#cable news

[thoughtportal]

Ohio train derailment and corporate media

[mysharona1987]

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The Muppets (2011)

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love this meme format

[adaginy]

On Fox news, advertising, and cable news:

Link to ^that thread for people who wanna see charts and more background about this

TL;DR: Fox can be so awful because it isn't as beholden to advertisers as it should be, because cable/satellite have to pay for the channels they carry and they're waaaay overpaying for Fox. So if you actually pay for TV, go to nofoxfee.com and learn about calling your provider to say "knock this off or I'm gonna join the cord-cutters who don't have to pay for this." Will reblog with ID in a few minutes, stand by.

[splooosh]

“not that!”

Jack Kirby , 1967

[jobnews2023]

Go to link👈☑️

[stephenist]

[someinstant]

I am very aware that they're 100% going to replace him with another xenophobic bigot the minute they find the Right Kind of White Dude, but I just love knowing that Tucker Carlson found out he got fired ten minutes before Fox released the statement.

Can you IMAGINE how furious he is that he's not going to get to give an outraged diatribe about how the WOKE MOB has FORCED HIM OUT?

I hope he chokes on his spittle.

[mycountrystvsucks]

Hannity: This is what you said that really interested me. You said that it makes you a different person and you want to offer this medicinal health to others looking for emotional and physical relief. This is medicinal for you, correct? Tyson: Absolutely! Not only myself but many, many millions and millions and hundreds of millions of people on the planet.

[rightnewshindi]

मंडी में 33 करोड़ की लागत से बनेगा शिवधाम, जल्द होंगे टेंडर; आरएस बाली

मंडी में 33 करोड़ की लागत से बनेगा शिवधाम, जल्द होंगे टेंडर; आरएस बाली

Shimla News: हिमाचल प्रदेश पर्यटन विकास निगम (एचपीटीडीसी) के अध्यक्ष आरएस बाली ने कहा कि छोटी काशी मंडी में शिव धाम बनाने का काम जल्द शुरू होगा। इसके लिए जल्द टेंडर किए जाएंगे। आरएस बाली ने बुधवार को शिमला में आयोजित पत्रकार वार्ता में यह जानकारी दी। उन्होंने कहा कि शिव धाम बनाने पर 33 करोड़ रुपये खर्च होंगे। कहा कि पूर्व सरकार के समय शुरू हुई शिव धाम परियोजना की जांच चल रही है। जल्द इसकी…

[mysharona1987]

[yasarraz2011]

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[therealbrainlessshow]

Cable News, the Workplace Drama Show

Are you tired of the petty childish workplace drama that goes on day after day? Why not turn it into a TV show and make a little money pitching gossip as fact!

May I suggest calling it Cable News The Ultimate Reality Show!

Simply mirror your workplace's drama and gossip, just with more flashy graphics and breaking news alerts.

Yes, you read that right!

Imagine sitting at your desk, sipping your morning coffee, and realizing there's a gold mine in high school he said she said.

Cable news is to news what reality TV is to reality. Just combine the two and start counting the money!

Simply follow our patented five step program

Endless Sensationalism:

Just like workplace gossip, cable news thrives on sensationalizing every tidbit of information. Need a mundane event blown out of proportion? Cable news anchors have got your back! From a stapler missing in the office to a slight disagreement between colleagues, sprinkle in breaking news banners and dramatic music and presto chango a ratings grabber.

Exaggerated Opinions:

Remember those co-workers who turn the office water cooler chats into their personal soapbox? Cable news does that too, just on a grander scale. Brace yourself for over-the-top opinions and pundits passionately arguing over trivial matters, making you wonder if you accidentally switched to a reality TV show.

Looping Stories:

Workplace rumors tend to circulate endlessly. Cable news channels do the same thing! Repeating the same stories, breaking them down into microscopic details until you're positive the whole thing happened to you.

Distraction Galore:

Just like that office gossip that tempts you to abandon your daily duties. Cable news serves up an addictive cycle of ca ca. It's the perfect distraction! Who needs to focus on solutions when you can indulge in childish finger pointing and a multitude of malarkey?

Reality TV Drama:

Swap out the Kardashians for political feuds and scandalous news stories, and voila! Even better, hire the Kardashians as your news anchors and bingo, bango, bongo you've got cable news! Your personal reality TV show disguised as informative broadcasting.

So, the next time you want a taste of workplace drama without leaving your couch, tune in to cable news! It's the gossip-filled, sensational, and sometimes downright ridiculous broadcast that makes your office seem like a serene sanctuary. Remember, in the world of cable news, truth may not always be stranger than fiction, but it's certainly more dramatic!

[progressivemillennial]

Experiments in Talking to Loved Ones About Watching Fox News

Someone close to me watches Fox News, and I've seen how it's made them dismissive, bitter, and resentful, hateful towards political enemies and the marginalized, and less well-informed. This really upset me. This person hasn't always been like this.

So I approached them about it and I told them that I value that they are a compassionate, kind, intelligent person and that I am worried that watching Fox News makes them less or all of those things, and I feel sad about it.

It was an effective approach. They eventually asked me what I knew about whether we could have a world government. They were genuinely concerned. I provided reassurance that we are not at risk of having a world government; just look around at all of the conflict in the world. It took incredible vulnerability and courage to ask me that. Trust was built through having that compassionate, patient, hard conversation.

If people you care for watch Fox News, don't give up on them. Keep trying to build a relationship with them and give them a safe space to talk about the world. With time, through empathy and listening and patience and providing new narratives to replace the reactionary programming they've been exposed to, we can make a difference in how the people we love see the world and how they show up in it.

Ultimately, we can't try to save people from Fox News or change them fundamentally, but we can help them live their values and be the beautiful people we know them to be, and no one becomes their best selves watching disingenuous, reactionary agit-prop.