Why Fox News ratings are high
With America split between Democrat, GOP and independent affiliations... why does Fox News get such good ratings?
I'm wondering if thinking folks are fed up with the TV news... and getting their news via blogs etc. Leaving the intellectually lazy to watch TV and boost ratings for programs that feed them opinion as if it was news.
PS
It just occurred to me that we've lost the distinction between opinion and truth. The global warming 'debate' pits consensus interpretation of accumulated data with rogue scientists who, despite the data, voice a contrary opinion. Fox, being fair and balanced thinks it's viewers need to see both these sides. They ought to invite the Flat Earth Society on their shows too, in order to be consistent.
I'm wondering if thinking folks are fed up with the TV news... and getting their news via blogs etc. Leaving the intellectually lazy to watch TV and boost ratings for programs that feed them opinion as if it was news.
PS
It just occurred to me that we've lost the distinction between opinion and truth. The global warming 'debate' pits consensus interpretation of accumulated data with rogue scientists who, despite the data, voice a contrary opinion. Fox, being fair and balanced thinks it's viewers need to see both these sides. They ought to invite the Flat Earth Society on their shows too, in order to be consistent.
posted by Beam me up Scotty | 10:47 AM
1 Comments:
I believe that Faux ratings are high, partly because of what you said (intellectually lazy) but also because some of us independent thinking folks force ourselves to watch it occasionally just to keep abreast of the crap they are spewing, if just to lambast them for it.
As for the intellectually lazy, they are very scary! I can't express how many "regular folks" will start spewing the garbage (word for word) about any given subject, and whose eyes reveal a curtain that falls when presented with numerous facts that dispute the propaganda they have consumed (and just regurgitated), only to have them start back at square one, to repeat the propaganda back at me again.
Infuriating and terrifying at the same time!
I just wonder when Faux will start simplifying their use of language, you know get rid of superlatives, other superflous words, to make it easier for those same "regular folks" to understand.
I think that is double-plus ungood.
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