Power Over Profits: Here’s the Dirty Little Secret Behind the Media’s True Business Model
Business models aren’t always what they present themselves to be
Tucker Carlson’s prime-time Fox News show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, has shattered record after record to become the highest rated cable news program in television history. On any given night, Carlson’s must-watch program draws nearly 5 million Americans to the television set — a truly astonishing number we may never see again.
According to an analysis by iSpot.tv, Tucker Carlson accounts for 16 percent all ad revenue at Fox News. And during the six-month period of February through July of this year alone, Tucker generated $37.2 million for Fox News and smashed the competition.
Looking at the entire six-month period, SMI says “Tucker Carlson Tonight” pulled in $37.2 million as the best Fox News prime-time performer. Right behind was “The Ingraham Angle” ($36.6 million) and “Hannity” ($36.2 million)
MSNBC’s top show was “The Rachel Maddow Show” — $20.8 million, while CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” and “Anderson Cooper 360” tied with $19.1 million.
The historic popularity and profitability of Tucker’s show raises a simple, yet important question: why have none of the major networks, including Fox, attempted to copy his success?
Wouldn’t the fabled “marketplace of ideas” dictate a certain convergence toward the topics and styles that draw the biggest audiences?
Perhaps the ad boycotts aimed at Tucker have scared off would-be copycats. But this simply raises the question of why companies would leave money on the table by refusing to advertise on television’s most popular cable news show. Something is off here, and it suggests that the media industry does not work according to a simple profit motive.
What if the true goal of a media conglomerate is not to produce a reliable and entertaining news service tailored to its audience, but rather to influence that audience on behalf of third parties? What if the purpose of a media company is not to be profitable for its own sake, but influential for the sake of others?
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Yup! POWER...even over profits, it appears...but to me considering who funds or owns the media are simply dong so in order to keep peoples eyes on what they want us to see and away from that they DON'T wish us to see, and therein lie their true profits, because these same groups/individuals who make sure the MSM put forth the 'right' info are also invested in the Drug Industry, in Fast Foods, in Food Additives, in Banking, in the Chemical Industries, Arms Industry and all the other nasty pollutive, poisonous things that damage life and the planet. If they can ensure that humanity follows the path of major consumption of the above products, then both Powers and Profits are assured for these 'Controller Freaks', as it then has the majority of mankind either in it's thrall or scared out of their wits and buying what's available.