Gallup: Internet News Growing, Other Media Decline [NewsMax, Drudge, FreeRepublic growing]

NewsMax ^ | 12/23/04 | Carl Limbacher et al

[pookie18]

The number of Americans who rely on news outlets like NewsMax.com, the Drudge Report and FreeRepublic.com has jumped by 33 percent in just the last the two years, while virtually every other form of news media has lost readers and viewers, according to a new Gallup survey.

"The only news source to show an increase in daily use from Gallup's 2002 poll on media usage is the Internet -- now at an all-time high," the polling firm said this week. "Use of public television news, nightly network news, local television news, and National Public Radio has decreased, and the number of Americans who report using nightly network news programs, local TV news, local newspapers, and network newsmagazine shows reached new lows in this year's poll," said Gallup.

"Every source has fallen somewhat since 2002, with only news on the Internet gaining, from 15 percent [of readers] going there every day two years ago to 20 percent doing so today," reports Editor & Publisher, in their analysis of the Gallup survey.

"Some sources dropped heavily," notes E & P. "National newspapers are off 4 percent, from 11 to 7 percent; NPR is off 5 percent; local TV news is down 6 percent; network news down 7 percent; and PBS news plunged 8 percent. In that company, local newspapers are doing fairly well, only dropping 3 percent. Cable news dropped 2 percent."

The Gallup poll found that more than half - 51 percent - say they get news from local TV every day. 44 percent saying they get it from local newspapers. Cable news channels edged out network newscasts, 39 to 36 percent.

One catagory that was conspicuously absent from the Gallup survey - talk radio; a medium that more and more Americans have said they rely on for news in other surveys.

[ken5050]

Let me pose a slightly different take..Newspapers all have websites..as do the TV nets..especially the cable ones..FOX, MSNBC, and CNN..in some ways the cable news websites are quite good..so..what's the difference..seems to me that they are all, well "morphing" ( for want of a better word.) into some new multi-media format..

[Savage Beast]

"Mainstream Newsmedia" reports are always suspect; there is always a bias and a hidden agenda. Furthermore, propaganda is boring.

Information from the internet is also always suspect, but, in the chaos of the internet, a consistent bias is impossible, and hidden agendas are necessarily various and inconsistent.

Whatever advantages there were in having the "Mainstream Newsmedia" serve as a "gatekeeper" to evaluate the veracity of information reported were abolished when the "Mainstream Newsmedia" became a Propaganda Machine, itself assaulting the veracity of the information it reported, instead of a mirror of truth.

[combat_boots]

Take this, MSM: http://www.nbc4i.com/weather/index.html. Actual shot of a weathercam in Ohio today. We've got you on ice, over ice, on the rocks, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

[Lazamataz]

The number of Americans who rely on news outlets like NewsMax.com, the Drudge Report and FreeRepublic.com has jumped by 33 percent in just the last the two years, while virtually every other form of news media has lost readers and viewers, according to a new Gallup survey.

Why, that means people are reading even MY words....

.....(swooning) ... I'm a STAR......

.....I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille!

[pookie18]

Nice words!!

-- Cecil

[Lazamataz]

It looks like an out-of-focus camera shot of Easter Island.

[Winfield]

DRUDGE reports today that the founder of USA TODAY is calling for the US and our allies to "give up" in Iraq and bring the troops home. For sometime I have observed that USA TODAY's front page is a perfect propaganda tool for our enemies. They almost "gleefully" report new deaths of troops in Iraq and headline anything negative in the economy or, certainly, that reflects negatively on the President.Who needs a modern day "Tokyo Rose"?
I decided several weeks ago......they no longer get my
75 cents per day. Who needs them? I have "FREE REPUBLIC"!

[combat_boots]

Where's my bowling ball, Alice?

[VOA]

One catagory that was conspicuously absent from the Gallup survey - talk radio; a medium
that more and more Americans have said they rely on for news in other surveys.

Case in point: When "Unfit For Command" was the national top-seller, a cousin asked
me "why doesn't the New York Times Book Review mention it?"

"Probably because it's a truthful reconting of Kerry's service", I said.

I only read the Los Angeles Times for opposition research...and to gasp
when they schizophrenically will actually report the news.

[lwoodham]

YEAH baby, lets take MSM down, the evil corrupt slimes. Oh, and Merry Christmas all. Keep up the good work.

[Savage Beast]

The entire "Mainstream Newsmedia" is a fifth column for America's enemies. You're right; the so-called "journalists" of the "Mainstream Newsmedia" are gleeful about anything that disparages or harms the United States.

[Liberty Valance]

This is a good thing...unless you're ABCCBSNBCNYTWP.
Too bad, so sad. :o)

[HighWheeler]

"National newspapers are off 4 percent, from 11 to 7 percent;..."

This also means that newspapers are down 36%. Imagine if your paycheck was down by 36% over the last 2 years.

[pookie18]

This also means that newspapers are down 36%. Imagine if your paycheck was down by 36% over the last 2 years.

Yeah, it's kinda like if the military were gutted by a certain percentage, let's say between 1992-2000, we'd have problems in Iraq in 2003-4...

[HighWheeler]

POOK!

Thanks! I've been looking for that data, and you provided it in a sourced table!

At a job I'm at, I have a couple of libs whom I'm working over, and they are getting a REAL education lately, this will be a killer for them. They were saying that "this was Clinton's military that is beating the taliban and al qaeda" and I have been saying that they are winning despite Clinton's deep military cuts."

Oh, next week will be fun.

Thanks for the Christmas present!

[pookie18]

Why didn't you tell me! ;-) Here's some more ammo...obliterate them!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Internet =


The only thing standing between HILLARY and the White House



See:


'HILLARY's Secret War: The CLINTON Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists'


...by RICHARD POE

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[bear11]

Hillary's other secret war was posted by Pookie18 on post 15.

Buy the book "Hillary's Secret War". Excellent work by Richard Poe.

Aloha Ronnie even gets a mention on page 13!

The real Patriots play on the internet, not in Foxboro!

[Travis McGee]

[Savage Beast]

Very good, Travis. Merry Christmas! ~S

[mewzilla]

The Old Media is dead. Long live the New Media!

[Allan]

bump

[WaterDragon]

Conservative print news providers' readers should be increasing.

Places like Free Republic doesn't pay reporters to gather and report news, neither does Drudge. Newsmax does, doesn't it?

My point is that reporters are necessary and have to be paid. Bloggers will keep them honest (or exposed as worthless other than as an indication of what the Lefties WANT us to believe).

[reformjoy]

"The real Patriots play on the internet"

Here's hoping the "real Patriots" had a Merry
Christmas and enjoy a beautiful New Year!

[reformjoy]

re: "Hillary's other secret war was posted by Pookie18 on post 15."

Hi bear11, please expand on this ...

By the way, thanks for the heads up about Aloha Ronnie on page 13 in "Hillary's Secret War."

[Mo1]

Gallup did a poll mentioning FR???

Well blow me over .. they normally try to ignore us

[Howlin]

Newsmax does, doesn't it?

Newsmax keeps refreshing its Free Republic browser until it finds a new story.

And to me, bloggers are no better; they scrouge the internet for articles and/or scoops and then claim then as their own.

We are not a blog, thank goodness.

[pookie18]

Gallup did a poll mentioning FR??? Well blow me over .. they normally try to ignore us

FYI...I don't know if Gallup mentioned FR...only that NewsMax did. Also, when I posted the thread, I posted it as "Gallup: Internet News Growing, Other Media Decline"...someone else added the rest...

[bear11]

I was referring to the Clinton's attempt to gut the military. They did a lot of damage in "their" two terms as P'sOTUS.

[neutrality]

Gallup did not mention any specific outlet, so it's sadly hard to make any conclusions. Mainstream media's internet extensions could very well be growing as well.

[reformjoy]

>>I was referring to the Clinton's attempt to gut the military. They did a lot of damage in "their" two terms as P'sOTUS.<<

Ah yes... You would think these Democrat Radicals (like Bill and Hillary ) would strengthen the military in their zeal to become American Dictators.

But, they don't. Instead these Radicals destroy
America's Might.

The Reason is Clear.

Hillary & Bill Clinton ARE
The Enemy Within