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Originally posted by Adorno
It will be fun to watch Fox change when Bush is out of office. Fox was not always the mouth piece of the neocon movement. Faaar from it. You expect the people who bring you COPS and Worlds Wildest Police Chases to give you accurate news and information?
Fox stepped in to fill a niche. What were Fox's rating before 9-11? Jack shit. Fox was just the first to tap into kneejerk reactionary wasp mentality. If the country all of a sudden swung to the left, Fox would be all over it. Fox has always appealed to the lowest common denominator, and can you get any lower than your typical high school educated flag waver? Where else can you get your daily dose of Springer and then get your news dished out to you in a manner that even your 10th grade ass can understand it? Fox makes it easy for the average American to understand politics, it does not use big words and long dialectics that would bore and insult your average American. Fox is to news what GFY is to this industry. A niche filler. Where newbs and idiots are not welcome anywhere else, they are welcome here. Why? Impressions = $$$ regardless of the quality of the impressions. Advertisers see big numbers on Fox so Fox will keep giving the simple minded what they want. It is a brilliant niche really. Make the news simple and flashy enough to hold the attention of the average American. Dont make it complicated, but rather make it so it is easy to follow. There is nothing an idiot likes more than feeling like he is informed. Like their slogan states, "we report, you decide". Make the idiot feel important, he likes that. Great idea, you give Billy Joe and Scooter the neocon simple minded approach and let him decide? Great idea. Could you image news that was filled with experts in their respective fields having hours long roundtable discussions involving the historical and economic implications and backgrounds of foreign policy? Yeah right, I bet most of you were asleep before you even got to the end of that sentence.
Fox is programming for idiots, always has been always will be. Like a fad, they will come and go. Just sit back and laugh at them while you have the chance. While they sit around feeling smart and blubbering out the new buzzwords for the week they picked up from Fox. These people have been dupes to the culture industry their whole lives, they are without hope.
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One of the truest posts I've seen on this board.
Those that don't agree, we can now officially ignore, since their opinion is meaningless, uninformed, and impotent.
