(December 10, 2012 at 11:08 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: I am still a bit "confused" when someone is trying to "shape" public opinion. Not that journalists, politicians and activists here dont publish their opinion, but they mostly underline that their goal is to start debate.
I think the main reason why left wing news is not catching on because it doesnt have a that big economic targeting group.
Fox concentrates on a certain group of 40 to endless year old white people, who mainly rely on TV for their source of news and are comfortable with having their own views constantly represented to them.
The group which MSNBC is trying to target is younger and uses far more diverse methods of gaining news, like for example the internet.
Aswell as they are less comfortabel with having their views constantly repeated to them and look for confrontation and discussion.
Picked that up in some journal some time ago.
My 'pushing' public opinion, I mean that they're trying to change public opinion and shape it and turn it into what they want it to be. Fox News has been EXTREMELY effective with that, but since the only people who watch Fox News or really take them seriously are people who are already hard-line Republicans, all it's done is push the Republican base from a moderate position to an extreme position.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
