Turns out TV stars don't actually watch TV themselves

The CNN story can be found here.

I remember when I was sending out short stories, and every now and then some magazine I sent a short story to would send me a nasty letter, stating that they have no incentive to publish me if I don't actually subscribe to their particular publication. Some years later, I came to the conclusion that actually subscribing to their publications didn't EVER win me a publishing success, so I decided they could fend for themselves like every other magazine out there. I'm a writer, not a subscriber. And pretty much the ENTIRE writing population tends to feel the same way.

That's kind of what came to mind when I read this article that indicates that TV stars don't actually watch television. I don't mean just their own shows, but ANY television. Supposedly, they're above television, and they don't want to be caught in any circles that might hint they're part of the low brow Americans who would be stupid enough to admit they watch television. This would be more like me stating that not only don't I read a particular magazine, but I don't read at all, because I wouldn't want anyone to think I was stupid enough to be caught reading ANYTHING.

And supposedly, TV stars don't care. They want us to watch their shows, but they don't "have the time" to watch television themselves. There's some kind of communication paradigm here that needs exploitation, but as I'm an unemployed writer these days, I'll have to leave that to the currently being educated folk.

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