Is the FOX bubble for real?

[kentuck]

Bill Maher mentioned the "bubble" on Hardball with Chris Mathews this afternoon. It is an interesting theory, to say the least.

Every FOX viewer in this country was very confident that Romney was going to win the election. Every time they turned on FOX News, they heard right-wingers telling them what they thought people wanted to hear. There were no facts to back it up. There was only the FOX news people making up shit upon Bullshit Mountain.

But the "bubble" became their reality. They believed Romney was going to win over 300 electoral votes and win the popular vote with a comfortable margin. That is what they were told.

And where did those numbers come from? They came from Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Levin, and all the right-wing bubble machine. But they always stayed inside the bubble.

So they awoke this morning and find that everything they were told did not come to pass? How could it have happened? "Everyone" thought Romney was going to win. But, he lost. He lost big.

Tonight, they still wander aimlessly within the bubble. What happened, they ask? Rush said that maybe they should try true "conservatism" for once. They are confused. Is there no one they can believe?

They believe the anecdotal news that FOX gives them is the norm for everyone? And each anecdote is a threat to our country and their way of life. They listen to it over and over. So when FOX says that Mitt is going to win the election, why shouldn't they believe it?

The bubble is in another dimension. It is an alternate universe. Those that have been captured by its gravity cannot escape...

[Kennah]

1. Maybe they'll buy tulips

[hay rick]

2. They were not captured by the bubble's gravity...

They were captured by the BWAHAHA!!

[Incitatus]

3. Yes nt

[moondust]

4. Moreover,

do the people who have created and maintained the bubble for so long really believe in its contents themselves? Or is it all a cynical con game and they're laughing all the way to the bank?

And what happens to children raised in the bubble? Should their parents be dealt with like cult members or Branch Davidians?

[On the Road]

5. Might be This:

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. I agree,....oh wait...

[JohnnyRingo]

6. People don't tune in to Fox News to get informed...

they do it to learn they're right.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Very good comment....

This fits with the whole "believe it because it makes you feel good" syndrome Rachael mentioned.

[bulloney]

20. Couldn't agree more, JR.

We have some friends who tell us they listen to Faux Snooze because "it reinforces our conservative beliefs."

Fine. Just be prepared to be treated like the fools that you are when you converse outside of your bubble. People will see how misinformed and ignorant you are on current events.

[lindysalsagal]

21. To feel not so stupid, because the real world makes little sense to them.

On Fox, you're smart if, when you're confused, you just call people bad names to feel better about yourself: Commie, socialist, baby-killer, un-american, wellfare queen....

[bayareamike]

7. I think it is VERY real.

I have several family members who are Republicans and they all watch Fox News for their news regularly. They would not stop bragging during this election cycle about how Romney would win and Obama would be a one term president, blah blah blah. I repeatedly told them Obama would likely win but they brushed it off as if I was delusional.

Needless to say, the vindication I feel requires no words. I'm just going to let reality sink in for them rather than tell them, "I told you so!"

[rbrnmw]

10. Yes it is Real

I was just coming on here to post about this group on facebook who believe all the Fox propaganda. They are a real hateful bunch

https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-will-NOT-vote-for-Obama-in-2012/193562797359225

[ToxMarz]

11. So true, they captured my wonderful Mother the past few years after my Dad died.

He was Republican, but no fool. She was deferred to him on politics, but now he's not there. He and I always had great talks knowing we were on different sides. He aknowleged when my points rang true, and I always had to admit when he hit the mark. And always we had a good laugh and a lot of love.

She believes we all get the same information as she and it is true. We just choose not to accept it or we don't understand. And I won't fight with her ever, so mostly we leave it alone.

[Iris]

12. I think most of us live in a filter bubble to some degree. It just seems like the FOX News and Glen

Beck viewers don't realize they are in one so they never look for alternative viewpoints. They really believe they are in the majority and assume everyone thinks the way they do.

http://blog.ted.com/2011/05/02/beware-online-filter-bubbles-eli-pariser-on-ted-com/

[OneGrassRoot]

13. In my experience, definitely. :( n/t

[fasttense]

14. KKKarl Rove had fixed the election, or so he thought.

But when thousands of new minority voters came out to vote (that Rove did not know about) his calculations to steal the election were not enough. That's why he screamed at FOX when they called Ohio for Obama.

The pro-Obama voters overwhelmed the vote rigging. Soon KKKarl Rove will figure out how to rig the numbers real time.

[Tutonic]

17. Too late for Karl

His fate has already been decided. Big meeting with billionaires on Thursday...I look for Karl to be told that he will assume a behind the scenes role at American Crossroads and eventually play a very limited role. When Dean Heller can only "squeak" out a win in Nevada over a very damaged opponent, that tells you that Karl has lost is touch. He's done.

[tavalon]

15. Bullshit Mountain really is made of bullshit!

[tavalon]

16. One of my equally liberal but less policy wonk fellow workers

Said the TV was challenging what I was telling her. So I walked her into the break room and pointed at the logo in the left lower corner. She said, "does that matter? They are all news channels." and I replied, " nope this is a republican propoganda machine masquerading as a news channel". Everything I told her that night was correct.

[Cha]

18. "fox is all true".. so sayeth

my former husband to our son when he was visiting him in California. Wonder if he thought mitt was a winner?

I'm just so grateful for all the people who stood in line so long and GOTV ..OFA's Superb Ground GAME. Talk about a Game Change.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. Most of the people I know who watch Fox don't use any other source for news.

They accept what they hear as truth and won't even consider another viewpoint.