Tuesday, September 7, 2010

That is So Mainstream

Hello Blog, hope you had a good Labor Day weekend.


This will be pretty short, I'm kind of busy and it's late. Anyway, so I see on Fox News that they like to claim they aren't mainstream media. However, they go on to show proudly that they are the most watched news network with, of course, O'Reilly on top of the list. How does this work? I mean, Mainstream means common ideas. If you’re the most watched news network out of the big three then wouldn't that make you mainstream? To me, Mainstream media doesn't exist. If your on National Television, and get views into the hundreds of thousands to the millions. If you’re on TV and people watch your show then there’s a good chance they agree with your ideas. If you have it into the millions like some of these guys do then that idea is shared with millions.

Wouldn't that make you "Mainstream"?
That's just my opinion though. Let's ask the readers, though. Some reader interaction is always fun. How would you define the "Mainstream Media"? Would Fox news fit into the "Mainstream Media"? Then, of course, how was your Labor Day weekend? Did you spend it as well as I did, in that I mean catch up on procrastinated school work?

1 comment:

Heather said...

I'm hoping they are not mainstream media because even though they may have millions of viewers, they make up a small portion of the over all viewing population. And remember some people watch them for the same reason you do, to keep an eye on what they are doing. So, even though they are claiming millions of viewers, most of America does not agree with them. Hopefully.