Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Game of Thrones v Fox News

Eli,

The Game of Thrones (boring) finale attracted 18 million or so viewers. This is far from the 106 million viewers for the season finale of MASH, or the 95 million who tuned in spontaneously for the pursuit of OJ Simpson (an oddly gripping broadcast). It does dwarf, however, the 2.4 million who view Fox News primetime, or  the 1.1 million who watched Mayor Pete on the Fox News Town Hall.

All to say, it is slightly more than ridiculous to paint Fox News, as E. Warren and others do, as the evil influence controlling opinions for half of America.

Bill

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