From The Onion?
Congressman Billybob
Congressional staffers? LOL!
A new and elaborate method to show how rightous the MSM is.
(1). Let's see there are more people not less interested in the news.
(2). There are more people not less who consider the MSM the most reliable source of that news.
Isn't this just remarkable especially since all the MSM sources including TV and newspaper are on longterm downslopes with respect to the circulation numbers of their customers........
Perhaps some fool with the media and this Polling (propaganda) company can explain that to me.........
If this paragraph is true then why was this poll taken in the first place? Why is newspaper readership down, why does cable TV outrank the networks, and why are blogs on the media ascendancy?
... Sixty-one percent of general consumers, along with 70 percent of congressional staffers and 75 percent of executives, trust news shows on public television or National Public Radio....
My god, we're surrounded by imbeciles!
Blasphemy In A Bottle L.A. entrepreneurs seek to market wine with "Jesus Juice" label NOVEMBER 7--In a full-bodied blend of blasphemy and ingenuity, a Los Angeles couple is seeking to market a wine called "Jesus Juice" that bears a label showing a Michael Jackson-like figure appearing to be crucified. "Jesus Juice" merlot, the label for which you'll find below, is the brainchild of actress Dawn Westlake and Bruce Rheins, a veteran CBS Evening News producer who headed the network's coverage of the Jackson child molestation case. Westlake and Rheins filed to trademark the "Jesus Juice" name in January 2004, two months after the entertainer was arrested and days after news outlets first reported that Jackson used the term "Jesus Juice" when referring to wine he allegedly gave minors. On October 1, Westlake and Rheins provided USPTO officials--who are still reviewing the trademark application--with a copy of the proposed "Jesus Juice" logo, which features a photo of a barely clad man with a sequined glove, shiny loafers, stringy hair, and a black fedora that obscures his face. While carrying the name "Rheins-Westlake Winery," it appears that the wannabe winemakers's merlot production has, so far, been rather limited. In fact, two Westlake web sites seek a partner (preferably "a vintner with a sense of humor, but a seriously good line of wines") or someone to purchase the "Jesus Juice" trademark rights. Yeah right, that's why newspaper circulation is in the dumper, and the alphabet network news are in a panic over their declining ratings.
But I trust most major media for the facts of a situation, though sometimes you have to sift through BS and bias to get to the facts.
LOL! Thanks for the humor break.
The intent is to persuade advertisers that traditional media has a trusted audience and that carries over to trusting it's advertisers. And that is more important than falling circulation and viewer-ship numbers.
This poll comes from a source I don't trust.