Comments on: I had absolutely no idea that the rest of you were buying The Sun to read the words http://www.irishelection.com/2008/09/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-the-rest-of-you-were-buying-the-sun-to-read-the-words/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Niall http://www.irishelection.com/2008/09/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-the-rest-of-you-were-buying-the-sun-to-read-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-86357 Niall Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:05:29 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=3587#comment-86357 "Don’t these secret report writers realise that no matter who’s writing the news, none of us take what they have to say as seriously as they think we do?" I don't think you - or many others for that matter - fully appreciate the influence that the media has on consumers. Page 3 might be one of the main reasons that people buy The Sun, but if people weren't being influenced by the rest of the content, then corporations wouldn't spend millions on advertising in the publication. If Cadbury's spend significant amounts of cash just to broadcast a short clip of a gorilla playing the drums in the knowledge that it will bring people around to their way of thinking, then it's hardly a stretch to imagine that the Murdoch media played a role in influencing the outcome of the Irish vote. “Don’t these secret report writers realise that no matter who’s writing the news, none of us take what they have to say as seriously as they think we do?”

I don’t think you – or many others for that matter – fully appreciate the influence that the media has on consumers. Page 3 might be one of the main reasons that people buy The Sun, but if people weren’t being influenced by the rest of the content, then corporations wouldn’t spend millions on advertising in the publication.

If Cadbury’s spend significant amounts of cash just to broadcast a short clip of a gorilla playing the drums in the knowledge that it will bring people around to their way of thinking, then it’s hardly a stretch to imagine that the Murdoch media played a role in influencing the outcome of the Irish vote.

]]> By: Hollywood Rumors and Gossip » Blog Archive » - tabloid gossip http://www.irishelection.com/2008/09/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-the-rest-of-you-were-buying-the-sun-to-read-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-86171 Hollywood Rumors and Gossip » Blog Archive » - tabloid gossip Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:22:22 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=3587#comment-86171 [...] I had absolutely no idea that the rest of you were buying The Sun … By Garry Miley Leaving aside the difficulty some of us might have in telling apart your typical edition of Liveline from an English tabloid, I truly personally believe that TV3?s ?entertainment? news is far better value, euro for euro, … Irish Election - http://www.irishelection.com [...] [...] I had absolutely no idea that the rest of you were buying The Sun … By Garry Miley Leaving aside the difficulty some of us might have in telling apart your typical edition of Liveline from an English tabloid, I truly personally believe that TV3?s ?entertainment? news is far better value, euro for euro, … Irish Election – http://www.irishelection.com [...]

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.irishelection.com/2008/09/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-the-rest-of-you-were-buying-the-sun-to-read-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-86169 Dan Sullivan Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:00:58 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=3587#comment-86169 It is a bit rich to baldly state as they do that "news content on the main commercial national station TV3 is of quite low quality". I've given up on the punch and judy efforts of Prime Time and have made Vincent Browne a scheduled highlight of the evening. At least there is a better than even chance people might speak their brains on VB. It is a bit rich to baldly state as they do that “news content on the main commercial national station TV3 is of quite low quality”. I’ve given up on the punch and judy efforts of Prime Time and have made Vincent Browne a scheduled highlight of the evening. At least there is a better than even chance people might speak their brains on VB.

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