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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 01:29 AM Mar 2015

Perspective.

Rachel Maddow had mentioned three television shows recently to remind us of perspective. Two of these shows Ms. Maddow had just heard of, unaware they were a thing.

Bill O'Reilly has the number one cable news show, and brags about it as does Fox News, and all poopoo MSNBC.

So, following Ms. Maddow's suggestion, the most recent ratings of 3 shows (from TVbytheNumbers):

"Bill O'Reilly," the flagship propaganda from Fox News - 2,964,000 viewers.

"Gold Rush," a show on digging for gold on Discovery - 4,964,000 viewers.

"Talking Dead," a talk show following "The Walking Dead" - 5,720,000 viewers - where people talk about the show they just watched (I have never missed an episode, particularly when thoroughly traumatized by previous show, like tonight!).

Just a little perspective.

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