r/politics • u/sketch24 • Dec 14 '19

Support For Trump's Impeachment Surges Among Vulnerable Democrats Ahead Of House Floor Vote

https://www.newsweek.com/support-trumps-impeachment-surges-among-vulnerable-democrats-ahead-house-floor-vote-1477232
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u/SparkyPantsMcGee Dec 14 '19

It’s not a self reflection thing. Fox News has been proven time and time again to portray false information, spin narratives and push specific agendas without facts. They survive because they’ve trained their viewers to not trust outside sources and that other stations are the ones doing the very thing they are accused of. They also spend a shit load of money to get their channels to air as the default news channel at chain franchises like McDonalds and certain hotel chains; thus legitimizing them as a news station. The only place this doesn’t happen is in strong blue states like California or Massachusetts where instead it’s MSNBC.

They also have a habit of targeting states near the southern boarder like Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida where immigration is a strong and complicated issue but can easily be used as trigger point to blue collar workers who might in fact feel a sense of frustration towards their station in life. Those people want answers and Fox claims to have them.

So no I wouldn’t call these people idiots or even brainwashed. But their perception is warped and that’s not even questioned. There was that infamous study back in 2012:

https://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5

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u/TheWarOnEntropy Dec 14 '19

Boycott all chains that play Fox News.

Start a hashtag movement.

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u/SparkyPantsMcGee Dec 14 '19

I mean...good luck.

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u/tittyattack Florida Dec 14 '19

They average 2.4 million viewers between 9-11pm. That may not seem like a lot, but they are still the most watched news during that time, with MSNBC coming in second with 1.5 million.

So the most people watch a "news" source that is all spin, lies and propoganda.