U. S. Census Reveals Americans Are Media-Hungry

Sam Roberts of the New York Times covers the latest census report, “2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States,” noting that not only are Americans the fattest people on average in the world, but

Americans spent more of their lives than ever — about eight-and-a-half hours a day — watching television, using computers, listening to the radio, going to the movies or reading.

…Adolescents and adults now spend, on average, more than 64 days a year watching television, 41 days listening to the radio and a little over a week using the Internet. Among adults, 97 million Internet users sought news online last year, 92 million bought a product, 91 million made a travel reservation, 16 million used a social or professional networking site and 13 million created a blog.

“The demand for information and entertainment seems almost insatiable,” said James P. Rutherfurd, executive vice president of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, the media investment firm whose research the Census Bureau cited.

Mr. Rutherfurd said time spent with such media increased to 3,543 hours last year from 3,340 hours in 2000, and is projected to rise to 3,620 hours in 2010. The time spent within each category varied, with less on broadcast television (down to 679 hours in 2005 from 793 hours in 2000) and on reading in general, and more using the Internet (up to 183 hours from 104 hours) and on cable and satellite television.

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No wonder American public have no idea about real world. They listen, watch and think whatever corporate media wants them to. Keep watching realty shows which keeps you away from realty.

It is all part of fake ass terrorism..The Government/Media/Corporate trio is winning the war on scaring US Citizens…ATTENTION PEOPLE……….Get your asses outside and do something with yourself.Be more afraid of those Jap and Chinese cars you drive and those Mexicans cutting your grass,painting your house and stealing your neighborhoods away.. These are the real terrorists. WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE WE ALL ARE WEARING TURBINS,SPEAKING SPANISH AND ARE SO FAT WE HAVE TO BE FORKLIFTED OUT OF OUR LIVING ROOMS……….

It’s not just Americans. I’m an American, and I’m here reading this. So obviously I’m not brainwashed. But I will say that my own family is so hooked on FOX news that when I suggested it might be a ‘bit’ biased and that they might be better off not watching it I thought they were going to call the FBI and lock me up. There is this false perception in America that our media and government is about 90% good. When reality is that it’s more likely 90% evil. But every time someone turns over a rock and discovers some evil in television or government they automatically blame it on Christians. As if Christians are responsible for all the bad that’s done in America because the Republicans are (were) in control. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most Republicans are NOT Christian even though they claim to be.

We as Americans need to wake up. And realize that we ARE under attack from the enemy with in.Its not a dem. or a rep. killing us its the trilateral commision and C.F.R AND OH FUCK IT WE ARE DOOMED AS LONG AS WE KEEP STAIRING AT THE TV.AKA PROGRAMS,PROGRAMMING,GET MY DRIFT WE ARE ALL PROGRAMMED TO THINK WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK………………………………………….SNAP OUT OF IT,,
IF YOUR READING THIS,THEN YOU HAVE FREEWILL TO THINK FOR YOURSELF…….

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