[weegee]

We are creatures of habit and lazy.The media knows this.

They know that some people will subscribe to the newspaper and read it every morning over breakfast even if we don't agree with it. Where else do you get the sports scores, comics, and coupons? Especially if you are in a one-paper town?

When networks design a tv-schedule, they put a show they want to build an audience next to a show with a big audience. They know that some members of the audience will be too lazy to change the channel.

Same goes for radio. Even with the Jack format. They know that they audience won't like "everything" they offer (take it as a given) but that you will be "comfortable" staying put.

There is nothing to be gained from watching the 2+ hour morning news programs, the 30 minute national evening news broadcast or any of the local morning, noon, evening, or nightly local broadcasts of car crashes, car chases, apartment fires, and bar shootings.

It's a 50+ year habit for some people.

[goodnesswins]

"Where else do you get the sports scores, comics, and coupons?"

Uh.....on the internet?

[freema]

I agree. I pulled my TV out of the living room years ago. That room is for living. It is only used for recreational purposes in the rec room.

[rip033]

I would take your idea one step further. I can't remember the last time I dropped 50 cents for one of my local rags. I gave up my subscription at least 5 to 6 years ago when I got sick of the left rhetoric. I do noticed that most the hotel chains have a free paper for you in the morning by your door. A lot of the time a USA today. Then I thought about it. I'm willing to bet that at least a third or maybe even half of the MSM's papers subscriptions are corporate type subscriptions that these companies buy to provide their customers for reading. Waiting rooms, hotel chains, etc. The fact may be they have even less dedicated subscribers then they think. Just because a major hotel chain provides daily editions of your paper doesn't mean you actually have a popular product. When I get my USA Today when traveling I just leave it on the floor and walk on it as I'm walking out the door. That's about all it's worth. The Internet is the new mass media. I can read several articles on one topic from various sources and make my own opinion.