Time to think strategically about boosting our side in the media.
I just read the article at HuffPo about Cable News Ratings for July where Fox News, according to their article "dominated."
This set me thinking as I reviewed the amount of viewers for each show. While I understand that there is a 'vast right wing' who hunger for the redmeat from Faux News, another thought occurred to me.
And if my hypothesis is correct, we can use it to our advantage.
Will you come with me below the fold and see what you think?
In the article, the numbers are given:
Fox News continued its domination of cable news ratings in July. The network averaged 1.85 million viewers in primetime for the month--more than CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined. Fox News also drew 461,000 viewers in the coveted A25-54 demo.
While far behind Fox News, MSNBC still beat CNN in primetime for the sixth straight month. MSNBC averaged 679,000 total viewers and 229,000 in the A25-54 demo.
I wondered what the difference was between the 1.85 million viewers of Fox and the 679,000 of MSNBC. I understand the power of the 'borg' who according to this article are not individual thinkers.
The hive-mind drones do not register as individual life-signs when scanned, only as a mass reading and then at a bare minimum.
They are programmed to collectively act as they are told.
And then it occurred to me that this collective action happens with book sales as well. When one of the Faux News or Tea Partiers puts out a "book", there is a concerted, planned effort to pump up sales, so that the book will stay on top at NYT or Amazon, for example. And this is an effective strategy.
So how can they influence the all important media ratings, you ask?
Well the answer is simple. A show gets credit for the ratings, whether it is watched live or DVR'd or Ti-Vo'd. Simple.
So. We can do that too.
My call to action is a simple one. If you have any technology that will enable you to record KO, RM and the Ed Show, please do so. I wouldn't be surprised if Faux News viewers are already doing this.
Even if my instinct is wrong, it cannot hurt to try to pump up the numbers for our side. So will you join me in promoting the numbers for those who vigorously stand for US?
Thanks for considering this.