Posted on 03/23/2018 7:18:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
One thing that defines liberals is their incessant desire to push political messages into every time and space. Their "compassion" and "inclusion" is perpetually shoved in our faces. That problem has metastasized under President Trump. The urgency of their "resistance" is knocking down all the barriers.
Don't they know that most Americans don't want politics invading every sphere? Can't they see that audiences of sporting events and awards shows are suffering? They would plead that TV ratings for everything are down because fewer people are buying cable or satellite TV. But now we have evidence that this endless politicization is causing a backlash.
In a national poll of 1,000 likely voters by McLaughlin & Associates, 75 percent of the respondents said they agreed with this statement: "When I watch live sports or entertainment shows on television, I am trying to get away from politics and do not want to be bombarded with partisan political messages." Only 17 percent disagreed. All the intensity was on the Just Say No side: Fifty-two percent answered "strongly agree" with the frustration with politics, and only 6 percent answered "strongly disagree."
The poll, commissioned by the Media Research Center, also found that they vote with their remotes: Forty-four percent of participants said they're less likely to watch live sports and entertainment shows these days because they have become too political.
About half (47 percent) of the respondents who did not watch the Oscars this year said their reason was political. They chose "I'm tired of these shows being full of political statements" or "I would have watched but knew some of the presenters and winners would use the time to share their political agenda" as their response.
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel proved that suspicion right in spades. He noted that most of the best-picture nominees didn't have a big box-office number and joked: "We don't make films like 'Call Me By Your Name' for money. We make them to upset Mike Pence." He introduced actress Lupita Nyong'o like this: "She was born in Mexico and raised in Kenya. Let the Tweet storm from the president's toilet begin!"
The "socially conscious" rapper Common came on stage and blathered, "Immigrants get the benefits/ We put up monuments for the feminists/ Tell the NRA they in God's way!" Standing on stage with the rapper as honorees were leftist activists including Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors-Brignac and Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards.
It is no coincidence that the audience of the Oscars and the Olympics hit an all-time low. The NFL saw its ratings fall off nearly 10 percent when a fraction of players refused to stand for the national anthem. No one could imagine the fallout would be this dramatic.
Sports leagues like the NFL and liberal sports networks like ESPN have been completely at odds with what their viewers want, and their ratings reflect it. Perhaps they could stare at these poll results and heed this warning before they lose a large chunk of Americans for good.
Oh no! Too late!
In marxist politics, everything must be politicized. As Mao said: every human action is a political act.
Or shopping...
Ask Dick’s.
Tell that to ESPN, the NFL, Meryl Streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep and Matt Damon.
You can if you do it humorously and evenhandedly. But the pure 1 sided vitriol spewed by the leftist made both sports & entertainment Toxic!
“entertainment” in the US is nothing BUT propaganda anymore... at least though the MSM..
I have pretty much given up...
Started watching Andy Griffith Reruns with my daughter, just so I know I am watching something safe and wholesome, rather than left wing propaganda on gender and sexuality.
Bit late.
How about no public funding of sports and arts since there is a left-wing litmus test to be a recipient?
The NHL that featured more fights and many not wearing helmets or visors was the more polite NHL.
Just be thankful the government allows you to enjoy sports.
You are thankful for our government aren’t you?
Aren’t you?
Recall the NFL wouldn’t permit Rush Limbaugh to buy into a franchise.
Yeah, that train has so left the station...
Nothing is going to save sports and television/movies from the political correctness disease. Just pop the corn and watch it die over the next decade.
Overweight Americans not watching TV can only be a good thing anyways. Go ride a bicycle...
A little late for that don’t you think? Not only is the horse out of the barn on this one but he’s crossed the border into Canada looking for the Heartland Ranch because he knows Amy loves horses.
Too late for that. Corporations are quickly following with their “social responsibility” and other meddling.
Social responsibility. Next thing you know corporations will be bragging about not making a profit. It’s predicted in a novel that is uncannily accurate today.
It’s always hard core Leftists who insist on injecting their shitty politics into everything.......thus ruining it. I wouldn’t want to hear a political diatribe even if I agreed with what was said but since it’s always Leftists.....
Note that the most popular movies and TV series are for the most part, not political. People watch entertainment to escape, not to be preached to.
To the contrary, they will double down.
Are their sales down?
Read several stories that it is WAY down.
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