AlGor’s concert and media extravaganza has resulted in what has to be described as a less than stellar response, both in the US and UK.
Firstly, Rasmussen polling, which has a pretty good track record, shows that the US largely ignored the hype, and the concert.
Skeptical of Performers’ Motives, Public Tunes Out Live Earth Event
The Live Earth concert promoted by former Vice President Al Gore received plenty of media coverage and hype, but most Americans tuned out. Just 22% said they followed news stories about the concert Somewhat or Very Closely. Seventy-five percent (75%) did not follow coverage of the event.
By way of comparison, eight-in-ten voters routinely said they were following news coverage of the recent Senate debate over immigration. Fifty-four percent (54%) said they followed news coverage of the President’s decision to commute Scooter Libby’s sentence.
The Chief knows that HE wasn’t on the edge of his seat about this one.
One of the best zingers that was spot on about the event came from an apparently skeptical participant: “Matt Bellamy of the band Muse. Earlier in the week, he jokingly referred to Live Earth as ‘private jets for climate change.’ ”
The whole thing was a joke, all right!
Meanwhile, over in Airstrip One, sometimes still referred to as the UK, then responses were similarly unenthusiastic and viewers strayed away in droves:
Live Earth branded a foul-mouthed flop
Live Earth has been branded a foul-mouthed flop.
Organisers of the global music concert – punctuated by swearing from presenters and performers – had predicted massive viewing figures, but BBC’s live afternoon television coverage attracted an average British audience of just 900,000. In the evening, when coverage switched from BBC2 to BBC1, the figure rose to just 2.7million.
And the peak audience, which came when Madonna sang at Wembley, was a dismal 4.5million. Three times as many viewers saw the Princess Diana tribute on the same channel six days before. Two years ago, Live 8 drew a peak television audience of 9.6million while Live Aid notched 10million in 1985.
This presumably will take some wind from the sails of the enviro moonbats hoping to use the event to catapult a “Draft Gore” movement into high gear. Too bad…that would have been just TOO easy (and fun) to take on.