Say It Ain't So

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Reuters has a story on the wire with the headline: "Poll: Most Americans don't read political blogs."
 
I can only think the story was written for the mainsteam media, the top client of Reuters. The headline should have been "Nearly One Quarter of Americans Read Political Blogs Regularly."

Think about it. How many folks -- besides us political junkies -- care about political news at all. Given that less than half of all Americans vote at all, it's amazing to me that nearly one quarter of Americans read political blogs "regularly."

The big surprise was on the demographics, where, once again, mainstream media thinks the Internet is a kid's toy. The largest audience for political blogs, says the article, is ages 63 and older. And that just happens to be the age group that votes the most.

Here's the article. Read it and weep.