"The mainstream media gets to talk to hundreds of millions for a couple of hours every week." Its known that the numbers are single digit millions, for individ

"The mainstream media gets to talk to hundreds of millions for a couple of hours every week." Its known that the numbers are single digit millions, for individual shows. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/ratings/top-news/evening-news/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/ratings/top-news/e... Probably double digit millions if you add it all together. There is likely a lot of overlap. "News junkies" watching ten newscasts equals ten views, but doesn't equal ten different viewers. Maybe triple digits if you add the entire world together across all languages and cultures. But that might be pushing it. The primary use of the news is signalling positions to the other side. Nobody is supposed to learn anything from it, just signal to other groups.