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Well the market has spoken, you're right, Anderson Cooper (as far as I know) is a very popular show. It just also spoke in this specific context. I don't reall

Well the market has spoken, you're right, Anderson Cooper (as far as I know) is a very popular show. It just also spoke in this specific context. I don't really care for CNN much either way, but every once in awhile somehow I get the "right" CNN International channel/vibe/show and it feels like what I thought international journalism should be.

kybernetyk 5y ago
Joe Rogan is far more popular and it’s free.
- ericmay 5y ago
  I'm not following your point
rayiner 5y ago
Anderson Cooper is 25th in the 8/9pm time slot with 1.25 million viewers on average. Tucker is 1st with 3.25 million.
WoodenChair 5y ago
> Anderson Cooper (as far as I know) is a very popular show No, it's not a very popular show. Anderson Cooper is last amongst the three major primetime cable news shows. For example, for the week ending March 30th at the 8 PM slot you have (Total Viewers in thousands) [0]: Tucker Carlson Tonight: 3676 All In W/ Chris Hayes: 1445 Anderson Cooper 360: 890 Now keep in mind that >300,000,000 people live in the United States. So, not that many people are watching cable news to begin with. And definitely not that many young people who may subscribe to a streaming service instead of cable. I don't think there is any sizable market for a streaming service of Anderson Cooper. 0: https://www.mediaite.com/daily-ratings/cable-news-ratings-wednesday-march-30-lawrence-odonnell-leads-msnbc-in-total-viewers/ https://www.mediaite.com/daily-ratings/cable-news-ratings-we...
- ericmay 5y ago
  It seems pretty popular to me. You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying". Many people watch it. It makes money. Anderson Cooper makes money. Ergo the market is speaking quite clearly. For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular. Now if you want to change your definition or raise your bar or something, sure go for it, but without any parameters I think anyone on prime time on CNN or any major news channel is by definition popular.
  - WoodenChair 5y ago
    > You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying". Not at all. I just cited some statistics. Making a value judgement is actually what you did: > For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular. The first definition of popular is “regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general” The key word being the last one in this case “general.” Based on the statistics I cited cable news is a niche to begin with. And based on his viewership, Anderson Cooper is a niche within a niche. Not “generally” popular. For the record I don’t watch any of these shows so I don’t have a horse in this race. Not sure why you feel you need to defend Anderson Cooper’s (non) popularity so hard? It’s certainly not a very popular show as you originally stated. But you’ve since lowered the bar that anything on mainstream cable is “popular.”
    - ericmay 5y ago
      I made a value judgement to demonstrate the ability to separate preference from fact. Maybe I didn’t need to do that, but if I can get in a swipe at Tucker Carlson I’ll take it, because he is despicable and vile. I’m not defending Anderson Cooper. Don’t care about him. To say he’s unpopular though without defining popularity is a mistake you are making, not me. Even if we used your definition here, which we weren’t, it would still be true that he’s popular. He’s a household name. He’s clearly popular. We are talking about him right here. What more proof do you need? So back to the original discussion regarding Anderson Cooper, the market has spoken. He’s popular. To say the market hasn’t spoken would be incorrect, given he’s on Prime Time on CNN lol. So what exact point were you trying to make here? Because I think you’re just arguing to argue and it’s really not a good use of time for you or me.

kybernetyk 5y ago

Joe Rogan is far more popular and it’s free.

ericmay 5y ago
I'm not following your point

rayiner 5y ago

Anderson Cooper is 25th in the 8/9pm time slot with 1.25 million viewers on average. Tucker is 1st with 3.25 million.

WoodenChair 5y ago

> Anderson Cooper (as far as I know) is a very popular show No, it's not a very popular show. Anderson Cooper is last amongst the three major primetime cable news shows. For example, for the week ending March 30th at the 8 PM slot you have (Total Viewers in thousands) [0]: Tucker Carlson Tonight: 3676 All In W/ Chris Hayes: 1445 Anderson Cooper 360: 890 Now keep in mind that >300,000,000 people live in the United States. So, not that many people are watching cable news to begin with. And definitely not that many young people who may subscribe to a streaming service instead of cable. I don't think there is any sizable market for a streaming service of Anderson Cooper. 0: https://www.mediaite.com/daily-ratings/cable-news-ratings-wednesday-march-30-lawrence-odonnell-leads-msnbc-in-total-viewers/ https://www.mediaite.com/daily-ratings/cable-news-ratings-we...

ericmay 5y ago
It seems pretty popular to me. You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying". Many people watch it. It makes money. Anderson Cooper makes money. Ergo the market is speaking quite clearly. For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular. Now if you want to change your definition or raise your bar or something, sure go for it, but without any parameters I think anyone on prime time on CNN or any major news channel is by definition popular.
- WoodenChair 5y ago
  > You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying". Not at all. I just cited some statistics. Making a value judgement is actually what you did: > For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular. The first definition of popular is “regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general” The key word being the last one in this case “general.” Based on the statistics I cited cable news is a niche to begin with. And based on his viewership, Anderson Cooper is a niche within a niche. Not “generally” popular. For the record I don’t watch any of these shows so I don’t have a horse in this race. Not sure why you feel you need to defend Anderson Cooper’s (non) popularity so hard? It’s certainly not a very popular show as you originally stated. But you’ve since lowered the bar that anything on mainstream cable is “popular.”
  - ericmay 5y ago
    I made a value judgement to demonstrate the ability to separate preference from fact. Maybe I didn’t need to do that, but if I can get in a swipe at Tucker Carlson I’ll take it, because he is despicable and vile. I’m not defending Anderson Cooper. Don’t care about him. To say he’s unpopular though without defining popularity is a mistake you are making, not me. Even if we used your definition here, which we weren’t, it would still be true that he’s popular. He’s a household name. He’s clearly popular. We are talking about him right here. What more proof do you need? So back to the original discussion regarding Anderson Cooper, the market has spoken. He’s popular. To say the market hasn’t spoken would be incorrect, given he’s on Prime Time on CNN lol. So what exact point were you trying to make here? Because I think you’re just arguing to argue and it’s really not a good use of time for you or me.