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The 25-54 demo seems outdated to me.  That's putting me and my son in the same group.  Outside of sports he's never watched "regular" TV since his Nickelodean days.

Seems like for CBS Evening News you could change it to 50-54 and get 95% of that 4.4M

 

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5 minutes ago, oblong said:

The 25-54 demo seems outdated to me.  That's putting me and my son in the same group.  Outside of sports he's never watched "regular" TV since his Nickelodean days.

Seems like for CBS Evening News you could change it to 50-54 and get 95% of that 4.4M

 

Probably have to go older than that. Maybe 55 plus??? Also I think the local affiliate lead in, local news cast, plays a big role in this. 

Not a regular network news watcher. I'll check the locals for things like weather, otherwise the TV remains off most late afternoons or early evenings.

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Cox is the monopoly cable company in my neck of the woods, only real option aside from putting a dish out. They also control internet options, for now. Not expecting the "competition" anywhere near soon for a few more years.

Thanks Donald and the Republican Legislature in Virginia that made this possible 30 plus years ago.

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5 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Whelp...

 

The CBS, soon to be CNN Capitulation to Trump continues. From Wikipedia

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Weijia Jiang (Chinese: 姜伟嘉; pinyin: Jiāng Wěijiā; born June 6, 1983) is a Chinese-American television journalist and reporter.[1]She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS Newssince July 2018.[2] Jiang's question to President Donald Trump about the COVID-19 testing program in the United States[3] during a White House press briefing[4] received global attention and coverage.[5][6]

https://whca.press/about/officers/#:~:text=Officers%2C 2025-2026,WHCA

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16 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Cox is the monopoly cable company in my neck of the woods, only real option aside from putting a dish out. They also control internet options, for now. Not expecting the "competition" anywhere near soon for a few more years.

Thanks Donald and the Republican Legislature in Virginia that made this possible 30 plus years ago.

Argh, those aren’t your only options.  🏴‍☠️ 

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this is not a political press failing, but just a general example of how the people writing for the press are now so ignorant of the topics they write about that they make mistakes that make you question everything they say.

Article in our 'paper of record' the NYT, about BP wanting to put a deep water rig out in the Gulf. The writer gives the depth of water they want to work in as 56,000ft.

"Opponents said the extreme pressure and high temperatures required to operate in waters deeper than 56,000 feet heighten the risk of a blowout that could endanger Gulf communities and the marine ecosystem."

There is no water on the planet anywhere near that deep (Marianas Trench about 36,000). So what are they even talking about? Deepest water in the Gulf is 13,000-15,000, average is about 5300. But how does a guy end up writing tech for the NYT who doesn't have some idea how deep the ocean are? 

We are gonna be doomed by our own descent into ignorance.

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