People now prefer Ellen Degeneres, 46% to Oprah’s 19%. Ouch.
The results of a March 26, 2008, AOL Television popularity poll of television
hosts reveal Americans may now embrace Ellen DeGeneres over Oprah by a wide
margin. Forty-six percent of the 1.35 million people who participated in the
poll said the daytime talk show host that “made their day” was
Ellen, compared with only 19 percent who chose Oprah. Nearly half (47 percent)
said they would rather dine with Ellen, compared with 14 percent who preferred
Oprah.
Oprah is still an amazing force and a very important voice. I think this is a lesson on celebrities endorsing candidates, but also in how you choose to promote them. Degeneres supports Clinton, but in a much different way, as far as I’ve seen. She’s also danced with Obama. I guess taking yourself too seriously also has something to do with it. Thoughts?
Open thread.
As a reminder, we’ll be having an online chat via the comment section tonight
starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern – 5:30 p.m. pacific. I’ll be talking with you
for about an hour. Should be fun.
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