Its taken me a while, but we finally got to FOX NEWS.
There is obviously something missing from the image I found and that would be the tag line.
We report, you decide.
Fair and Balanced
You see how, if they say that its fair and balanced, it clearly is.
It also implys that other networks are not fair, or not balanced.
Brilliant.
How about the "We report, you decide" tag.
They are right.
They report what they want you to know.
You decide to take the side that you were presented because its all you were presented.
Fox News has three distinct types of viewers.
Category 1 Fox News Viewers:
Fox News is their only source of news.
Fox News represents their political views.
Fox News provides them with a world view that validates their way of life.
They are oblivious to the fact that what comes out of Sean Hannity's mouth is not always true.
They are oblivious to the notion that Fox news is truly the voice of the right.
They belive that CNN is the liberal media.
They are generally lower middle class.
They are white.
They are not educated beyond high school and some college.
They vote Republican.
Category 2 Fox News Viewers:
They are democrats.
They watch Fox News for two reasons: (1) It infuriates them and allows them to blindly support the left in an effort to keep people like this out of power, and (2) It provides a rare glempse into the psyche of the enemy.
They don't believe a word that comes out of Sean Hannity's mouth.
They yell at Bill O'Reilly.
They generally spend their Fox News viewing time comparing it to what they read in the New York Times or watching CNN.
They are generally middle/upper Middle class.
They are generally well educated.
They are not easily racially profiled.
Category 3 Fox News Viewers:
This is the most dangerous group of viewers.
Fox News represents their political views.
Fox News provides them with a world view that validates their way of life.
They are Republicans.
They are fully aware that Fox News is neither fair, nor balanced.
They recognize the one-sided reporting because they take the time to read other news sources.
They are thrilled to see Fox "spin" the daily news because it helps assure that Category 1 viewers vote with the G.O.P.
They have a passing interest in the truth.
They believe that news is a form of entertainment, and that Fox is free to express the news as they see fit "within the facts"
They are willing to let the "within the facts" thing go sometimes, when its good for the party.
They are upper middle class, and upper class.
They are very well educated.
They are white.
They have voted straight ticket Republican since Regan ran against Carter.
Its a nasty set of circumstances.
Category 2 viewers are distrusted by the Category 1 viewers, and therefore have no chance of having rational conversation with them in hopes of helping them from Plato's Cave.
Category 2 viewers aren't powerful enough to compete with Category 3 viewers when put in head-to-head matchups for the toss-up Category 1 viewer.
Category 1 viewers listen to Category 3 viewers because Category 3 viewers represent who Category 1 viewers wish they were. They believe that by agreeing with Category 3 viewers, they too will become Category 3 viewers in time.
Category 3 viewers are out to protect their interests. Fuck Category 2 and Category 1 viewers.
Clearly yesterdays little labeling incident was a good indication of the type of network we're dealing with here.
Can you imagine what a Category 1 viewer in the I-4 corridor of Florida might think when the ONLY news they see this week is this:
Exactly the kind of "mistake" that the Category 3 viewers and G.O.P. friends of Fox want these limited news viewers to see.
[In trashy central Florida voice]
Wow, look 'sis, another Democrat caught in a sex scandal, I'm sure glad that we vote for the good christians in the Republican party!
[End trashy central Florida voice]
I've been accused of being a "liberal elitest" and I'm going to go out on a limb and say this post won't dispell that notion...
I am not here to say that CNN gets it right, or that N.P.R. is the way to get your news, or that the Jew York Times is the premier source of un-biased information.
All I am saying here is that Fox News is fucked up and it continues to amaze me that they are legally allowed to broadcast.
I'm becoming unfocused, best to cut this off before I get totally disjointed.
You see what Fox News does to me?!?
God I hate them.
Stay Tuned...
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