FOX NEWS SPONSORS. In my not-always-humble opinion FOXNEWS is the single most damaging element in this country’s disastrous political situation. People who watch FOX live in an entirely different world from the one that you and I inhabit.
Sure, The Orange Douche who lives in the Whitehouse got help from the Russians and other criminal elements, but the world depicted on FOX provided the necessary background for the Trump lie-machine. A steady dose of racist, right-wing lies gets viewers to believe that they are the victims of lazy, dangerous people who are getting a free ride while they, the hard-working White Christian folks, fork over their money to a government that gives them nothing in return.
A wise old local political worker explained the mentality of those who vote Republican. They “identify upward and blame downward.” So instead of seeing the top tenth of one percent as the people who are robbing the hard working regular folks they blame the poor and feel sorry for the rich.
There is a poll taken some time ago (in truth I’ve never seen it) that asks people what percentile do they believe they are in income-wise. Twenty percent claim they are in the top one percent and an additional nineteen percent say they expect to be in the top one percent in a few years.
So 39 percent of the population thinks of itself as the put-upon rich who must turn over their wealth to a monstrous rabble. No wonder zombie movies are so popular.
Every word that comes out of the collective mouth of Fox is devoted to stirring up hatred toward the people who have the least. And they have decided to support Trump, the most corrupt, inadequate, and destructive monster ever to head the federal government. Trump isn’t just a bad president. He is hell-bent on destroying the country. He is a sick and twisted sadist who destroys everything he gets his mitts on.
Maybe we can do something to save the country. I don’t know. The list of Fox Sponsors, who we can boycott, is just one idea. I’m sure there are many that are better.
A number of people have commented favorably upon this post, and have encouraged me to circulate it more broadly. It is short for an article, but its very brevity makes it more appealing.
Let me add only a little then to its length by reiterating my main point, which is that the “Echo Chamber” of right-wing media (a term that I have borrowed from Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s 2008 book title) is responsible for much of the distortion of reality that has made American “conservatism” a much more popular movement than it ought to be.
And although ten years ago and farther back than that Fox News shared the right-wing stage with other sources, I believe that changes in the media environment have made Fox News even more important among certain demographic elements of the electorate. It is also clear that Fox News is now consciously devoted to supporting an authoritarian, right wing agenda and is actively purifying their message.
Therefore, I am now using this message as a first step in creating an organization aimed at neutralizing the impact of the Fox Lie Machine. I have had some experience in creating a small organization, so I have confidence that such an endeavor as the one I’m proposing is possible, and I invite all who are interested in the basic idea to write to me at:
ARMOND@FILMDOGS.NET. You may also contact me through the comments section where this item appears.
Thank you.