(June 29, 2011 at 12:48 am)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, like I said, just an opinion. I suppose I'm more inclined to believe that a for-profit found a niche and met the demand for the product.
This is exactly what happened and Rupert Murdoch has done this in several countries. He then hired Roger Ailes as president, who is an ultra conservative, true believing, cocksucker to create an illusion of legitimacy.
Rhythm Wrote:I grew up in the deep south, surrounded by born again christians and conservatives. I've heard the "Did you hear that -insert ridiculous "news" here- thing for as long as I can remember. Which is all I hear when I watch Fox. Just saying that the pulse was already there.
Sure the pulse was always there, which is why Murdoch pounced. Fox News though gives these people what they feel are legitimate reasons to hold onto their crazy beliefs. What was once dismissed as wholly ludicrous and insane is now being broadcast as credible.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
