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In reply to the discussion: Fox News Plummets Among Trump Voters as 'Most Trusted Source of News': Poll [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,887 posts)It is a mistake to focus on dumbed-down as the essential measure. It misses the point that propaganda is designed to use whatever fears and doubts an audience has to undermine their grasp of reality and motivate them to act against their best interests through amplifying their feelings of anxiety. It may be intended and edited for a sophisticated audience or a simple one.
From day one FOX was always a propaganda machine for the GOP Right Wing. OAN and Newsmax are the evolution of that propaganda machine. Just the same as Sinclair Broadcasting has superseded Clear Channel as the captive media pipeline for the RW Message, bought, financed, and directed by Koch, Mercer and other hidden Dark Money players (oil, gas, mining, tobacco, pharmaceutical and firearm industries to name a few).