On May 31, 2011, at 4:13 PM, socialismorbarbarism wrote:
> So, by the most important standard of capitalism--making
> profits--Ailes's operation is wildly successful. It is not just that
> he can send his vile propaganda into "only" a third of the homes in
> the US and maintain a steady audience of "only" 1% of the population.
> It is that he has designed a business model where his vile propaganda
> can make mad bucks. And, since in the US the news media are controlled
> by for-profit corporations, they will move toward this model.
Really? You mean there will be a whole bunch of mini-Foxes? Is that why MSNBC went liberal, Bill Maher's still on HBO, and CNN continues to be a cure for insomnia?
This is weird reasoning: because Fox makes a lot of money, it must have enormous political influence. Relatedly: before Fox, there were no crazy right-wingers in the U.S. Yup.
Doug