{"id":268523,"date":"2018-03-21T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=268523"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:55:26","slug":"study-politicized-sports-and-entertainment-drives-away-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/03\/21\/study-politicized-sports-and-entertainment-drives-away-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Politicized Sports and Entertainment Drives Away Viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: By the way, folks, in our waning moments here, we have a story &#8212; what\u2019s the source? &#8212; McLaughlin &amp; Associates. A new survey. And it\u2019s not gonna surprise you. But it\u2019s great to have this codified and documented. Politicized sports, politicized entertainment is literally driving viewers away from both.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/APP-032118-Pats-Kneel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/APP-032118-Pats-Kneel.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/APP-032118-Pats-Kneel-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kneeling and not celebrating or honoring the flag and all the political comments at awards shows, 75% of people agree with the statement, &#8220;When I watch live sports or entertainment, I\u2019m trying to get away from politics and I don\u2019t want to be bombarded with partisan political messages.&#8221; They in one sense are digging their own grave in pop culture entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: It&#039;s not gonna surprise you. 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