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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:45:39 -0600
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- From: jim coen <coen@ACC.WUACC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Countries Turning to God
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- Darren F Provine writes:
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- >Mr Laplante wrote that various researchers have documented differences between
- >the news and American society at large. But that survey depends on what
- >people SAY -- counting newspaper sales measures what people DO. Whether they
- >SAY are liberal or conservative, and whether they SAY they would like news
- >with a different bias, what they DO is watch network news far more than they
- >watch conservative commentators.
-
- Would someone tell me WHERE to find a conservative news broadcast. Is it
- possible that most people watch the liberal news because that is all there
- is to watch?
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- (Stuff deleted)
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- >But suppose Mr Limbaugh was number one in his timeslot; his timeslot is late
- >at night. Any of these commentary/humor-oriented shows would probably get
- >clobbered if it were advertised as, and competing with, mainstream network
- >news programs -- in part because they don't come across as `news'. (At least,
- >they don't come across that way to me.)
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- Limbaugh has been on the air for a VERY short period of time. He has FEW
- affiliates compared to Arsenio and Leno. All things considered, he has a
- remarkably large audience.
-
- (Stuff deleted)
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- By the way, Darren, I agree with your assesment of the need for Christians
- to start their own schools. We (believers) have billions of dollars worth of
- buildings sitting empty during most of the week. Wouldn't this be an
- excellent use of our stewardship?
-
- God Bless!
-
- Jim Coen
- coen@acc.wuacc.edu
-