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.”
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.