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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I really question how much overlap there is in the Venn diagram of "people who pay for television", "people who hate Fox News", and "users of Lemmy". I can't imagine it is very big.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Users of Lemmy is a subset of people who hate Fox News

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

No one has to subscribe to cable television, FYI.

[–] random_character_a 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

In few years watching Fox is a civic duty and participation will be tracked. Non-compliers will be made in to a cheap labor force in reeducation camps.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Oh boy, here I go killing CEOs again!"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You should read about the Rupert Murdoch inheritance case. He lost, and it may end up being the most impactful thing in media for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He still has to die first.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's the over under on ol' Rupert getting to it before anyone else can?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty high on Rupert, he's 93 he's had at least one stroke already and the wiki picture from 2012 already has him looking one foot in the grave and he broke his back in a fall a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

All good things.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hopefully we’ll get some good souls who figure out how to block Fox into the background while you still get Trump Social Media Credits™️ for watching while doing other things.

[–] Duamerthrax 1 points 1 day ago

please drink verification McDonalds soda

[–] Stovetop 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I had no idea this happened, and now all I can think is that the writers of the HBO series Succession were coming from a very real place. I know the family in that series was inspired by the Murdochs but I didn't think it was that faithful to reality.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

Here is another good website with more information on the Fox Fee: https://www.nofoxfee.com/

[–] K1nsey6 4 points 2 days ago

You know propaganda has been effective when its intended victim does not know that they were a victim. If it's on television via any news source, it is propaganda.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The link to the alternatives doesn't work. So maybe you can't anymore?