Believe me, I hate Fox. I'm a free thinker and judge stories on their own merit.gil wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 4:14 pmI find it pretty interesting that many left wingers tend to think that the other side is only watching FoxNews and therefore "that is all they know about" (that is almost a direct quote from one of my friends). Meanwhile, many right wingers tend to think that the other side is only watching CNN and MSNBC, and therefore they are brainwashed.Walla Walla Dawg II wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 2:22 pmThe problem is that a lot of America is that stupid. How many people believed the Russian collusion?
And any other bullshit story that was anti-Trump on MSN and CNN.
I tend to think that many people have already "chosen their side," and their viewing/reading habits follow -- to confirm and support what they already believe (i.e., looking for confirming evidence, consistent with "motivated reasoning").
Connecting this to the Tucker firing ... one of the big pieces of evidence Dominion was planning to use against Fox (to prove "actual malice") was Tucker Carlson writing in emails that, despite the knowing that 2020 election claims about Dominion were not true, Fox had to keep broadcasting these fans claims about Dominion in order to keep its viewership and market share. That is, he was implying that Fox viewers already knew what "news" they wanted to see, and if Fox wouldn't provide it, then a lot of these viewers would bail and head over to places like Newsmax and OANN.
Example; Fox had a story about the New York judge that is in charge of the Trump trial (currently). The headline points out that this judge has given [a lot] of money to Biden campaign. In the story, they admit that it was under $100.
*I do understand that it's all about the clicks*
As for MSN and CNN and the other MSM, they would lead with false stories about Trump every day (for 5.5 years).
[everyone should join in]
Trump quotes:
Mexico only send us their rapists and crooks
You have to grab them by their pussies
We should inject bleach into us to cure Covid
Other stories:
Trump likes to be pissed on my hookers
He colluded with Russia (this one is still raw because it was Hillary and the MSM NEVER had a single story about it)
He was trying to railroad the Biden campaign through Ukraine (the phone call)
Trump never won the election, there was obviously voter fraud
Trump paid off Stormy Daniels...who cares, that's not illegal but the MSM makes people believe it is
Trump is a racist, which once again, isn't illegal, but in this case, he isn't
Trump took and hid top secret information and refused to let the archives take it
The list goes on and on and on, but the bottom line is that the MSM (including Fox) truly believe that we are all a bunch of idiots.
The difference between the Trump press and the Biden press is that when Biden shows himself, he truly seems like a feeble, senile old man that doesn't have the slightest idea what he is doing. All you have to do is look at the difference in reporting between the two. How opposite the stories were in regards to the top secret documents they both had. The thing that I am interested in knowing is what Hunter did with the documents that Biden shouldn't have ever had to begin with.