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In reply to the discussion: Do you want to make heads explode at Fox News? [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Remember, according to the ratings services Faux on its best night may attrack 3 million people. However it's a vocal and consentrated minority that also include the beltway corporate media elite. Fortunately we've seen a change over the years where Faux's credibility has been challenged and now lies in tatters. I give a lot of that credit to folks like Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. In 2000 and 2004 there wasn't any counter voice to the right wing noise and intimidation...this year MSNBC did act as a counterweight that exposed a lot of the games and lies going on. The Daily Show also did an excellent job (as well as Stephen Colbert) into reaching out to a younger audience who also learned about the lies of Bullshit Mountain.
I joke with a friend who lives in AZ that every time an EMT truck goes to Sun City, Faux loses another viewer. The satisfying feeling on election night was despite all the lying, attempts at voter suppression and intimidation, our side prevailed...as did common sense. Faux is still trying to spin its way out of the credibility mess its created...the turdblossom melt down will go down as a seminal moment in bad television...
Cheers...