The Choice of Joy: Day 29, Right-Wing Talk Dying
Joy, joy, joy, JOY!
According to an article by John Avlon for The Daily Beast, by PPM ratings:
Likewise, year-end to year-end comparisons of the crucial 24 to 55 demographic show that Rush declined from 3.7 to 2.6—while his packaged follow-up acts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin narrowly declined and flat-lined, respectively.
Could our national distributors of hate be in a decline?
With older people, the popularity holds, but for a younger crowd the listening is shifting:
The millennial generation rejects hyper-partisanship in favor of news they can use—independent, intelligent analysis that plays offense from the center, punching left and right with a sense of humor. Playing to the lowest common denominator doesn’t always pay. The American people will reward people who respect their intelligence—recognizing that the news doesn’t need to taste like medicine or Kool-Aid.
Ah, youth! God bless you!


Salon.com
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