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How Do 18-35 Year Olds Consume Media? SurveyMonkey Audience Results (TYT) (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2014 OP
A few years ago Olbermann would have beat Brian Williams. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #1
+1! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #2
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #3
This makes perfect sense SmittynMo Jul 2014 #4
how does the over-the-hill gang consume media? tk2kewl Jul 2014 #5

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
4. This makes perfect sense
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 08:35 AM
Jul 2014

The MSM, is mostly hype, lies and bullshit. Both sides are so slanted, it makes for idiocy and ignorance. They dwell on crap for hours, days, weeks, months on end. Actually, it's quite boring and depressing how people act on camera. And then add the drama and then more lies. No one knows who to believe anymore. If I was in that carefree age group, I wouldn't listen to MSM either.

Colbert and Stewart get right to the point, make some humor about it, and move on. Today's younger mindset is "short, sweet, and simple". And they don't really care about Politics. As I think back to that age, I didn't care much about politics either. But then, there was no one like Stewart and Colbert. As you get older, you do get smarter. You start paying attention and become more aware and involved in what is actually going on around you, and how it affects your future, and your children's future. The old saying, the older I get, the smarter I get, is true.

The trick is to get them out to vote. If they are now listening to these two, then I would think this has to be good for the democratic turnout next election. Hey I'm almost 60 now and can't do without my daily fix of Colbert and Stewart. The DVR is a wonderful thing.

 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
5. how does the over-the-hill gang consume media?
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 09:06 AM
Jul 2014

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Not from youtube

I prefer reading.

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