Well first of all, I don't believe how anyone says ratings are important no one cares about them! In a political blog called media matter they discuss in a post that "you can prove anything with ratings-as long as you don’t provide the ratings" well I call this (and excuse my French) complete and utter crap. If the world is tuning into any political media just on the grounds of its ratings then what are we tuning into? I'll tell you what, a completely government run station. I’ve noticed that on today’s television stations we don't see everything we should; we just see what the government has basically approved for our viewing. Does this mean we are somewhat controlled even through the media by the government? I believe so. Everyone talks about how our nation is a free country but I don’t think so. Secretly (or subconsciously) our every move is controlled by the media and government. Saying or justifying a story or an event with the cause that it makes ratings go through the roof is just plain morally wrong. I agree with Mike Allen who wrote the piece on the blog, ratings are not a matter of opinion they are just mean to make a broadcasting station money.
