Saturday, July 10, 2021

THANK GOD FOR CABLE NEWS!

 Cable news adds another dimension to the traditional ABC, NBC, and CBS networks. Plus it’s on for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Obviously nobody can watch it all, but it gives us very good choices from which to get the news, as well as plenty of opinions about the news.

 According to Deadline.com the following are statistics for 2021 for the three top cable networks. According to their website, “Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.”

 “In primetime, FOX NEWS topped with an average of 2.13 million viewers, compared to 1.31 million for MSNBC and 798,000 for CNN.” FOX had as many viewers as MSNBC and CNN combined.

 In post news analysis: ”Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top show in cable news, averaging 2.81 million total viewers, followed by Hannity with 2.59 million, The Five with 2.53 million, The Rachel Maddow Show with 2.27 million and The Ingraham Angle with 2.09 million.” And GUTFELD had 1.47 million viewers.

 There are some who think FOX is too conservative in both news and weather reporting, especially regarding the man-made climate change hoax, about which this writer has previously blogged. But their huge viewership indicates that a large number of people are in agreement with their perspective.

 It’s true that “junk climatological theories” are dangerous. But all current information about the climate is theoretical. We know today’s climate, but next year’s is an educated guess. Will global temperatures rise to unlivable levels? Nobody knows. This is worth repeating. Nobody knows. It’s all speculation.

 The same is true regarding the 2020 presidential election, where some say there was zero evidence of widespread voter fraud. Actually there is zero evidence that there was zero evidence of voter fraud.  The word “widespread” is added to minimize the actual fraud that occurred.

 This is what is so great about our freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Each of us can express our views and opinions and then choose what to believe about what others have written and said.

                             COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CARL E GUSTAFSON

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