FOX could have easily started on the left but went right as it was seen as an untapped source and not driven by their right thinking ideology...
Posted on 08/24/2019 8:38:48 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
"Being right sucks” was put into play by Fox long before their network’s present shift to the left
Long before it became apparent that Fox News was leaning ever leftward, Fox was raking in millions through a television show, “The Simpsons”, which it owned outright.
It was Fox—and not the Walt Disney Company who owned “The Simpsons” back in 2016 when the show responded to Donald Trump’s victory with three vulgar words: “Being right sucks.”
Yeah, they go along with Billy Joel who thinks being in darkness with the Left is better than being the light with the Right.
Granted, I’m not around to watch daytime programming, but I do see Fox and Friends, and Martha, Tucker, Sean, Laura and Shannon at night. They also have Judge Jeanine, Steve Hilton and Mark Levin on during weekends, and the one dayside guy I can think of, Bill Hemmer, seems pretty conservative.
I know Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith are always liberal, but they’ve been there for years and that it’s always been the case. Has something changed recently where Fox has moved to the left?
FOX could have easily started on the left but went right as it was seen as an untapped source and not driven by their right thinking ideology...
Depends on what you mean by right.
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At least we are now rid of Carl Cameron.
He’s now spewing his liberal tripe on cnn.
Nah. Some here just like to complain :)
I’m one of them but not about this :)
Fox reports on a lot of things that NO ONE with their audience size or bigger is.
I stopped watching because of all the yelling and arguing.
I have my Italian family parties for that :)
Later, Crowe explained why Ailes created Fox News. The mogul peered out at the media landscape, and he noticed both a trend and a great opportunity.
“If he hadn’t seen a certain bias in media then Fox News could’ve been the exact opposite. Because he was looking for the open area of the market. It was in his estimation that CNN, that MSNBC, CNBC, CSPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the Times, the Post everyone had a left-leaning bent, so to him what was available was a conservative audience that was being underserved. And that proved to be very true because you now have one single news network that dominates half of the available audience.”
It is only a matter of time before Fox aka Faux News becomes a CNN clone.
The Simpson’s hasn’t been funny in 30 years.
That’s a good explanation of the ratings strategy.
The paradox of all this is that in reality, it was always the Left-leaning market that was (and still is) underserved - they just don’t know it.
The Left leaning viewers who watch CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, CSPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the Times, the Post, et al, are fed only lies instead of facts and analysis. The agenda is to discredit Republicans and campaign for Democrats.
For example, you will never see on any of those “news” platforms a serious panel of economists discussing the pros and cons of a minimum wage hike - what the real effect would be on real people. Instead you will see Democrat pundits accusing Republicans of wanting minorities to suffer. Same with any issue - open borders, trannys in the ladies rooms, the green new deal, Russian election interference, Chinese drug cartels and corporate espionage, crime, shootings and gun control, tax policy.... there is no thoughtful, objective analysis.
Simply put; they do not seek the truth. Period. Their agenda is to spin lies to promote Leftist politics. They twist what Republicans do or say to make them look evil and uncaring. They sugarcoat what Democrats do or say to make them seem noble and compassionate. They pick and choose what to “cover” for political effect. They omit or distract from any real science or statistics that would inform their viewers how things really work in the real world, and instead hype agreed-upon narratives, and push blatant propaganda.
It is the Left leaning audiences that are grossly underserved. They get fed nothing but lies and have been for a long, long time.
No wonder their ratings are in a free fall. No wonder President Trump will win re-election despite a media monopoly that opposes him completely.
Hardly anyone is listening to them anymore, and the few remaining are the dumbest of the dumb.
That’s a good explanation of the ratings strategy.
The paradox of all this is that in reality, it was always the Left-leaning market that was (and still is) underserved - they just don’t know it.
The Left leaning viewers who watch CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, CSPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the Times, the Post, et al, are fed only lies instead of facts and analysis. The agenda is to discredit Republicans and campaign for Democrats.
For example, you will never see on any of those “news” platforms a serious panel of economists discussing the pros and cons of a minimum wage hike - what the real effect would be on real people. Instead you will see Democrat pundits accusing Republicans of wanting minorities to suffer. Same with any issue - open borders, trannys in the ladies rooms, the green new deal, Russian election interference, Chinese drug cartels and corporate espionage, crime, shootings and gun control, tax policy.... there is no thoughtful, objective analysis.
Simply put; they do not seek the truth. Period. Their agenda is to spin lies to promote Leftist politics. They twist what Republicans do or say to make them look evil and uncaring. They sugarcoat what Democrats do or say to make them seem noble and compassionate. They pick and choose what to “cover” for political effect. They omit or distract from any real science or statistics that would inform their viewers how things really work in the real world, and instead hype agreed-upon narratives, and push blatant propaganda.
It is the Left leaning audiences that are grossly underserved. They get fed nothing but lies and have been for a long, long time.
No wonder their ratings are in a free fall. No wonder President Trump will win re-election despite a media monopoly that opposes him completely.
Hardly anyone is listening to them anymore, and the few remaining are the dumbest of the dumb.
Fox is loaded with democRATS. Saw Carl Cameron last night on MSNBC preaching impeachment. Check our Gillian Turner and Leland Vittert on the weekend, anti Trumpers. They have lying Brazile, AB Stoddard, the Sunday afternoon lady anchor etc. Fox is loaded with libs, and I wouldn’t give two cents for Brett Baier.
Fox is loaded with libs.
All the more reason why I don’t understand why Sarah Sanders agreed to join all these anti Trumpers???
“All the more reason why I don’t understand why Sarah Sanders agreed to join all these anti Trumpers???”
Maybe Fox is feeling the heat from Trumpers and their throwing us a bone.
I agree. But I would add Fox polling to your liberal list. Fox polling is terrible.
Big audience. Why wouldn't she take the job.
they are pandered to and nothing more
Maybe, maybe not but Fox News sucks.
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