Reply #10: Do you honestly think the people that watch it really believe it's fair and balanced? [View All]

[nxylas]

They know full well it's propaganda. That's why they watch it - to have their prejudices confirmed. Of course, all of us do that to a certain extent. The difference is, Fox Noise viewers literally don't care whether something is true or not, as long as it fits their world view. I like to think that most people here wouldn't endlessly repeat a rumour that, say, Sarah Palin is being secretly funded by white supremacist groups (the nearest liberal analogue I could think of to the right's "Barack Obama is a secret Muslim who was born in Kenya" meme) knowing full well that it was nonsense.