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Old 03-05-2011, 03:15 PM
 
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If so, one would have to assume that all people who watch FOX news are uneducated and incapable of forming their own opinions.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:16 PM
 
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If so, one would have to assume that all people who watch FOX news are uneducated and incapable of forming their own opinions.
Is it bad that I do assume that? That is, of course, a generalization.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:17 PM
 
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If so, one would have to assume that all people who watch FOX news are uneducated and incapable of forming their own opinions.
They have lots of viewers and as a result they influence those people and the people those people talk to. So yes. It is not as though people form their opinions in a vacuum.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:19 PM
 
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I watch Fox News but I watch other networks as well. Why would you assume that Fox News viewers don't watch other networks?
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:20 PM
 
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If so, one would have to assume that all people who watch FOX news are uneducated and incapable of forming their own opinions.
a good deal are, the rest just like the one sided slant and rabid propaganda fox serves up
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:21 PM
 
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If so, one would have to assume that all people who watch FOX news are uneducated and incapable of forming their own opinions.
Much like people assume liberals listen only to Michael Moore and do not form their own opinions.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:21 PM
 
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I watch Fox News but I watch other networks as well. Why would you assume that Fox News viewers don't watch other networks?
Who is assuming that? I think you are imputing an assumption that doesn't exist. Watching multiple news sources does not prevent you from being influenced by one, or all of them.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:22 PM
 
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Much like people assume liberals listen only to Michael Moore and do not form their own opinions.
I never assumed that.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:25 PM
 
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Who is assuming that? I think you are imputing an assumption that doesn't exist. Watching multiple news sources does not prevent you from being influenced by one, or all of them.
I misinterpreted your post to mean that people who watch Fox News are likely to adopt the Fox News Network agenda.
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Old 03-05-2011, 03:28 PM
 
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I misinterpreted your post to mean that people who watch Fox News are likely to adopt the Fox News Network agenda.
That is one possibility among many. More likely they will find some parts of the Fox News agenda convincing and modify, expand, or retrench their views, but disagree with other parts. As a result Fox News will have influenced and shaped their viewpoint.
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