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Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald@Sep 21 2004, 09:29 AM
Because Fox tells the people what they want to hear. Plain and simple. They expound about how well the war is going and what a great job that Bush is doing and that the economic outlook is all peaches and cream. They LIE but the people watching drink it in because its what they want to hear and wish were reality. Thinking in that same vein, Al Jazeera is the most watched news station in the Middle East. Does that make them right? Popularity hardly means you're right. It just means you're telling the people what they wish to hear.
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I'm glad it's plain and simple to you ... I hope you don't mind if I have a different view on plain and simple.
The country is divided ... really, really divided. That would mean a good 47-53% of Americans are looking for pro Bush media, the other half is looking for drive bys on the man on a daily basis.
Fox sells because 1) they're a heck of a lot more entertaining and 2) they are more fair when compared to the other major news sources in the U.S. right now.
It's an easy point to make this week with Rather-gate, but there doesn't seem to be any consistency when it comes to what one outlet will touch and what they let go. Many wouldn't touch the Swift Boat thing, but would jump on the Bush memos ... both were garbage.
You're Al Jazeera example doesn't work because they're not divided. A site that is pro Muslim anti American works in the region because a strong majority of it's citizens feel the same way.
Fox ... dividied country, runaway ratings, it's not as simple as you make it out to be. Logic dicatates that.