Why NOT to vote Republican

[frugal-one]

I was simply pointing out that if Air America had been parody, it may have survived since regular liberal themed programming couldn't generate enough interest to continue. 10 or 12 hours of continuous grievance and republican bashing each day needs to at least be entertaining.

I find nothing entertaining about the current “republican” party. You are reaching WAY back to reference Air America… not relevant to today.

[JaneV2.0]

Air America, unfortunately, didn't have rich donors who carried it for years before it caught on, like--say--Fox News. Fortunately, most of its on-air talent broadcast on Progressive Voices and/or Sirius.

[LDAHL]

Air America, unfortunately, didn't have rich donors who carried it for years before it caught on, like--say--Fox News. Fortunately, most of its on-air

talent broadcast on Progressive Voices and/or Sirius.

As far as I know, the only “rich donor” Fox had at it’s inception was it’s parent corporation, and they expected a return on their investment. Do you have any evidence to the contrary?

[jp1]

And what a wildly successful investment it has been. Who would have guessed that less than 30 years later it would have helped to so thoroughly corrupt the Republican Party to the point that a president from that party would attempt a deadly serious attempt to overthrow the government, and then more than 50% of the party’s voters and politicians would still process support for that traitor. And perhaps even more appalling, that most of the voters from that party who weren’t in favor of overthrowing the government would shrug it off with a ‘who gives a shit’ I’ll keep voting for them even if it means voting for one of the traitors who was an active participant. Like Ron Johnson.

[LDAHL]

And what a wildly successful investment it has been. Who would have guessed that less than 30 years later it would have helped to so thoroughly corrupt the Republican Party to the point that a president from that party would attempt a deadly serious attempt to overthrow the government, and then more than 50% of the party’s voters and politicians would still process support for that traitor. And perhaps even more appalling, that most of the voters from that party who weren’t in favor of overthrowing the government would shrug it off with a ‘who gives a shit’ I’ll keep voting for them even if it means voting for one of the traitors who was an active participant. Like Ron Johnson.

Well they have been able to build an audience and survive without handouts. They’ve also done pretty well against competitors trying to outfox them from the right like OAN, as well as competitors seeking to become the antifox from the left like MSNBC or CNN.

I think that of the cable news networks (all of whose influence is greatly exaggerated), they do the best job of segregating news (especially business news) from opinion, which may be why you see Fox in so many waiting rooms.

I could see how someone of a certain political persuasion would seek to assign them totemic significance.

[ApatheticNoMore]

I hear a great deal of people have given up Fox for OAN and the like due to Trump. So yea that's where many are actually getting their news.

[jp1]

Fox in waiting rooms? Tell me you’ve never been to coastal California without telling me you’ve never been to coastal California. Lol.

[LDAHL]

I hear a great deal of people have given up Fox for OAN and the like due to Trump. So yea that's where many are actually getting their news.

Couldn’t be that many, based on viewership. Although I have heard hardcore Trumpers have been abandoning Fox for not being Trumpy enough. And OAN took a major revenue hit when DirectTV dropped them. But even mighty first place Fox only gets 2-3 million viewers in prime time. I doubt cable news is the influence people believe it to be. More like an echo chamber people turn to for bias confirmation.

[LDAHL]

Fox in waiting rooms? Tell me you’ve never been to coastal California without telling me you’ve never been to coastal California. Lol.

Maybe that’s another quality of life reason so many people are fleeing California.

[jp1]

Maybe that’s another quality of life reason so many people are fleeing California.

You may be on to something. Perhaps I should start a movement among democrats in the Central Valley to change the waiting room tv stations to see if we could drive more republicans to Idaho and wherever else they have fled to.