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In reply to the discussion: Just had a terrible confrontation w/ a friend: Damn Fox "news" to hell! [View all]renate
(13,776 posts)Of course, it's terrifying that so many people are so easily brainwashable. (And I'll readily admit that my sources of information surely affect my world view. The difference is that my sources of information aren't deliberately lying to me and getting me all worked up about stuff that isn't even remotely true.)
There's something about anger--not justifiable anger, which is a good thing, but lashing-out anger--that really appeals to a certain kind of person. My neighbor listens to Fox in his garage. How do I know, even before I walk by and can see, that it's Fox and not CNN? From the tone of their voices. A lot of MSNBC and CNN commentary is angry, but it's measured. It's about facts.
Anyway. I'm glad that the brainwashables' anger comes from a specific source, because that gives me a little shred of hope that they can change if that source changes, the way Germans changed after WWII.
What I really don't understand is why there isn't some major boycott of Fox advertisers. I'm not equipped to start one, but it sure seems as though MoveOn or somebody with a social presence should make it a huge focus of their work. Starve the beast. Fox, not CNN, not MSNBC, is still the main cause of all this hatred and divisiveness. If they weren't making a buck any more, they'd have to change or die.