Right use of comparison

[SalmonTheVampire]

Is it correct to say “the difference between people who watch TV to learn news and to get weather forecasts is rather low”?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm afraid that doesn't make any sense to me. Can you explain what you're trying to say in a different way?

 

[SalmonTheVampire]

Rather, I wanted to ask if it’s correct to compare this way? Or should I have said «the difference between people who watch TV to learn news and those who watch TV to get weather forecasts is rather low”?

 

[tedmc]

Rather, I wanted to ask if it’s correct to compare this way? Or should I have said «the difference between people who watch TV to learn news and those who watch TV to get weather forecasts is rather low”?

Are you comparing the number of people in each category?
Do you mean to say that there are almost as many people watching news on TV as there are watching weather forecasts?

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

About the same number of people watch TV for news as for weather.

(I'm not sure if that's what you mean to say.)

 

[jutfrank]

The first problem is your use of the word low, which is wrong. Differences can be small or big, but not high or low.

The second problem is that you don't say what the comparison is about. Are you comparing numbers of people or something else?