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kentuck

(111,037 posts)
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:08 AM May 2021

If FOX News were to report that the election was not stolen, it would change our country.

But, they keep holding that carrot out in front of their viewers and refuse to tell them the truth.

Perhaps they believe the election was stolen? They are a big part of the cult, more than they are a "news" organization. They mostly regurgitate the "grievances" of the day.

But, they stay away from some news stories as if they were a hot stove. They would not want to do anything to harm "their" Party, it seems? There are few stories about the insurrection of January 6th, for example.

Perhaps moreso than any politician or organization, they are preventing our country from moving forward. They are a roadblock to our democracy.

America needs to understand the negative influence this foreign-owned company has upon our politics and our future.

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If FOX News were to report that the election was not stolen, it would change our country. (Original Post) kentuck May 2021 OP
I respectfully disagree MissMillie May 2021 #1
I still believe FOX is their network of choice... kentuck May 2021 #4
Fox took a tiny step towards balance and reality exboyfil May 2021 #10
No it wouldn't. JohnSJ May 2021 #2
Sorry Sherman A1 May 2021 #3
I live among them, gab13by13 May 2021 #5
Only if it came with a successful mass cult deprogramming. GoCubsGo May 2021 #6
this. NewHendoLib May 2021 #7
No it wouldn't they would just go to another news source that doc03 May 2021 #8
Gotta agree with the sentiment BGBD May 2021 #9
No it wouldn't. They reported that Biden won Arizona and they lost ratings and people moved on to JI7 May 2021 #11
They will always go to the places that tell them what they want to hear. Chainfire May 2021 #12
Trump's cultists would declare that Fox News has been compromised Orrex May 2021 #13
I guess it's futile? kentuck May 2021 #15
There's no convincing them, so... Orrex May 2021 #16
Doesn't work that way. People watch that which reinforces their worldview. Kaleva May 2021 #14

MissMillie

(38,522 posts)
1. I respectfully disagree
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:14 AM
May 2021

Those that still espouse The Big Lie have already left Fox viewership in droves, opting for OANN as their news source.

Those that haven't yet left Fox will just follow suit.

These folks are not interested in having their minds changed.

kentuck

(111,037 posts)
4. I still believe FOX is their network of choice...
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:25 AM
May 2021

...although OAN is making inroads into their viewership.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
10. Fox took a tiny step towards balance and reality
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:53 AM
May 2021

They lost viewers in droves. Then they amped up the bias and lies to a 11 to stop the bleeding and get some of those viewers back.

There is no way to retrain the seals.

GoCubsGo

(32,069 posts)
6. Only if it came with a successful mass cult deprogramming.
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:34 AM
May 2021

They would also have to do the same with Newsmarx, OAN, Breitbart, Bright Side, and the dozens of other online propaganda outlets.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
9. Gotta agree with the sentiment
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:37 AM
May 2021

In these replies. The pilled ones would just find a news source that kept feeding their delusions and FN would be just another deep state corporation.

JI7

(89,235 posts)
11. No it wouldn't. They reported that Biden won Arizona and they lost ratings and people moved on to
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:57 AM
May 2021

something far worse.

Chainfire

(17,440 posts)
12. They will always go to the places that tell them what they want to hear.
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:36 AM
May 2021

Fox knows to try to become a news rather than a propaganda site would be suicide.

Orrex

(63,157 posts)
13. Trump's cultists would declare that Fox News has been compromised
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:21 AM
May 2021

And they would flee to the sites that catapult even more unhinged Right-wing propaganda.

It is naively optimistic to hope that his cultists can be swayed by anything as trivial as fact, evidence, or logic.

Orrex

(63,157 posts)
16. There's no convincing them, so...
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:55 AM
May 2021

We have to accept that the fight is not about convincing them but rather about preventing their cultish ignorance from being enshrined in law or public policy.

They are a lost cause, so we should focus on protecting those whom thy might harm through their Trump-addled mania.

Kaleva

(36,235 posts)
14. Doesn't work that way. People watch that which reinforces their worldview.
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:48 AM
May 2021

Trumpsters would abandon Fox en masse and move to OAN and other outlets.

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