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This is a profound misunderstanding of the current media situation. Your misunderstanding is deeply flawed particularly in understanding the political power of Fox, in particular. The internet is clearly a major player, but television has more power than you understand.

Millenials have recently become a larger cohort than Baby Boomers, however, Millenials do not vote in the same numbers or hold the same political power as Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers are a pre-internet generation. Their primary media contact is still television. They trust it more than they trust the internet and they have developed a literally lifelong friendship with the boob tube.

I have to question what you could possibly know about television ratings to say that they are "massively inflated"? I would guess that is your own speculation. TV ratings have fallen and fallen and fallen. What is not in question is the importance of television to this country's most devoted voting population.

Fox's ratings are even more impressive when you consider that it is often the case that it is NOT the zombie tv network of choice--not the network that is the default news channel at airports and Planet Fitness. In fact, CNN is more likely to be chosen (due to false perceptions of bias). Also, televisions on Fox News at a gym do not have an effect on ratings/shares of viewership. Those are unreported, unmonitored devices.

You need to do some serious research The failure to understand the potency of legacy media in modern America gives you a very superficial understanding of how consensus and partisanship are mediated and constructed these days.

Your perspective is as bizarre as a person in a discussion about cars claiming that "everybody is buying Teslas and nobody wants a Ford". Ford sells four times as many vehicles as Tesla does, however Tesla--for various reason--is more alive in the public imagination. However, when it comes time to actually buy a vehicle, most Americans do NOT buy a Tesla.

1 year ago
1 score
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This is a profound misunderstanding of the current media situation. Your misunderstanding is deeply flawed particularly in understanding the political power of Fox, in particular. The internet is clearly a major player, but television has more power than you understand.

Millenials have recently become a larger cohort than Baby Boomers, however, Millenials do not vote in the same numbers or hold the same political power as Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers are a pre-internet generation. Their primary media contact is still television. They trust it more than they trust the internet and they have developed a literally lifelong friendship with the boob tube.

I have to question what you could possibly know about television ratings to say that they are "massively inflated"? I would guess that is your own speculation. TV ratings have fallen and fallen and fallen. What is not in question is the importance of television to this country's most devoted voting population.

Fox's ratings are even more impressive when you consider that it is often the case that it is NOT the zombie tv network of choice--not the network that is the default news channel at airports and Planet Fitness. In fact, CNN is more likely to be chosen (due to false perceptions of bias). Also, televisions on Fox News at a gym do not have an effect on ratings/shares of viewership. Those are unreported, unmonitored devices.

You need to do some serious research The failure to understand the potency of legacy media in modern America gives you a very superficial understanding of how consensus and partisanship are mediated and constructed these days.

1 year ago
1 score