Skeptical of Performers’ Motives, Public Tunes Out Live Earth Event

[Stephanie]

Sunday, July 08, 2007
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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.

Skepticism about the participants may have been a factor in creating this low level of interest. Most Americans (52%) believe the performers take part in such events because it is good for their image. Only 24% say the celebrities really believe in the cause while another 24% are not sure. One rock star who apparently shared that view is Matt Bellamy of the band Muse. Earlier in the week, he jokingly referred to Live Earth as "private jets for climate change."

Only 34% believe that events like Live Earth actually help the cause they are intended to serve. Forty-one percent (41%) disagree. Those figures include 10% who believe the events are Very Helpful and 20% who say they are Not at All Helfpul. Adding to the skepticism, an earlier survey found that just 24% of Americans consider Al Gore an expert on Global Warming. Given a choice of four major issues before the United States today, 36% named the war in Iraq as most important. Twenty-five percent (25%) named immigration, 20% selected the economy and only 12% thought Global Warming was the top issue.

Among political conservatives, Iraq (36%) and immigration (33%) were far and away the top issues. Only 6% named Global Warming.

Among liberals, 44% named Iraq as the top issue followed by the economy (27%), Global Warming (16%) and immigration (12%).

Earlier surveys show the public is divided as to the cause of Global Warming.

Slightly under half (46%) believe that Global Warming is caused primarily by human activities. A roughly equal number believe warming is either the result of long-term planetary trends (35%) of some other cause (8%). Eleven percent (11%) are not sure.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ers_motives_public_tunes_out_live_earth_event

 

[Diuretic]

I didn't bother to tune in because I didn't know most of the acts (I'm stuck in the 1960s/1970s musically )

 

[actsnoblemartin]

I will be impressed when they do this against islamo nazi's/ in support of moderate muslims WHO SPEAK up against them. Those who stand by, and do nothing, enable the terrorists.

I didn't bother to tune in because I didn't know most of the acts (I'm stuck in the 1960s/1970s musically )

 

[Angel Heart]

Oh I know for a fact that even Duran Duran wasn't there for the "issue". When interviewed (found it on Youtube BTW) they never said one thing about the issue at hand. It was a very generic 'issue' they talked of. It was just a gig to an international crowd.

 

[actsnoblemartin]

its one of those easy issues, i mean who would be against the earth?

but if they had any balls, they would do, against radical islam/support moderate muslims who actually stand up to radicals.

Because we wont have an earth either, if all jews have their throat slit, all christians have their throat slit or convert to islam, and all muslims who dont conform to the islamo-nazi's demands get killed. And islamo nazi's historically are much faster then climate change.