The troops vs. Anna Nicole Smith

[knuckleboner]

Originally posted by scamper
Does anyone really watch the celebrity crap, or is just the media trying to shove more shit down our throats. I might get flamed for this but it seems to me that TV news is all about trying to make the news not report it.

TV news is all about ratings. if nobody watched it, the news wouldn't show it.

[scamper]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
TV news is all about ratings. if nobody watched it, the news wouldn't show it.

I plead ignorance on the subject, how do they know?

[Nitro Express]

Companies like AC Nelson and Arbitron use sophisticated market research tools to statistically derive ratings. It's a big business in itself.

The higher the ratings from these companies, the more the networks can charge for advertising during the highly rated shows.

[Nitro Express]

Believe me. There aren't to many accidents in the media. Everything is calculated by people who think they know what they are doing. They are trying to maximize the revinue through scientific means and that is what has ruined anything artistic in the mass media.