Comments on: Thank You Media! http://donklephant.com/2008/04/06/thank-you-media/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rich Horton http://donklephant.com/2008/04/06/thank-you-media/comment-page-1/#comment-395639 Rich Horton Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:14:14 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5135#comment-395639 I prefer Danial Drezner's <a href="http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003778.html" rel="nofollow">demolition of Greenwald</a> on this. I know I shouldn't as if this was a knife fight Glenn would be unarmed. I prefer Danial Drezner’s demolition of Greenwald on this.

I know I shouldn’t as if this was a knife fight Glenn would be unarmed.

]]> By: TerenceC http://donklephant.com/2008/04/06/thank-you-media/comment-page-1/#comment-395530 TerenceC Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:20:41 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5135#comment-395530 I understand your point - and I appreciate it - but they are just businesses. If you look at the top 10 TV shows (Nielsen) as well: 1 American Idol (Fox) (Tuesday) 27.34 2 American Idol (Fox) (Wednesday) 26.08 3 Dancing with the Stars (ABC) (Monday) (P) 21.15 4 Dancing with the Stars (ABC) (Tuesday) (S) 17.02 5 Two and a Half Men (CBS) 14.06 6 Survivor: Micronesia (CBS) (S) 11.56 7 60 Minutes (CBS) 11.54 8 The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) 11.47 9 Lost (ABC) 11.46 10 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 11.37 The problem is the audience, the people in the USA simply don't care about their country, the running of their government, social and economic justice, and personal liberty. They want to forget, they want to be entertained, and when reminded about their apathy they become enraged and counter attack with talk about the "assault on their freedom of speech" while they crawl back into their media rooms. I understand your point – and I appreciate it – but they are just businesses. If you look at the top 10 TV shows (Nielsen) as well:

1 American Idol (Fox) (Tuesday) 27.34
2 American Idol (Fox) (Wednesday) 26.08
3 Dancing with the Stars (ABC) (Monday) (P) 21.15
4 Dancing with the Stars (ABC) (Tuesday) (S) 17.02
5 Two and a Half Men (CBS) 14.06
6 Survivor: Micronesia (CBS) (S) 11.56
7 60 Minutes (CBS) 11.54
8 The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) 11.47
9 Lost (ABC) 11.46
10 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 11.37

The problem is the audience, the people in the USA simply don’t care about their country, the running of their government, social and economic justice, and personal liberty. They want to forget, they want to be entertained, and when reminded about their apathy they become enraged and counter attack with talk about the “assault on their freedom of speech” while they crawl back into their media rooms.

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