JDaveG Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443571/pickup-trucks-media-reporters-lack-curiosity?utm_source=nr&utm_campaign=incurious-reporters&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=geraghty "Likewise, some things that seem popular from media coverage are in fact quite unrepresentative of the country. When you see headlines such as “Five signs America is falling in love with public transit,” it’s very easy to forget that just 5.2 percent of Americans commute to work by public transportation. (It seems likely that the percentage of big-city journalists who use public transportation is much higher.) Time called Game of Thrones “the last consensus show on television.” But that “consensus” consists of about 23 million people in a country of more than 300 million. In March 2016, Buzzfeed referred to “the hit Broadway musical Hamilton that everyone you know has been quoting for months.” At that point, the total number of Americans who had seen Hamilton was roughly 384,000 people. It wasn’t that long ago that the New York Times was gushing about the likes of Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias under the headline, “Washington’s New Brat Pack Masters Media.” Klein and Yglesias went on to form the online publication Vox, adopting the humble slogan, “The Smartest Thinkers, the Toughest Questions.” That slogan was most often sarcastically cited when the site made a surprisingly boneheaded error, such as claiming that there is a physical bridge connecting the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, reporting that the city of Boulder, Colo., has 102 toilets for every resident, or mixing up gun-ownership rates and gun-violence rates. It’s hard to shake the feeling that some reporting mistakes could be avoided or caught earlier if reporters and editors had a wider range of life experience, or more curiosity about the life experiences of other people outside of their peer group." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Ocean Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Ford-150's and GM trucks are usually at the top of the list of best-selling cars in the US, Vox sucks ****, and if anyone I know starts quoting Hamilton I'm gonna slap the taste out their mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, Billy Ocean said: Ford-150's and GM trucks are usually at the top of the list of best-selling cars in the US, Vox sucks ****, and if anyone I know starts quoting Hamilton I'm gonna slap the taste out their mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Has vox ever "voxplained" what a pickup truck is to their readership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dago 3.0 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 26 minutes ago, mdrake34 said: Has vox ever "voxplained" what a pickup truck is to their readership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dago 3.0 said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 On an EXTREMELY related side note..... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-MOBILE-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=MOBILEFULLPAGE&kwp_0=303929&kwp_4=1170144&kwp_1=532586 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritzblitz 2.0 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, JDaveG said: On an EXTREMELY related side note..... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-MOBILE-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=MOBILEFULLPAGE&kwp_0=303929&kwp_4=1170144&kwp_1=532586 I would rather take a rubber mallet to the testicles than watch either show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Gritzblitz 2.0 said: I would rather take a rubber mallet to the testicles than watch either show. Modern Family is pretty **** funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, mdrake34 said: Modern Family is pretty **** funny. Coastal elitist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I actually know a weird amount of conservatives (like more than 5 or 6) that claim Modern family is pretty funny to them How funny that urbanites are Family Guy, and rural folks are more American Dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, JDaveG said: Coastal elitist I like the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Come to think of it I think we all know the real appeal of that show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I hate every show in this thread except for Game of Thrones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Honestly I think I empathize with people who like Criminal Minds a little too much. Those people think 24 is better than The Sopranos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I wanna know if Mono watches Once Upon a Time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 hour ago, mdrake34 said: I like the dog. 1 hour ago, atl falcon 89 said: Come to think of it I think we all know the real appeal of that show So......... .......both of you watch the show for the puppies then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOR Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Modern family is the **** thank you very much. Phil>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Although if I'm being honest the only modern family I've ever actually seen is like the occasional syndicated rerun as I wait for American Dad to come on TBS or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WOR Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Da fuqqqqq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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