Friday, December 03, 2010

On Fox Tonigh: "The Resentment News"

On Fox, the news exists in order to generate controversy. And controversy exists in order to generate resentment. And the resentment is what generates ratings. So this is my most concise idea about Fox: we should consider it “resentment news.” I think that’s the genre in which it trades…

Jay Rosen, “Resentment News (and More Blondes Per Square Foot): Explaining What Fox News Channel Is”

Predetermined narratives for the willfully ignorant.

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