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Are Spots In Right-Wing Talk Shows Not Effective?

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FredLeonard

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A continuous survey by Experian Marketing Services show liberals and conservatives go to different fast-food and chain restaurants, and get their groceries at different supermarkets. Big surprise: One long-time Rush and Hannity advertiser (which also has had the two hosts doing personal endorsements) is near the top of the list of favorite liberal restaurants (and NOT popular with conservatives). Ruth's Chris Steakhouse appears to have been wasting their money buying spots in right-wing talk radio. Sounds like ditto heads quote Rush on politics but he doesn't influence where they spend their money.

wsj.com said:
Liberals Eat Here. Conservatives Eat There.

Can you tell a person’s politics based on where they buy their groceries or hamburger?

... Experian Marketing Services does a rolling survey of thousands of people who patronize restaurants and retail establishments to determine, among other things, the politics of stores’ customers.

The survey assigns liberal and conservative scores to different establishments based on their customers’ political preferences. A 100 is average, a 120 is 20% more liberal or conservative than average, 80 is 20% less than average, and so on. ...
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/05/02/liberals-eat-here-conservatives-eat-there/
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Location, location, location is a big factor. Conservative favorites tend to be located in red states and zip codes; liberal favorites in blue states and zip codes. Among chains with a national presence...

Not surprisingly, Chick-Fil-A, whose management came out against marriage equality is popular with conservatives, not with liberals. Liberals lean toward Chipolte and Starbucks.

Liberals shop at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Conservatives like Wal-Mart.

For date night, liberals go to California Pizza Kitchen (featured on "The Big Bang Theory" as the place where the group goes out for dinner and where Penny works). Conservatives go to Cracker Barrel, which the Justice Department found practiced racially segregated seating and quality of service.
 
FredLeonard said:
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For date night, liberals go to California Pizza Kitchen (featured on "The Big Bang Theory" as the place where the group goes out for dinner and where Penny works).
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Penny worked at The Cheesecake Factory.

That aside, you have to look even deeper into location. California Pizza Kitchens tends to be in middle class upwardly mobile neighborhoods and not in more traditional or working class neighborhoods... so in the areas it operates, it will simply draw by proximity a more liberal crowd.

Cracker Barrel, nationally, tends to be in more conservative locations due to its Southern origins. So it will simply draw more conservatives because that's who it is close to.

I know from my experience with my nearby Ruth's Chris that you could shoot a shotgun inside and not hit a single democratic diner.
 
Gee, one again we see the stubborn, willful ignorance of some many people who work in radio. One guy's "experience," in one single location, outweighs a syndicated panel study - in which people are actually interviewed (not just looked at). And this is the same person who claims to be an expert in research methodology. No wonder radio is going down the tubes.

When I had to spend eight hours a day surrounded by people like Eduardo and A, it was all I could do not to punch their lights out to keep their mouths from running over. This is why good people no longer have any interest in radio.
 
FredLeonard said:
Gee, one again we see the stubborn, willful ignorance of some many people who work in radio. One guy's "experience," in one single location, outweighs a syndicated panel study - in which people are actually interviewed (not just looked at). And this is the same person who claims to be an expert in research methodology. No wonder radio is going down the tubes.
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I was simply saying, with an anecdote as the kicker, that regional tastes and restaurant location have more to do with restaurant usage than any particular brand.

Of course, you probably read the study with as much care as you used in making the "Big Bang Theory" comment... so, since you did not source it with a link, I question your conclusions as much as I have questioned all your misstatements of fact... everything from the number of songs on Top 40 in the 50's and 60's to your recent error of fact about the market size where the no-simulcast rule was applied on 1/1/67.

When I had to spend eight hours a day surrounded by people like Eduardo and A, it was all I could do not to punch their lights out to keep their mouths from running over. This is why good people no longer have any interest in radio.
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And bring on the ad hominems. You do not know me, and obviously have no idea what I have done in radio. You would rather ignore th truth, as witnessed in your incessant stream of inaccurate data, than accept how radio and the businesses that advertise on radio actually do things.
 
flybynight said:
I bet that whole place just wreaked of old spice and testosterone.
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Apropos of nothing in particular, I'm not a conservative but I wear Old Spice; their excellent deodorant stick is the only brand I've found that doesn't make my skin break out. And by the way, when it comes to odors, it's spelled "reeked." "Wreaked" is as in wreaking havoc. (Another useless service I offer...correcting spelling, that is, not wreaking havoc.)
 
JeffM said:
Apropos of nothing in particular, I'm not a conservative but I wear Old Spice; their excellent deodorant stick is the only brand I've found that doesn't make my skin break out. And by the way, when it comes to odors, it's spelled "reeked." "Wreaked" is as in wreaking havoc. (Another useless service I offer...correcting spelling, that is, not wreaking havoc.)
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Eh. Live by the sword, die by the sword. I correct people's spelling and grammar all the time, so it serves me right. I had a suspicion I spelled that incorrectly, but was too lazy to check.

I do like Old Spice. It just seems a conservativey thing to wear. That and a drop of deer blood behind each ear.
 
The preferred liberal deodorant is none at all. No study to reference, just personal observation.
 
ok walters said:
The preferred liberal deodorant is none at all. No study to reference, just personal observation.
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I was once assigned to a team at work that was something of a "skink works" in the area of Business Process Improvement. Our team leader was a genius in the endeavor. Your post reminds me of the day he had the entire team together and famously said (with a straight face): "Well, you do know that 83% of all statistics are just made up don't you?"

That seems to be the "technology" many of us apply to our efforts to describe people who have a political view we don't agree with.
 
What's questionable about all this is the idea of true progressives dining in and hanging out at red meat, expense account joint like Ruth's Chris. Not that one would expect to find Archie Bunker - teabagger types there, or in any place with white table cloths. And it's the dittohead and dummy demo that listens to right-wing talk - not real Wall Street and country club Republicans, who frequent establishments with wine lists.
 
JeffM said:
One thing about conservatards...wait for cheap snark and they never let you down. Like expecting a duck to quack.
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And it is just like a liberal to call names and then cry foul when they get a taste of their own medicine. Your liberal buddy flybynight made a comment about Old Spice and testosterone, but it draws name calling from you when I make a similar comment. Talk about predictable - shouldn't be too long before I am called a racist, as that is par for the liberal course.
 
This story has nothing to do with talk radio. Of course Fred decided to make it about his pathological hatred of conservative talk radio and just made stuff up.

Again.

Yawn. David pretty much explained what this is really about. Of course the usual suspects won't pass up a chance to engage in childish name calling.
 
Small Market Guy said:
This story has nothing to do with talk radio. Of course Fred decided to make it about his pathological hatred of conservative talk radio and just made stuff up.

Again.

Yawn. David pretty much explained what this is really about. Of course the usual suspects won't pass up a chance to engage in childish name calling.
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Gee, I got it out of the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch (you know, Mr. Fair and Balanced himself). If you'd read the article, you'd know that. But reading is a strain for wing-nuts, which is why Rush has a career and the money to support his drug habit and his appetite for steaks.
 
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