It's a recipe for total control.

that stress is contagious. I've posted about this before. Anyone can find the evidence.

❤️ pants

It's not your fault. It's the immigrants. Or the Jews. Or the lesbians. Or whatever near powerless minority is the target this week.

Have decided they need to feel persecuted in order to feel Christlike. So much easier than actually doing the things their Christ demanded.

was apparently a form of religious persecution. It was preventing Christians from exercising their religion. I didn't understand that logic for a long time, but now see it as part of a persecution complex they've been building for a long time. Every time something else frustrates them, they add it to the grievance pile they're building.

It had the unique ability to push all fear and worry away. Nothing for the moment mattered except for the anger.

I can't imagine what it must be like for people to be feeding on that all their waking hours. I just had momentary flair ups of red hot anger but as I matured, I learned to control it.

These people are on it regularly, every day and night. It must be a heart pounding experience.

No wonder they are so loyal to Trump. It's their anger that pushes rational thoughts away and they can't see Trump for the con he is. They think Trump will give them their final vengeance over the imaginary foes Fox feeds them.

You have right-wing think tanks that generate the messages

you have FOX, Sinclair, Newsmax, NY Post, Wallstreet Journal, AM Hate radio, etc, that broadcast the propaganda.

All the propaganda is designed to amp up their hate, fear, and anger to the highest levels so they can be easily manipulated.


They sit there for hours because much like any elicit drug, not only is it bad for you, but it's highly addictive

Half of what the Fox “opinion” commentators talk about in prime time originates in the GRU.

Didn't understand how lonely he must have been in his old age with us, having outlived 2 wives and 2 of 3 offspring, and all friends, work pals.

That horride old radio with it's bad reception and dusty tubes drove me out of the house, but it was all he had for company all day, every day, while we were at school and Mom at work.

And the programming, even back then, changed his politics and world view. He became paranoid and damned mean. We locked horns many times and he even tried to open my skull when I would not back down and accept his racism and attacks on my friends. The day he called my mom a whore because she divorced an abusive and useless spouse was when I decided that damned radio had to go.

It got a bit better after that. He started reading again, and there was no FOX on the TV.

In the common room. Seniors were getting into physical and screaming fights all the time. Someone blocked fox on the tv and after a month no one was fighting in the common area and people were calmer.

Another friend of mine saw her parents getting radicalized during The Obama Presidency who watched Fox and she blocked the channel. She substituted msnbc and cnn as their favorites tv line up’s. The Father died a few years later and the daughter confessed she was the one who blocked fox and the mother thanked her because her Dad was becoming meaner than he ever was !

Other people, including family members kept feeding them FOX clips and they got hooked on the outrage.

One died during the pandemic a raging MAGAt. It was kind of sad to watch this transformation.

For decades in rural America conservative talk radio was blared through garages and cars for hours a day. This phenomenon led to Trump and now using him they have 1 thing to follow

watch a popular white wing show. Even if you figure 10 Million unique fools watch a day, that’s a small percentage of the 160 Million who might vote this year.

Fox is not our problem, it’s white wingers in general.

Just 24/7 staring at the TV screen.

If battleground PA goes red, we can console ourselves with the fact of FOX’s low viewership nationwide.

Look into that for us and report your findings.

Thanks!

Those who couldn't possibly care less about an issue won't put forth the effort

When did you ascend to this grand position? Are congratulations in order?

Most people don’t watch any news, cable or otherwise.

If anything, among that crowd, 80% is a low figure.

Pew Research says 43% of Americans trust Fox News, while 40% don't. But I guess you can trust it without watching it.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/08/five-facts-about-fox-news/

From your link:

"And as of last November, 39% said they had gotten political news there in the past week – tied with CNN among the outlets asked about."

Which means respondents could be watching Fox News anywhere from daily to once a week.

Here is info on how many people watched cable news in a average day:

"Fox News topped primetime, averaging 2.27 million viewers, up 12% from the same period in 2023. MSNBC was up 18% to 1.83 million, and CNN grew by 49% to 1.08 million. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 288,000, up 15%, compared to 246,000 for MSNBC, up 46%, and 240,000 for CNN, up 63%."

https://deadline.com/2024/08/cable-news-ratings-august-election-2024-1236051425/

...to the various "social networks" are adding to the influence of Fox and the other networks. And in the case of Fox, at least, these shares would be distilled down to the very worst of the liars on Fox. For instance, the new "FEMA gave BILLIONS in relief funds to illegal immigrants" is all the rage in my vicinity.

Social media exposes more people to right wing propaganda — including the soft "middle-of-the-road" voters who probably aren't going to actively search for a specific news or radio program, but who will come across BS on their social media feed and believe it.

We emphasize Fox News & ignore social media at our peril, IMO. That's why 2016 blindsided so many of us.

Same thing. I'd go into the homes and they'd hardly interact until I asked them to please turn off the TV or I was leaving.

My company adores Trump.

My daughter is dealing with it now as a physical therapist ( her co
Supports ,,Harris but has a no politics policy) so she bites her tongue a lot but said she has ended up turning away from the patient and cracking up laughing at whatever codpiracy they were pushing. I told her to just tell them that for quality time with t h eir therapy that this is a quiet space.

My nurse spends all day, every week, going home to home to infuse various medications. She said I am about the only patient she sees who never has the TV on during her visit. For most all of them, it is on all the time. She didn't specify as to the nature of the programming, just to its omnipresence. I find it distracting and obtrusive unless there is some specific programming I want to watch.

My wife, however, is like the people you describe. If she goes into a room and there's a TV that isn't turned on, she reflexively wants it on. Always on, always loud.

We once dropped in on some old friends in the PNW and afterward she said thought they were "addicted" to marijuana. Her reasoning as she listed it was that they were wake-n-bakers who indulged first thing in the morning. When they came in from somewhere else, the first thing they did was smoke pot. She said they even chose sitting around the house getting stoned over going out and indulging in other activities, and that we often got behind schedule waiting for them to indulge. Ironically, the exact same could be said for her relationship with TV.

A radio or stereo on. TV ar night prime time. But while doing business there needs to be attention so silence is best

I
Will say that since 9/11 I have friends that leave their tvs on all the time. Maybe it's not addiction but trauma

Bill-O Based BS. Alive and kicking.

Nobody under age 40 has had cable or satellite and at least 10 years and since 2022, more people in the United States have no cable nor satellite then do. I imagine most of the people you know are in their'70s and '80s. There are at least two other cable networks that unfortunately I get I have them blocked but they're more extreme and all of the idiots watch them now or did they go back? I don't pay attention I really don't. I have them blocked and if it weren't for my father who's 87 I would can cable I hate it. Amazon firesticks or firewood or fire something is good and free.

And my SIL never missed Bill O. Barf. Thank goodness that jerk is gone.

have any decent jobs, have anything decent to say, have anything...

They are zombies to the Nth degree. Wonder if tRUMP dies all of a sudden, what in the hell would these idiots do? Go all jump over the cliff's edge too?

Then switch over to MSNBC

..... on steroids.

it's such a shame

based not only on economics, but in rural vs. urban areas. I still have Facebook to keep up with family/friends in rural areas, but most people I know locally are much more active on Insta, TikTok, etc. My husband sends me tik tok videos all the time.

I would think if we have someone into stats who could get the numbers - a lot of America is now picking their shows by interest (we have you tube tv and other apps on smart tvs now), and the apps they are on vis a vis their phones change frequently too. I believe there are people sitting and watching FAUX news all day, but that's got to be a small minority with everything else that's out there.