Conservative Echo Chamber is Making the Right Intellectually Deaf

[radical noodle]

Since the 1996 establishment of Fox News and the popularization of the web, it has now become possible for a conservatively inclined people to consume all kinds of news and opinion catering to their specific tastes and viewpoints. Many right-leaning people have hailed this development, believing that they have finally defeated the hated liberal media. They suppose that because they can now obtain their news entirely from conservative-leaning media that this is what others do as well.

They couldn’t be more mistaken.

Looked at in a fuller context, it’s quite apparent that Fox News is not nearly the media giant that gloating conservatives and paranoid liberals think it is. But even if FNC were unquestionably the most influential news channel, that really would not be much of a victory for conservatives. Given the paucity of TV news options for people on the political Right, it’s no wonder that Fox News trounces CNN and MSNBC. The fact that one major national news outlet exists that is not stuffed to the gills with Democratic-leaning employees is not something conservatives should boast about, it’s something their donor class should be fixing.

This article is fairly long, but detailed and is filled with statistics. Interesting take on which shows lean left, too. I think sometimes we may not see the whole picture because we're so involved politically compared to the average person.

https://praxis.ink/2016/08/the-conservative-media-echo-chamber-has-made-the-right-deaf-to-reality/

[PJMcK]

1. Fascinating article

Thanks for posting the link, radical noodle. This analysis is quite interesting because it debunks many myths about the supposed power of Fox News, from both sides of the political divide.

[radical noodle]

2. You're welcome

It does alter the conventional wisdom about the power of Fox.