Has anyone else noticed the ratcheting up of rhetoric on Fox in the past few weeks?

[skip fox]

They are portraying themselves and democracy as under immediate existential threat by the schools (CRT), the health establishment (CDC and Fauci), immigration, Democratic bills, liberall gun laws, etc., etc.

I've been informally monitoring Fox for decades and realize that the network has never been as shrill as now. It seems like a call to action, one commentator talking about the window (opportunity for them to reverse the Democratic trends) is "quickly closing."

Do they know that something is coming or are they just trying to keep up with OAN and Newsmax?

[Sneederbunk]

1. No. I don't watch Fox.

[SheilaAnn]

2. I think your last sentence says it all. They have competition now. n/t

[mn9driver]

3. Fox sells fear.

One of the main ways they have always done that is by projection; the crazier their viewership becomes, the crazier they paint non-cultists (i.e. Democrats) to be.

They have done this since their founding.

[True Blue American]

4. Hysteria.

Just like the headlines this morning,” Biden Goal of Vaccinations not Met!”

Never mind that one million 76 hundred were! The goal was 170 million.

This was CNN!

[TheRealNorth]

5. Fox complaining about vaccination rates is like the arsonist complaining that the house is on fire.

[Treefrog]

6. I don't watch Fox.

Never have, never will.

[skip fox]

8. Comlpletely understandable. We all have to work on our own mental health and Fox is toxic.

But it's good that some, like Media Matters and Crooks and Liars, monitor it closely

[NCDem47]

7. They are out to create an illusion that America is a hellscape.

It's what they do when a Democrats control anything.

[C_U_L8R]

9. We block Fox

and never found a reason to unblock it for even a minute.

[BlueJac]

10. Fox?

Never wanted to throw up in my living room!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. Typical projection from those liars.

They're maintaining the Big Lie that Trump actually won democratically, so now they proclaim that any other outcome is anti-democratic.

I'm lucky to have an "al a carte" option among my cable channels, and Fox News certainly wasn't one of my choices.

[traitorsgalore]

12. I'd call it "traitorous rhetoric"

They want to violently overthrow the government, that's as traitorous as it gets.

[LakeArenal]

13. All those institutions are in crisis.

Because of them.

They tend to create problems rather than solving them. That’s what they do.