I’d like to take this opportunity to ask all liberals and progressives of all stripes, all talk show TV comedy show hosts to do me a favor: Stop complaining about Fox News.
Here’s the deal: Fox News viewers do not go anywhere else for their news. So when Jon Stewart does a particularly funny bit about them, only the people who watch Jon Stewart know about it. Fox viewers never watch the Daily Show, and do not know about the bit, and will not find out about it second-hand. Similarly, when Fox lies or does photo-imagery trickery to misstate the nature of events, the trickery is well exposed among liberals. But it never graces the eyes or ears of Fox viewers. And when Fox does something stupid, as using the image of Tina Fey as they discuss Sarah Palin’s presidential aspirations
, Fox viewers don’t recognize Tina, and probably do not even know that the image is not precious Sarah.
So please, let Fox be Fox. They have a captive audience, and know what they are doing. It may appear stupid from the outside looking in, but since the inside never looks beyond that outlet for their world view, it is merely an alternative reality.
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