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46. I think we have real divisions in this country

Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:44 AM

Oct 12

based not only on economics, but in rural vs. urban areas. I still have Facebook to keep up with family/friends in rural areas, but most people I know locally are much more active on Insta, TikTok, etc. My husband sends me tik tok videos all the time.

I would think if we have someone into stats who could get the numbers - a lot of America is now picking their shows by interest (we have you tube tv and other apps on smart tvs now), and the apps they are on vis a vis their phones change frequently too. I believe there are people sitting and watching FAUX news all day, but that's got to be a small minority with everything else that's out there.

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Confirmation of something I've often observed [View all] Orrex Oct 11 OP

Fox makes its viewers angry, and anger is perversely pleasurable. Ocelot II Oct 11 #1

Dopes on dopamine C_U_L8R Oct 11 #2

It doesn't help... littlemissmartypants Oct 11 #9

Also, an enraged person has less reasoning ability and their beliefs can be more easily manipulated. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 11 #18

I also think that being a "victim" can be generalized. That's why no promotion. That's why your wife (or husband) left. JoetheShow Oct 11 #19

Have long noticed certain types of 'Christians' claim persecution over everything Attilatheblond Oct 12 #45

I noticed for a long time during the abortion debate that not being allowed to impose their religious beliefs on others JoetheShow Oct 12 #48

As a young adult, anger was my go to emotion Farmer-Rick Oct 12 #44

FOX is a cog in the toxic right-wing propaganda machine RAB910 Oct 11 #3

Don't leave Russia out of propaganda creation YessirAtsaFact Oct 11 #42

Thinking back to my grandfather, listening to AM talk radio ALL THE TIME in the 60s Attilatheblond Oct 12 #47

In my senior move management job one place we used to move people in frequently used to have Fox on kimbutgar Oct 11 #4

It radicalized a couple of my relatives who had been moderate Dems. progressoid Oct 12 #43

It started years ago D_Master81 Oct 11 #5

Despise FAUX as well, but their viewership is still relatively small. 3 million or so might Silent Type Oct 11 #6

They're like Ellen Burstyn's character in Requiem For A Dream swong19104 Oct 11 #7

Propaganda functions as an addiction cycle. Ford_Prefect Oct 11 #8

About 5% of the adult population watches Fox News Kaleva Oct 11 #10

That's fine. Locally it's about 80% Orrex Oct 11 #13

What are the ratings for the Fox News network in your area? Kaleva Oct 11 #15

I couldn't possibly care less. Orrex Oct 11 #30

People who care about an issue will do the research Kaleva Oct 11 #38

I wasn't aware that you are in authority to police people's engagement with issues Orrex Oct 11 #41

I doubt it's 80% anywhere. Elessar Zappa Oct 11 #20

That is, admittedly, a sample base on the homes I enter for my job Orrex Oct 11 #29

You work for the unemployed? Kaleva Oct 11 #39

Sometimes, yes. Does that trouble you? Orrex Oct 11 #40

My research says that's just wrong. dchill Oct 11 #21

Look at the networks ratings Kaleva Oct 11 #22

That's good data. But I wonder how many links and shares... dchill Oct 11 #24

I agree with your point. Kaleva Oct 11 #27

IMO, social media is a much greater factor than Fox News/RW radio. orange jar Oct 11 #34

They've hooked their empty skulls up to the bullshit nozzle and are happily taking in as much as they can get GreenWave Oct 11 #11

Competing with and replacing reality is a much bigger job than reporting news. nt hay rick Oct 11 #12

This has been happening for decades. I was an interior designer in the 90s and Figarosmom Oct 11 #14

I like that, but if I tried that I'd get fired Orrex Oct 11 #31

Yeah theres thst. Figarosmom Oct 11 #32

I get a weekly in-home infusion therapy misanthrope Oct 11 #36

Well i almost always have Figarosmom Oct 11 #37

"Looking Out 4U"? czarjak Oct 11 #16

The Fascist Oligarch eXtremists' propaganda network is a cancer on the body politic. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 11 #17

I thought Fox News was pass. They all like Newsmax. By the way over 50% of Americans don't have cable nor satellite any HagathaCrispy Oct 11 #23

My BIL marinated in it mountain grammy Oct 11 #25

Pretty sad and goes just to point out how lazy they are, to believe in this nonstop junk. No wonder they don't SWBTATTReg Oct 11 #26

Hey! I see Trump out the window... lame54 Oct 11 #28

Willing suspension of disbelief...... SupportSanity Oct 11 #33

we've lost an entire generation to Fox News Coexist Oct 11 #35

I think we have real divisions in this country TBF Oct 12 #46