Originally Posted by AzzX
The mainstream media's ability to sway and even alter the perception of people was lost a while ago due to the internet age.
Our own Government has looked into controlling this form of media with the whole cleenfeed debacle but hopefully with enough public backlash, will fail.
Mainstream media as it stands is deeply flawed and no longer seems to be as viable as it once was. Consider the Oztam Ratings system. The TV habits of a few thousand homes are recorded and are supposed to represent every cross section of Australian TV and media viewing.
I do not for one minute believe 2+million people tune into Today Tonight each night, this sort of media is insulting to everyone.
A couple years ago one of the big 3 stations had technical difficulties and viewers only got static on that channel for about 2 hours. During this 2 hour period one of the hospital shows like All Saints was supposed to be shown. Even though there was only static during this period, the ratings showed that viewership was only slightly down from the regular audience for that show.
This means either a heck of a lot of people simply leave their televisions on and go prepare dinner, and other activites/chores - or the ratings themselves are inaccurate.
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