• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I dunno, never listened to Stern.

    But you’re acting like these days he’s Good Morning America.

    Bill Clinton went on MTV and answered live questions then did a sax solo, that reached a shit ton of people in a demographic that gets Dems in office.

    I don’t even know what demographic subscribes to satellite radio these days, let along how many listen to Stern.

    Like I said tho an hour long interview is 100% what Biden should be doing, I’m just not sure why they picked Howard Stern in 2024.

    Maybe because Charlemagne just isn’t an option for Biden anymore?

    He kept asking Biden hard hitting political questions, and we seem to agree that when Biden talks politics it doesn’t go over well with voters.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t even know what demographic subscribes to satellite radio these days, let along how many listen to Stern.

      Regarding how many people still listen to Stern, I obviously don’t know the exact numbers, but given that SiriusXM keeps renewing his contract which hovers around 9 figures annually, I’m going to guess that he still has an extremely large following and is probably one of the only reasons the vast majority of SiriusXM subscribers are even subscribed in the first place.

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        5 months ago

        Oh yeah, he’s always been the main draw there.

        I’m not sure what his contract is like tho, they may have given him a ridiculous long contract to make the jump back in the day. So still paying him 2000s money even without that audience.

        Here’s to hoping this is just the start and Biden starts doing more appearances though.

        He needs to engage with voters if he wants to win. This is a step in the right direction at least.