Mar 11 2008

Most Americans don’t read Political Blogs

Posted by Neocon in 2008 Race, Media Bias, technology

I’m stunned, just stunned! You mean the average American’s day doesn’t involve being glued to a computer screen desperately searching out information on the latest political news of the day? Next you’ll be telling me that only about half of us vote and that reality television is actually popular!

Only 22 percent of people responding to the poll said they read blogs regularly, meaning several times a month or more, according to the survey conducted by Harris Interactive.

… Some of the most high-profile blogs are influential on campaign strategies, media coverage and public perception of the candidates and issues.

Unlike traditional, mainstream media, blogs often adopt a specific point of view. Critics complain they can contain unchecked facts, are poorly edited and use unreliable sources.

And what does the mainstream media consider itself? Would they be shocked to learn that even the hard news programs that run on “traditional mainstream media” channels only capture a small percentage of the television audience? Why wasn’t that reported?

What about the polls that show only about 73% of Americans even use the internet at all? What percentage of American households have a television? What percentage of Americans aren’t watching your evening news?

If the mainstream media is so traditionally reliable, why do only 30% of Americans trust you?

What was the market saturation rate of television programming in the first decade of its invention?

While I’m sure the MSM would love to downplay the importance of political bloggers as they have in this story by characterizing the blogosphere as an unreliable poorly constructed den of lies (as opposed to the pristine MSM who has never gotten anything wrong or been corrected by those liars in the blogosphere- oh wait that’s how blogs busted onto the national scene) the fact that even 22% of Americans have embraced the greatest form of open expression this country has shows the revolutionary importance of the blogosphere. That the MSM sees blogs as a threat to be slandered shows their power and potential.

More unchecked facts on this: Hot Air | No Runny Eggs | QandO |