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Old 06-17-2016, 01:03 PM   #285
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui View Post
You don't think the older viewers who catch O'Reilly or read the local newspaper don't see the references to Trump's twitter comments (especially when the Republican leadership is having to address it)? C'mon. You are just being ridiculous now. You seem to think middle America is in this weird bubble, where their news sources don't acknowledge Twitter. It's ludicrous.

What you seem to be ignoring is how relatively few people: watch the news, read a local newspaper, etc etc, with any sort of actual frequency. It has reach in terms of "have you in the past 30 days" but on a daily basis (or even a weekdaily basis) the numbers are well below half.

And then you filter that down to what they actually catch.

There's some impact of Twitter out there, but you're GROSSLY overestimating it's impact on the majority of the population.

And THAT is "ludicrous".
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