"Don't bite the hand that feeds you"- Binary models of communication lecture

We have all heard, at some point, the saying "don't bite the hand that feeds you".  Most of the time it is used on a child that talks back to it's parent.  Though sometimes it is used when an employee talks back to his/her boss.  The same concept resides in both, the idea that you should watch what you say to the important people, or the people that mean the most in that situation.  This also applies to journalism through rating.  Television shows are rated by the people who watch them, and if made angry the fans will turn.  Shows get cancelled because of low ratings and that is why people in that business are populist.  Their whole job is to make the public happy, so that means that they must show what the people want.  The main reason that a show gets cancelled is the ratings, but also the advertisements.  The show makes money on displaying other company's ads.  If the corporation, paying to air their commercial, sees that no one is watching they will pull their ads.  Which in turn will take away the revenue collected by the show.  The saying "don't bite the hand that feeds you" is used very commonly and has an especially large effect on the journalism field.  They use this to keep their shows popular so that they keep earning money.