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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat nation without Fox News looks like
It looks like FRANCE:
... Well, a quote in The New York Times gives us a pretty clear idea of why they were better prepared to deal with an attack on their democracy than we were when it happened to us:
France does not have an equivalent to the thriving tabloid culture in Britain or the robust right-wing broadcast media in the United States.
We dont have a Fox News in France, said Johan Hufnagel, managing editor of the leftist daily Libération. Theres no broadcaster with a wide audience and personalities who build this up and try to use it for their own agendas.
Now, was that the only reason France didn't allow this kind of hacking to affect them? No. Their nation also has a news and campaigning blackout for 44 hours before an election, and the media respected that despite the fact that the Macron hacks were leaked right before the blackout began. But it raises an interesting question: What would our country look like without a massive right-wing media that chooses to promote "alternative facts"? Well, it would likely look like a country being led by its first female president.
France does not have an equivalent to the thriving tabloid culture in Britain or the robust right-wing broadcast media in the United States.
We dont have a Fox News in France, said Johan Hufnagel, managing editor of the leftist daily Libération. Theres no broadcaster with a wide audience and personalities who build this up and try to use it for their own agendas.
Now, was that the only reason France didn't allow this kind of hacking to affect them? No. Their nation also has a news and campaigning blackout for 44 hours before an election, and the media respected that despite the fact that the Macron hacks were leaked right before the blackout began. But it raises an interesting question: What would our country look like without a massive right-wing media that chooses to promote "alternative facts"? Well, it would likely look like a country being led by its first female president.
http://www.gq.com/story/france-election-hacks-fox-news
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What nation without Fox News looks like (Original Post)
PsychoBabble
May 2017
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FakeNoose
(32,626 posts)1. I'm pretty sure they get CNN though
...also they get BBC and perhaps other news in English.
They probably don't pay too much attention to the British and America versions of the news though.
Just sayin'
spooky3
(34,434 posts)2. This is an example of why I hate hearing Americans say
"we live in the greatest country in the world." There are many good things we enjoy here, but there are many countries that are in at least one way superior to us. As long as we are so arrogant and ignorant about the world, we will never learn.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)3. Agree 1000%
PsychoBabble
(837 posts)4. The radio parallel may true, too ...
I drove across flyover country, and could only get far right wing radio. I was shocked at the fear-based religio-political nonsense I had to listen to. Not sure what radio is like in France, but it clearly drives the thinking and worldview of millions in the US.