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I've had a realization, after many times noticing how Fox News in almost every "news" story bashes (and/or subtly or not-so-subtly puts down) Democrats and liberals - even when Republicans are/were in charge of the government.
Fox News isn't only a channel geared towards Republicans and conservatives. Its intention is to sway and convince people to *vote* (and keep voting) for Republicans and conservatives.
If you are a very wealthy conservative Republican, how can you influence elections in a democracy? Among other things, you can give money to candidates and PACs, and you can fund advertising in hopes of swaying the electorate.
Fox News is basically an on-going 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week political advertisement, designed to convince and keep people voting for Republicans (or whoever they choose to laud on their shows) and against Democrats. It is only disguised as a "news" channel.
Perhaps that is obvious, and perhaps it has been apparent to me in the background of my mind before. But in general I try to pay as little attention to Fox News as possible because of how much it upsets me when I do pay it attention.
Fox News isn't only a channel geared towards Republicans and conservatives. Its intention is to sway and convince people to *vote* (and keep voting) for Republicans and conservatives.
If you are a very wealthy conservative Republican, how can you influence elections in a democracy? Among other things, you can give money to candidates and PACs, and you can fund advertising in hopes of swaying the electorate.
Fox News is basically an on-going 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week political advertisement, designed to convince and keep people voting for Republicans (or whoever they choose to laud on their shows) and against Democrats. It is only disguised as a "news" channel.
Perhaps that is obvious, and perhaps it has been apparent to me in the background of my mind before. But in general I try to pay as little attention to Fox News as possible because of how much it upsets me when I do pay it attention.