Thursday, February 09, 2006

Public Affairs gets hot with Congresswoman Bean

The video podcast of our show with Congresswoman Bean [D-Barrington, 8th CD] is a hot bestseller.

In barely three days, 117 viewers have taken a look at the show at the Public Affairs Cinema [Watch here], linked to this blog [See here for more about our show with Cong. Bean and its airing schedule on Cable]. Of course, the 117 count includes only the viewers watching at their computer, not the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, watching "Public Affairs," on Cable.

To put that 117 number in perspective, our debate show with two of Cong. Bean's potential Republican challengers in the November, 2006 general election [investment banker David McSweeney and State Rep. Bob Churchill] has attracted 118 viewers at the Public Affairs Cinema (again that 118 number includes only the viewers watching at their computer, not the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, watching "Public Affairs," on Cable), but that show has been posted for over a month.

Providing another benchmark is our show with trial lawyer Kathy Salvi, who also is a potential Republican challenger to Cong. Bean in November. The Salvi show has attracted 233 viewers, on computer, at our Public Affairs Cinema, but that show has been available via computer at the Public Affairs Cinema for almost four months.

And, putting 8th CD Democratic Congresswoman Bean up against her sister Democratic Congresswoman from the 9th CD, shows Cong. Bean closing in on Cong. Schakowsky [D-Evanston], who has attracted 153 viewers to the Public Affairs Cinema computer venue for her show, but the Schakowsky show has been available on computer for over three months.

So, to what do we attribute the surge of viewers to our show with Congresswoman Bean? The intelligent questions and probing nature of the host? The dynamic answers and thoughtful participation of the guest? The high quality, informed, provocative, challenging and entertaining nature of the discussion? Who knows, but who am I to try to explain the high ratings by our viewers. All I can say is to please keep watching the Public Affairs Cinema, where you can find each of the above mentioned shows, and much, much more.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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