tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7904861725164301693..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: QotD: Shrinking Market EditionTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47878852693445082792012-05-24T13:53:33.911-04:002012-05-24T13:53:33.911-04:00Their ratings would be the same, since ratings are...Their ratings would be the same, since ratings are based on Nielsen reports, and Nielsen doesn't include things like that.<br /><br />Nielsen, because their job is to indirectly sell ads, cares only about people who are <i>really watching TV</i>, not TVs blaring into space where nobody really gives a damn.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25222858966970156922012-05-24T12:42:41.245-04:002012-05-24T12:42:41.245-04:00Frequent flyer.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/...Frequent flyer.<br /><br />http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/9a06/<br /><br />Just sayin'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43272113987496174962012-05-24T12:02:43.448-04:002012-05-24T12:02:43.448-04:00I've been watching more CNBC in the mornings w...I've been watching more CNBC in the mornings while torturing myself at the gym. I've noted that while they can be vulnerable to the usual hyping of economic news, they do tend to be more connected to reality than the usual posse of traditional news channels.The Raving Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830254881182697135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41621321085405564112012-05-24T08:53:37.129-04:002012-05-24T08:53:37.129-04:00> a lot of bar and airport TeeWees tuned to CNB...> a lot of bar and airport TeeWees tuned to CNBC lately.<<br /><br />I've been meaning to work up a little post on that. My wakeup drill includes channel-hopping MSNBC-Fox-CNN-CNBC.<br /><br />The first three will make you mad or disgusted. The fourth can make you broke. But at least CNBC reporting can often be traced back, however tortuously, to some actual, verifiable event in the real world.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.com