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Which Way The Wind Blows...or the Effects of GRPs |
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Written by JD Johannes
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 |
Regular readers here have known for a year that the Surge could, would and did succeed.
The rest of the public is catching on now .
Almost a year-and-a-half ago I explained the process of how public opinion on the war could change.
The genius of a free republic is that each person knows his or her personal circumstance better than a central planner ever could and therefore make better decisions.
The downside in foreign policy is that so few citizens have the requisite information to hold a valid opinion.
In matters like Iraq, the public essentially wets their finger, sticks it in the air and feels which way the breeze from the Gross Ratings Points generated by the media is blowing.
Combined with a news media whose coverage of Iraq played directly into the strategy of the enemy, it is amazing the Surge was allowed to happen and last long enough to work.
The soft and un-rooted center will always follow the flow the Gross Rating Points breeze.
In the case of Iraq, it took more than a year for the breeze to change directions and finally be felt by those with their fingers in the air.
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