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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 07:36 AM
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3. The role of the media is to make money. This, is the first line of
Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 08:14 AM by RKP5637
the agenda since the media outlets became p&l centers rather than cost. That said, high motivators are fear, anxiety and hatred toward the identified guilty.

Fox is very effective at this, grinding on and on 7x24 stoking the base instincts of humans. For many it creates compulsive viewing. Feeding on this hatred can be very anxiety provoking for some and others thrive on it... hence, we have tabloid news and to many, including myself, a tabloid nation.

Keeping ones body in a continuous state of anxiety/stress will eventually cause side effects, more prevalent in some than others. To me, I have absolutely no doubt there is a cause and effect relationship occurring in the parties you mentioned. In essence, Fox News is a form of psychological warfare, brainwashing and stress inducing. I would not consider Fox News a very healthy.

And someone like Rush Limbaugh, for example, will tell you outright that his only goal is to make money for himself and his sponsors. Period. Fox News is no different. Follow the Money Trail.
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