Fox News is interchangeable with OAN, Newsmax, Breitbart, and [insert any right-wing white supremacist fascist Nazi broligarch grifting podcaster here].

I think we all kinda know that. The next question is harder: what's the response? For the sake of discussion, let's say Dems win the presidency and the house in 2028. What can be done to address the propaganda cult networks?

Here are some thoughts:

1. Full court press on conservative news:

• Modify how the press pool operates. Like Hegseth but legal and not dumb.
• Election law violations. Directing and collusion with campaigns (think PAC vs Super PAC).
• Insider trading law violations. The market manipulation is apparent.
• FCC Fair Time rule. If they want to play that way, let's play.
• Anti-trust. Break up Sinclair.

2. Address the misinfo directly while avoiding "Ministry of Truth" vibes. Get lower ranking Dems on the news networks BUT

• Very publicly establish fair ground rules for on air discussions. Break the rules and the topic now becomes why the host is a propo shill
• Do a better job of getting lower ranking Dems together and being on the same page. GOP knows how to close ranks. We have a higher purpose.

3. Put. Them. In. Jail.

• Why is this so fucking hard.

I'm not confused by them, just disgusted.

I’ve often thought about what you suggest, spending a day watching Fox News - to gain more of a wholistic perspective on what this sect of the country is digesting. It’ll be an exercise in restraint and patience for me personally, however there’s this part of me that already knows what their coverage is like and I fear it’ll be a waste of time.

I spent about a month last year completely mired in conservative streams, for the same reason mentioned above. It was fucking awful and toxic, and it was also very informative with respect to how these people view this country. To consider any of their ideology one needs to suspend reality and most if not everything learned about history and government. I’ve never seen or felt so much fear, anger, and hatred as I did during this time. (From them and within myself)

Essentially I feel I went into it backwards, I should have watched Fox News first and then went into the conservative streams (cause and effect). But to see the end result, how this stuff actually effects people, it was an eye opener that left me with little faith and even less trust in the naivety I once held - that these people are victims of manipulation and propaganda and simply need to educate themselves about the world in order to see it for what it is. Never again. This is a choice, and what is unfolding before us is only the beginning.

There is also a huge mostly ignored, Fascist Network in "religious" programming.

Try watching the 700 Club or anything on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Straight up White Nationalist Nazi propaganda running 24/7 completely unchallenged (likely tax free as well).

Why would I be wondering how 37% can support him, when it says 36%? 6 and 7 don't even look similar.

Keep in mind, Nixon had a 24% approval before resigning, this was before Fox news was even created to run propaganda for conservatives. Even without fox, roughly a quarter of the country will just never change their mind.

https://www.fisheaters.com/srpdf/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer-On_Stupidity.pdf

This unfortunately, Fox News needs to go

More than 10% of every population does stuff like that

Kick 'em out.

Just, uhh... don't send them to any of us. Maybe find a nice patch in the Pacific with 360 ocean views. Tell them it's got lots of space, no neighbours, and is tropical. All free, but BYO boats.

It's the same reason Trump got elected in the first place. These people absolutely don't care about doing the right thing. They either do exactly as they're told, or they are simply obsessed with winning. As long as their guy wins, they don't care what he does.

It's insane.

Because the only media they consume is Fox News or something even further right. Just spend an hour watching it and you'll understand why they live in a fantasy land.

I once heard it put this way. About a third of Americans will vote Republican, no matter what. About a third of Americans will vote Democratic, no matter what. What the last third does determines what happens.

Not specific to Trump or his approval rating, but I think that the general principle applies.

Religion.

To them it’s all about teams.

They root for the home team cause they believe it’s about identity instead of ideas.

The cold hard truth is that they want white nationalism at all costs

The reason that a lot of places are not doing this kind of polling is because these are done by polling land line phone numbers (if you call cell numbers you could get people anywhere in the world, if you call US landline numbers you get people who live in the US).

This method used to be perfectly okay when everyone had telephone service that comes through a wire, now that isn't the case. Because of this, there is inherent selection bias towards the kinds of people who would have land line phones (older people).

Not accurate, hands too big

what do you call the handling of COVID and the “don’t mask up it’s just the flu bro” policy, if not killing his own supporters?

He already has

His opponent was a woman. Of color.

/s if you need it.

Stealing taxpayer money? Eh at least a white guy does it. Doesn't do his job and just plays golf? Eh, that's so smart. Being a racist dictator? Good, actually. Raping children? Eh, that's someone's children. Bombing brown people? Good, nice. Gas prices go up? Wait a minute, now he does things that impact me directly? I'm gonna vote for him again, but boy oh boy.

I I mean if you subtract the 20 to 30% that vote Republican no matter what you’re basically there.

Sample sizes can fuck anything up, you see if they included me the sheer gravity of my distaste for that man would wreck the scale.

FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON AND RISING LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

plz end this man's horrible existence it's the main reason I don't believe in a god.

I'm not especially fussed about fuel prices myself, but when you consider that Trump ran in significant part on isolationism and reducing prices

and Americans are disproportionately sensitive to fuel prices

this is kind of heading about as hard as one possibly can in the opposite direction, if you consider multiple interventions abroad, tariffs driving up prices, and now the fuel supply cut.

If someone supported Trump based on those points, one imagines that they might not be entirely enthusiastic about the present state of affairs.

I'm convinced that ~30-35% of all living beings are complete and utter psychopaths, who are incapable of caring about anything that doesn't affect them on a personal basis. Literally a third of all people going about their lives with no empathy whatsoever. I wonder what the evolutionary purpose for this is...

I would wager that most of them have very low income and very low levels of education. The mega rich are less than 1% of the population, and use their money to misinform the gullible into voting against their own interests

I like swimming pools. I like food more though.