Tue
Apr 8 2008
07:17 am
By: R. Neal
Following are the results from the 2008 KnoxViews Reader Survey, conducted between 3/31/08 and 4/6/08 with 162 responses.









(For comparison, results from the 2006 survey are here.)
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Discussing:
- Feds indict civil rights group (3 replies)
- Georgia issues burn ban, first time in state history (2 replies)
- State of TN proposes exempting voucher students from standardized testing (1 reply)
- UAE asks for financial assistance? (1 reply)
- Are our deployed military going hungry? (1 reply)
- Tennessee passes bill to restrict college students' protests (1 reply)
- Inflation up, gas up, food up, consumer sentiment lowest ever (1 reply)
- Some AI uses are "outside the bounds of safe/reliable technology" (2 replies)
- A Letter to the U.S. Congress (1 reply)
- President: we can't take care of daycare, Medicare, Medicaid (1 reply)
- U.S. House Democratic Leadership says to Stop the Madness (1 reply)
- Am I missing something? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
- Siemens expending in Blount County, But... (BlountViews)
- Maryville Arts Walk - 3rd Thursday - today thru Oct. 15 (BlountViews)
- Candidate for U.S. Rep., against Burchett campaigns Saturday, 4/18/2026, Blount County (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Appeals court blocks remote access to abortion medication nationwide (TN Lookout)
- Democrats renew calls for US Supreme Court overhaul after voting rights decision (TN Lookout)
- Gov. Bill Lee calls special session to redraw TN’s U.S. House map in hopes of favoring GOP 9-0 (TN Lookout)
- Three shutdowns later, Trump signs bill that finishes funding the government (TN Lookout)
- Visual: What a TN U.S. House map would look like without a Memphis Democratic-held seat (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee LGBTQ+ advocates urge governor to veto slate of bills (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Lady Vols load roster to 15 players (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: Kentucky Bourbon Pie (Knox TN Today)
- All Dogwood, all weekend (Knox TN Today)
- Zoo Knoxville is the family choice for fun (Knox TN Today)
- Meet Joey Chestnut… the hot dog eating phenom (Knox TN Today)
- Big love in a big package: Sampson’s happy ending (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Hidden gems we’ll miss staying on the highway (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington on Little River, Cucumber Gap & Lumber Ridge Trails (Knox TN Today)
- 5/1 HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Dining Duo goes mountain Mexican? (Knox TN Today)
- Trending: Storage with solar (Knox TN Today)
- Tales from the Lily Pad (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Frost and freeze potential Saturday night (WATE)
- Annual event at University of Tennessee gives free eye exams to service dogs (WATE)
- Maryville College introduces Mark Sansone as new head basketball coach (WATE)
- UT student sues company for using her TikTok to market 'nasty hookup app' (WATE)
- Gov. Bill Lee calls special legislative session to review congressional map (WATE)
- How Knox County Schools is spending money on technology (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee calls special session for redistricting - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Supreme Court decision guts part of the Voting Rights Act that brought Chattanooga government overhaul - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Hamilton County woman arrested for allegedly lighting her house on fire, killing husband - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Hamilton County lawyer with 54-year career permanently disbarred - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since Hormuz closure - Reuters (Business)
- Search and Rescue Ongoing at African Lion 2026 - africom.mil (US News)
- Young New Yorkers Have a New Hot Spot: Sunday Mass - WSJ (US News)
- Fear and Vigilance Are Now Constant Companions for Many American Jews - The New York Times (US News)
- He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again. - Business Insider (Business)
- He recorded his quest for tariff refunds. It shows why billions may never get repaid - NPR (Business)
- Trump says he is reviewing Iran's new offer but doubts it is 'acceptable' - NBC News (US News)
- Behind Voting Rights Case, a Clash Over the Reality of Racism - The New York Times (US News)
- Indiana Primary Election Will Test Trump’s Influence With Republicans - The New York Times (US News)
- Fakes, slop, distortions and spin: How the media environment made this Trump assassination attempt unbelievable - NBC News (US News)
- Warren Buffett's Successor, Greg Abel, Just Perpetuated the Oracle of Omaha's $195 Billion Warning to Wall Street -- and It's Terrible News for Stocks - The Motley Fool (Business)
- White House Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect is on restrictive suicide precautions, lawyers say - NBC News (US News)
- After Spirit Airlines shutdown, how passengers can get home and get refunds - PBS (Business)
- Mortgage rates erased 9 months of gains, but buyers haven’t blinked - thestreet.com (Business)
- The Cannabis Industry’s New Best Friend? President Trump - The New York Times (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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Readers
A cross-section of typical East Tennesseans, no?
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
No. I think East TN is more
No. I think East TN is more Republican and less college educated than this survey. Women might out number men too.
I think Brian was kidding
I think Brian was kidding around. (The R v. D numbers are probably the inverse of reality.)
I don't know much about
I don't know much about advertising, but that looks like a pretty nice demographic profile.
What's missing to draw in a younger readership? Or is that fairly typical for this kind of site?
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
And I want to comment that
And I want to comment that although I reported properly that I am in my 50s, that I'm only four months into them. I really wanted to click that younger button.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
really wanted to click that button
"I really wanted to click that younger button."
That's okay. I really wanted to click a higher income button.
Well, there's that too.
Well, there's that too. :)
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut