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>If I wanted a news source that would make me live in perpetual fear I'd go to Fox. Thinking there's a gunman around every corner is what we used to make fun of
by colpabar 5y ago
>If I wanted a news source that would make me live in perpetual fear I'd go to Fox. Thinking there's a gunman around every corner is what we used to make fun of Fox viewers for (and their need to carry a weapon to respond to said gunman).
Wow, you weren't kidding. I was at least expecting it to differ from fox by showing different kinds of crime, but nope - subway shootings in NYC was the first thing I saw. Who the hell would ever pay for this???
- godelski 5y agoYeah I grew up in a household that watched Fox. I saw CNN shift hard in this direction with the pandemic so shifted towards more neutral tone sources like Reuters and AP. It's honestly disgusting to me to see so much fear based content. And to be fair, I did see some non-fear based content. But the vast majority was and even some of the non-fear based stuff (maybe, I'm literally judging a show by its cover) still had those dark tones/style of posters. I cannot stress this enough. People don't watch news for the entertainment value (even if that does increase viewership, that's not why they are watching it).
- leereeves 5y ago> subway shootings in NYC was the first thing I saw Today isn't a normal day or a good day to compare news sources; there was a mass shooting in which at least 10 people were shot and 28 injured. That subway shooting is also the top story on Google News and the NY Times website.