{"id":6317,"date":"2004-09-23T07:49:37","date_gmt":"2004-09-23T14:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/09\/23\/you-are-what-you-watch.html"},"modified":"2004-09-23T07:49:37","modified_gmt":"2004-09-23T14:49:37","slug":"you_are_what_yo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/23\/you_are_what_yo.html","title":{"rendered":"You are what you watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study by Initiative Media Worldwide<\/a> has broken out TV shows by political affiliation<\/a> (the better to target audiences with certain campaign ads, no doubt).<\/p>\n

GOP? You’re probably watching Everybody Loves Raymond, 8 Simple Rules, Without a Trace, JAG, Amazing Race, The Simple Life,<\/em> and Joan of Arcadia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dem? You’re tuned to Will & Grace, Judging Amy, Quintuplets, For Love or Money, Crossing Jordan, Law & Order, <\/em>and Extreme Makeover.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sinisterly enough, both parties like 2 1\/2 Men<\/em> and Last Comic Standing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Undecided? Ah, expect to see Bush and Kerry targeting ads in My Wife and Kids, CSI: Miami, Fear Factor, Friends, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, King of Queens, Law & Order: SVU<\/em> and For Love & Money.<\/em> <\/p>\n

And I’m sure it’s meaningful that they also like Everyone Loves Raymond<\/em> and JAG <\/em>(like Repubs) and Will & Grace<\/em> (like Dems).<\/p>\n

Further breakdowns of the data are also possible.<\/p>\n

For instance, undecided voters who worry about national security tune in to “Everybody Loves Raymond,” according to the study. Republicans who care about family values watch “Joan of Arcadia.” Democrats concerned about health care escape with “Monk,” a cable show that happens to be about an obsessive compulsive hypochondriac.
\nOverall, Initiative said research shows that “undecided voters have a tendency to watch shows that have ethnic appeal.” They are also drawn to animation, reality TV and talk shows.<\/p>\n

So … what does it mean that I only watch one of the shows up there (a Dem one) with any vague regularity (and have never watched the vast majority of them)? Aside from my having good taste, that is.<\/p>\n

(via MamaWrite<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study by Initiative Media Worldwide has broken out TV shows by political affiliation (the better to target audiences with certain campaign ads, no doubt). GOP? 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