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Bluetus

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8. I take your point about rage. However,
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:34 AM
Nov 29

What MSNBC has been doing the past decade definitely does NOT work. If they don't make a radical change, they will disappear completely within 12 months.

Rage is one emotion. There are other emotions that move people. Rage (and outrage) does not have to be the only way to attract an audience. Look at other programming that is successful. Take comedy and sex. Those work, but probably not good for dealing with civics. Sporting events get an audience. WWE may sell outrage, but most sports programming sells suspense and amazement. The late night comics sell personalities, and that's part of what I'm talking about here. I think that can work, if it is done in a compelling format.

The tornado chasers and hurricane watchers get an audience, as do the murder investigation shows. They have the common element that they are talking about bad things that could happen to you. That, IMHO, is the key to the kind of format I'm talking about. Don't think "politics". Think "bad things that could happen to me and my family". Seriously, I am not worried about using a bathroom that a trans person has been in. I just don't care. But I care a lot about how health care is practiced. I care what happens to jobs. I care whether scam artists are sucking money out of the stock market. I care about a bunch of things that CAN affect me directly. That is what needs to be programmed.

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