tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post7606735731390273384..comments2024-03-28T13:22:19.837-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: The Adults Take the StagePa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-18428808934805894242015-10-15T05:01:15.870-07:002015-10-15T05:01:15.870-07:00Until I read your post I never considered how limi...Until I read your post I never considered how limited an audience the debate may have had. We have one of those bundled cable packages where you get channels numbering into the thousands (most of which never are used). 15.3 estimated persons watched on cable. Another 980,000 saw it using a live streaming app on their mobile device or via Apple TV.<br /><br />No broadcast television. No radio. Shades of November 8, 1960; how far we've come since Tricky Dick beat John Kennedy on the radio while JFK trounced the Vice President on the televised version of the debate. <br /><br />Broadcast from a CBS studio, moderated by Howard K. Smith, with a panel from both CBS and NBC, an estimated 70 million persons watched the debate. Back then America had an equal time rule. We were not inundated with months of divisive, derogatory, demonizing advertisements.<br /><br />But in 2015 no radio?Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com