My remote doesn't work

President Obama's official popularity ratings may still be high, but people have grown tired of watching him on television. The story headline is "Obama's ratings slide: press conference down 29%":

Audience interest in Barack Obama's news conferences seems to be falling, with Wednesday's press event drawing the president's smallest primetime audience since his inauguration.

The telecast to mark Obama's 100th day in office was viewed by 28.8 million people, according to Nielsen. That's a 29% drop from the president's last press conference, on March 24, and a 42% fall since his first, on Feb. 9.

The ratings of the last three primetime news events are listed:

Feb: 9: 49.5 million
March 24: 40.4 million
April 29: 28.8 million
The problem is, political power does not work like a television. If it did, then people could use their remotes to switch channels at the White House. Maybe try switching back to the Bush Channel, or even the Reagan Nostalgia Channel. But they can't, because politically they're tuned to one channel for four years.

At least the FCC still allows the set to be turned off.

posted by Eric on 05.01.09 at 11:17 AM





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I need a time machine instead of a remote.

Donna B.   ·  May 2, 2009 12:10 AM

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