Original Air Date 10/27/2021
Today we take a look at some of the ways that 25 years of Fox News has reshaped our media and political landscape. Crucially, understanding Fox isn't just about their influence on their conservative viewers but how they manage to hack the political conversation for the rest of us.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The War On Fox Is Over - The Young Turks - Air Date 12-22-13
Archive clip from A parody of itself (Media) - Best of the Left - Archives - Air Date 2-17-14
Ch. 2: Losing Relatives to Fox News - You're Wrong About - Air Date 12-7-20
Mike tells Sarah what makes older Americans more vulnerable to misinformation — and who is delivering it to them.
Ch. 3: Kevin Drum on how Fox 'News' broke America - The Bradcast - Air Date 9-17-21
Data journalist and longtime Mother Jones columnist KEVIN DRUM explains his exhaustive analysis of the madness of this political moment, and how and why we arrived at it. The Right has seemingly gone mad due to the spread of conspiracy theories.
Ch. 4: You're watching Fox News. You just don't know it. - Vox - Air Date 5-24-19
Fox News was created to push right-wing nonsense to the mainstream, and now there’s no escape.
Ch. 5: Conspiracy Network OAN 90% Funded by AT&T - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 10-7-21
Right wing conspiracy network OAN turns out to be 90% funded by AT&T
Ch. 6: How Fox News Made Every Moment of the Last 25 Years Worse - The New Abnormal - Air Date 10-7-21
Yes, it’s been 25 years since Fox News came on the air—25 years of “refracting the absolute most absurd and destructive and deadly disinformation and misinformation from the right wing fever swamps,” Carusone tells co-hosts Molly and Jesse.
Ch. 7: What 25 Years Of Fox News Poison Have Done To America - All In - Air Date 10-8-21
Chris Hayes marks 25 years of dangerous lies from Fox News: “There is a direct pipeline from what appears on Fox News to the absolute worst manifestations, worst behavior, worst elements of our politics and society.”
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 8: Former Fox News Reporter Tells All - David Pakman Show - Air Date 2-05-13
Archive clip from Ridiculing Fox isn't just fun, it's important (Media) - Best of the Left - Archives - Air Date 2-28-13
Ch. 9: The biggest difference between Trump and Nixon is Fox News - Impeachment, Explained - Air Date 11-8-19
Nicole Hemmer, the brilliant historian of conservative media, joins to discuss how Fox News and the larger conservative media-verse protects Trump but also lures him into disaster.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on the multi-decade victim mentality of conservatives about the media
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: A slightly distorted Fox News logo sits askew at the center of a hypnotic spiral.
Credits: “Fox News” by Johnny Silvercloud, Flickr | License | Changes: Added hypnotic swirl background, cropped, faded edges || Hypnosis Spiral via Pixabay
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#1550 Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born
#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
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#1548 The War on Woke Pits the GOP Against Their Usual Allies in Big Business
#1547 Shaping the Future of the Internet
#1546 Exist, Resist, Indigenize, Decolonize: A story of colonialism, cultural renaissance and modernity
#1466 The Faustian Bargain of Technological Advancement and Societal Degradation (Repost)
Bonus Sample #265 The Laughter to Darkness Ratio
#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
#1544 Block History Month: The Campaign to Erase Uncomfortable Truths About Black History
#1543 Capitalism doesn't live up to the hype
#1542 Despair and violence in Israel's illiberal and exclusionary "democracy"
Bonus Sample #264 How To Talk About The Super Bowl
#1541 Tear down paradise and put up a dystopian police state (Cop City)
#1540 The Grift of Life (Scam Culture™ and the Economy it has built)
Bonus Sample #263 Capitalism Culture and System Failure
#1539 Stolen Children is Stolen History, Heritage, and Culture (Indian Child Welfare Act)
#1538 Authoritarian Coup Attempts Around the World
#1461 Neoliberalism is Hanging on for Dear Life in Changing Times (Repost)
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