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Originally Posted by arock10
fox news is 90% entertainment (opinion) but is treated as news
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I wouldn't say 90%. But i would say that just like Limbaugh... they understand ratings which is why they dominate news.
Limbaugh and FOX News understand the difference between right brain and left brain thinking. They understand the two world views. They understand how to play them off each other. Even starting with the "Fair and Balanced" BS of an obviously Conservative network. They also understand that Liberals are going to react in a very visceral manner to anything they disagree with, whereas Conservatives are less emotionally driven. Ann Coulter, Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck etc etc etc are successful because they understand how to pander to one extreme with humor at the expense of the other, while also understanding that the other side is always so incensed, they are going to listen and talk about it nonstop anyway. That's what happens. The driving force behind their success is the fact that they can get people with political views and general world views that are polar opposite of each other to watch. Liberals are never successful in TV and radio doing the same thing, because they can't provoke that same reaction from the opposite side. They try and fail all the time.
BTW,... I don't think ANY mainstream news is anything more than "infotainment" anymore. A 24hr news cycle has brought with it, the complete downfall of news reporting in general