans who rely on news outlets like NewsMax.com, the Drudge Report and FreeRepublic.com has jumped by 33 percent in just the last the two years, while virtually every other form of news media has lost readers and viewers, according to a new Gallup survey.
"The only news source to show an increase in daily use from Gallup's 2002 poll on media usage is the Internet -- now at an all-time high," the polling firm said this week. "Use of public television news, nightly network news, local television news, and National Public Radio has decreased, and the number of Americans who report using nightly network news programs, local TV news, local newspapers, and network newsmagazine shows reached new lows in this year's poll," said Gallup.
"Every source has fallen somewhat since 2002, with only news on the Internet gaining, from 15 percent [of readers] going there every day two years ago to 20 percent doing so today," reports Editor & Publisher, in their analysis of the Gallup survey.
"Some sources dropped heavily," notes E & P. "National newspapers are off 4 percent, from 11 to 7 percent; NPR is off 5 percent; local TV news is down 6 percent; network news down 7 percent; and PBS news plunged 8 percent. In that company, local newspapers are doing fairly well, only dropping 3 percent. Cable news dropped 2 percent."
The Gallup poll found that more than half - 51 percent - say they get news from local TV every day. 44 percent saying they get it from local newspapers. Cable news channels edged out network newscasts, 39 to 36 percent.
One catagory that was conspicuously absent from the Gallup survey - talk radio; a medium that more and more Americans have said they rely on for news in other surveys.
Very good, Travis. Merry Christmas! ~S
The Old Media is dead. Long live the New Media!
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Conservative print news providers' readers should be increasing.
Places like Free Republic doesn't pay reporters to gather and report news, neither does Drudge. Newsmax does, doesn't it?
My point is that reporters are necessary and have to be paid. Bloggers will keep them honest (or exposed as worthless other than as an indication of what the Lefties WANT us to believe).
Here's hoping the "real Patriots" had a Merry
Christmas and enjoy a beautiful New Year!
re: "Hillary's other secret war was posted by Pookie18 on post 15."
Hi bear11, please expand on this ...
By the way, thanks for the heads up about Aloha Ronnie on page 13 in "Hillary's Secret War."
Gallup did a poll mentioning FR???
Well blow me over .. they normally try to ignore us
Newsmax keeps refreshing its Free Republic browser until it finds a new story.
And to me, bloggers are no better; they scrouge the internet for articles and/or scoops and then claim then as their own.
We are not a blog, thank goodness.
FYI...I don't know if Gallup mentioned FR...only that NewsMax did. Also, when I posted the thread, I posted it as "Gallup: Internet News Growing, Other Media Decline"...someone else added the rest...
I was referring to the Clinton's attempt to gut the military. They did a lot of damage in "their" two terms as P'sOTUS.
Gallup did not mention any specific outlet, so it's sadly hard to make any conclusions. Mainstream media's internet extensions could very well be growing as well.
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