[needmorePaine]

The silence of the article on the real reason for the drop in ratings is deafening.

Amazing, isn't it. What's the line from Simon and Garfunkel? "A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

Almost every article I have read about the ratings decline has focused on every other possible cause. If the anthem protests are even mentioned they are usually dismissed as a reason.

I listened to local sports talk, and one host was going on and on about how guilt over the concussion issue is causing viewers to stop watching.

Sports media is decidedly leftist, so they will not assign blame to the Kapernicks in the league because they are fellow travelers.

[wbill]

"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

Read the statement released by Target on their (horrific) quarterly results. Blamed the weather, blamed business exits, a tough economic environment (though their competition WalMart was up in the same period....)

Blamed everything but the Conservative Boycott of their stores for the 10% decline.

They can't admit what's really going on, because it would mean that they were wrong. Liberalism *must* be infallible, it's a jealous God. One person stating the honest truth brings the whole system of beliefs down.

[chiller]

..."guilt over the concussion issue is causing viewers to stop watching.

GUILT ? That's a good one. The concussion issue itself is causing me to lose interest. Concussion protocol caused both NFC finals QB's out of games last week. Neither could finish, both lost.

Guilt ? This friggn' country has lost is mind.

[Osage Orange]

Good post..................