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Fox News’ Media Suicide
American Spectator ^ | 12/8/2020 | LOU AGUILAR

Posted on 12/10/2020 6:44:56 PM PST by marcusmaximus

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To: marcusmaximus

If everybody had been paying attention in 2016, Fox was showing it’s Swampy stripes then.


41 posted on 12/10/2020 10:08:19 PM PST by myheroesareDeadandRegistered
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To: magna carta; MinuteGal

“war room is the place to be”

I love War Room, and I love Steve Bannon. I’m watching his program this very minute.


42 posted on 12/11/2020 2:03:28 AM PST by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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To: El Cid
Oan needs to get some gals with a bit of gusto.... or at least interesting to listen to. That one brunette could put to sleep any listener with her monotone voice.
43 posted on 12/11/2020 2:29:16 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: magna carta
-- war room is the place to be --

Seconded.

44 posted on 12/11/2020 2:34:29 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: magna carta

I can handle Steve B. with doses now and then.


45 posted on 12/11/2020 2:36:03 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: caww

Steve Bannon is unwatchable because he looks so DIRTY and UNKEMPT!


46 posted on 12/11/2020 3:14:12 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: wardaddy

I’m hopeful given their youth.


47 posted on 12/11/2020 4:00:28 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Falconspeed

And Liz Wheeler in the afternoon. Terrific.


48 posted on 12/11/2020 5:52:21 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: marcusmaximus

Great read. Since FOX ill do none of the suggestions Newsmax has to either add more talent t their night time line up (repeats, no matter how good, will lose audience) or Trump will need to start a network.


49 posted on 12/11/2020 6:36:25 AM PST by McGavin999 (Justice delayed is justice denied.)
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To: marcusmaximus

I will be called a globalist communist stooge but here goes.

I watch Fox and Friends. The show leans conservative.

I began a search for 6:00 evening news. I watched OAN and then NewsMax. NewsMax is superior and not bad.

Somehow, I was directed to Lou Dobbs on Fox Business at 5:00. He is decidedly proTrump in everything he presents. His show is superior to OAN or NewsMax. His presentations have much greater depth.

Then by accident, I began watching the Fox Business 6:00 presentation. It is still under review but also has greater depth than NewsMax and is conservatively biased. It is good.

I have no comment on other Fox presenters and don’t watch them.

I considered OAN superficial. News Max is better but still lacks depth;


50 posted on 12/11/2020 6:45:06 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: marcusmaximus
The trouble with Fox is, they had zero competition before in the conservative TV market.
Throughout history, companies with no competition get fat, lazy, arrogant and abuse and exploit their customers, their position etc.
Big tch like Google, Facebook, Titter are doing the same thing on a far worse scale.
Good news is, today, we have Parler, Gab, Rumble, OAN, Newsmax TV etc etc.
Conservative news and conservative tech is booming.
In four year's time, Fox will not be the number one conservative TV outlet, and Parler will be very very big.
51 posted on 12/11/2020 6:50:56 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Ann Archy

So just listen?!


52 posted on 12/12/2020 10:07:16 AM PST by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()
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To: mrsmith

“FOX is only following the money and doing what’s most profitable for their investors.”

NO, they are not. No one tells investors they will collapse 50% of their viewership as Fox’s audiences have declined. NO one.

They are playing into their personal politics of liberalism, the company be damned.


53 posted on 12/12/2020 10:12:03 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

Fascinates me that people believe advertising revenue isn’t dependent on sales.
It’s an idiotic assertion on it’s face but sheep swallow it so they don’t have to face unpleasant facts.

“He who pays the piper calls the tune.”
Not some fantastical ideologue. LOL!


54 posted on 12/12/2020 5:39:06 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: mrsmith

I worked heavily in telecommunications and advertising, even as CIO of a first online broadcast company. It is sad how gullible corporate execs can be listening to sales people tell them how much money they’ll make on advertising when the numbers are cooked and don’t add up. Some people make money on ads, definitely, but most lose money on it.

Fox has investors, but unless the ad revenue doesn’t follow their downturn in viewers those investors will be furious.


55 posted on 12/12/2020 5:53:40 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Fox News? Oh yeah, I used to watch them. Don’t miss them a bit.


56 posted on 12/12/2020 5:54:25 PM PST by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts)
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To: CodeToad

Appreciate your info.
If you’re still in the biz you know it’s a new game now with all the specific targeting info from internet advertising.
Yeah, execs will swallow anything, but money talks, And money is sales - not viewers.
Half as many viewers who are twice as susceptible are profitable. And less expensive to provide.
AI rules the TV waves. Same thing that destroyed Drudge.
It’s not ideology, it’s money.

M<o pay, no play.
Love the old vids of TV shows trying out for advertisers!
“No pay, no play!”


57 posted on 12/12/2020 6:14:18 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: mrsmith

Yep. Half the viewers but a more targeted audience can generate more revenue.


58 posted on 12/12/2020 6:26:01 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

Well, that’s exactly the claim that you disagreed with, I believe.
Advertising is based on sales, not viewers.

Us conservative tightwads have no attraction for advertisers!
Viewers that will swallow Dem lies are viewers that will swallow advertisers’ lies.


59 posted on 12/12/2020 6:35:59 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: mrsmith

The problem is that a loss of 50% of Fox’s viewers is measurable as to whom they lost. I do know of the loss in revenue of those advertisers based on reported revenues show the 50% viewer loss is devastating to them. I also work intimately with private equity financials.


60 posted on 12/12/2020 8:41:02 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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