What's so sad is that Fox has gotten way worse during these Trump years. Because now they have a lot of competition, so in order to keep their viewers and market share $$$$$. They will spew any lie, propaganda and right-wing conspiracy that makes Trump and his allies look good. It's basically Trump/MAGA cult TV, to keep their audience watching. Which results in their audience becoming more radical and outraged. That's why we hear so many Trump supporters talking about violence, Civil War and succession. Jan. 6th never would have happened without right-wing media going all in on Trump's election lies, and Fox was the biggest platform for those lies!I used to mainly watch Fox when I came to North America in the late 90s. But after basic, simple lies, misinformation, the same people being shown to be full of shit time and time again...had to stop. How does one stay with a source that is so routinely deceptive? I still watch now and then until I feel sick. The holes in the logic and misdirection are just too much to take more than 10 minutes.
The irony is they've admitted it! They give the audience what they want to hear. When they told the truth about election not being stolen they started losing viewers so they started to put Sidney Powell etc on the air spreading conspiracies. Again, in their own words.What's so sad is that Fox has gotten way worse during these Trump years. Because now they have a lot of competition, so in order to keep their viewers and market share $$$$$. They will spew any lie, propaganda and right-wing conspiracy that makes Trump and his allies look good. It's basically Trump/MAGA cult TV, to keep their audience watching. Which results in their audience becoming more radical and outraged. That's why we hear so many Trump supporters talking about violence, Civil War and succession. Jan. 6th never would have happened without right-wing going all in on Trump's election lies, and Fox was the biggest platform for those lies!
Its not that they thought no one would notice but rather that they know there followers will not care.
We need Mitchy's special input on this question....Its not that they thought no one would notice but rather that they know there followers will not care.
One watches it to have one's world view validated, not to be informed.I used to mainly watch Fox when I came to North America in the late 90s. But after basic, simple lies, misinformation, the same people being shown to be full of shit time and time again...had to stop. How does one stay with a source that is so routinely deceptive? I still watch now and then until I feel sick. The holes in the logic and misdirection are just too much to take more than 10 minutes.
Are you referring to the Quinnipiac poll? It's currently an outlier. There's about ten updated polls that show Trump ahead.Of course he forgot to mention the most recent poll that puts Biden 4 points ahead of Trump.
He was a source they used and judging by this case, they treated his intel as unverified. The GOP heard there was an accusation and didn't give a shit that the FBI found it completely unsupported. The evidence now shows they knew how unreliable their source was as he simply took info directly from Russian intelligence.The thing you're all ignoring is that Smirnov has been working for the FBI for years. The House Republicans didn't just go out and find this guy.