Political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talk shows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of the political agenda of the television stations themselves  In fact, television stations are driven by the same economic forces as sellers of more tangible goods  Because they must attempt to capture the largest possible share of the television audience for their shows, they air only those shows that will appeal to large numbers of people
As a result, political opinions and analyses aired on television talk shows are typically bland and innocuous
each television viewer holds some opinion that is outside the political mainstream, but those opinions are not the same for everyone