fox news' promise to advertisers: we'll politicize everything, even the weather https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-news-tv-advertising-politics-upfront-1234970696/ …pic.twitter.com/AwZdz1ntjJ
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nowhere in this piece is fox's primetime lineup even mentioned -- you can't just pretend that fox news is center-right if you're at all familiar with what happens there
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Fox News also claimed, hilariously, that its day time programming features "feel-good reporting" So, uh, let's go through Fox segments just from today https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/fox-news-2021-upfront-focuses-on-the-networks-lighter-side-including-streaming/ …pic.twitter.com/vV6NiqkhqF
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Fox News is welcome to base every single programming decision on grievance politics. I'm just asking that they not lie about it.
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LMAO come on, can the people writing these up credulously watch Fox News for ONE DAY please that's all I am asking https://adage.com/article/special-report-tv-upfront/fox-news-leans-uplifting-content-woo-skeptical-news-advertisers/2334886 …pic.twitter.com/9HnzrJIPhN
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Relatedly, congrats to Fox ceo Lachlan Murdoch for his new boathouse, located in an area where it is "much easier for the ultra-wealthy to moor their mega-yachts"pic.twitter.com/JpqjiS8XGY
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This is now in list form Fox News' pitch to advertisers was as dishonest as its programminghttps://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-pitch-advertisers-was-dishonest-its-programming …
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That stuff does make their audience feel good.
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I'm sure those make some people feel good.
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@JacquiHeinrich It's you! Jacqui is actually really impartial in her work though, no matter who she works for.Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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“Feel good” to a specific audience. This is limbic system stuff. Keep them hooked.
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I'm guessing the weather channel is to present stronger, more frequent hurricanes and summer-long wildfires as a series of unrelated events.
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Because for their audience, hate feels good.
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