Right wing talk radio shows are rightfully getting hammered--so a deeper incite into FOX News is also coming into light.
Caller to Limbaugh Show Exposes That Rush Knows He Blew It with Donald Trump
http://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-media-trump-drudge-coulter-2016-
"Yet such is the power of Fox fame that I’ve seen with my own eyes conservative leaders alter their message and public priorities in response to Fox’s demands. “Fox isn’t interested” is a statement that often shuts down conversations and ends public campaigns before they begin, because if Fox is interested, the conversation never ends. Ever wonder why conservatives talk so much about Benghazi almost four full years after the vast majority of the key facts of that tragic engagement became clear? Because Fox remains interested.
I’m not ascribing nefarious motives to Fox executives. They know their audience and they play to it. Conservative leaders and conservative politicians should likewise be savvy enough to know the limitations of the network’s reach: It doesn’t speak to a majority; it speaks to a bubble. But such is the allure of the community within the bubble that a person can’t help but walk through its gates.
The result is a world in which many individual conservatives just keep failing up. Fox is the place where you can nurse grievances over failed arguments. It’s the place where you can make money after failed campaigns. Do you wonder why the GOP had 17 presidential primary candidates? In part because there were actually two primary contests — the race for the nomination and the auditions for Fox.
In 2008, Mike Huckabee won by losing — not by making a strong electoral showing and positioning himself for the next contest, but rather by demonstrating enough charisma to land his own show on Fox. Here was a form of victory through continued influence and enhanced fame. If you couldn’t win the election, you could still be a contributor. You could still write a book. You might even get a show. So why not run? You’d probably lose the election, but you might gain a time slot."
The Drive to Become ‘Fox News Famous’ Hurts the Right
Now it makes sense. I have always wondered why there was an unprecedented 17 GOP candidates to run against one woman. Typically the GOP will put up 3 to 6 candidates. There were even repeat offenders on the stage (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum & Rick Perry.) Most of them knew they didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination, they were there to audition for FOX News. The accidental nominee, (Donald Trump) became the nominee of the party--primarily because there were too GOP candidates in this race.
Donald Trump the ACCIDENTAL nominee
Caller to Limbaugh Show Exposes That Rush Knows He Blew It with Donald Trump
http://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-media-trump-drudge-coulter-2016-
"Yet such is the power of Fox fame that I’ve seen with my own eyes conservative leaders alter their message and public priorities in response to Fox’s demands. “Fox isn’t interested” is a statement that often shuts down conversations and ends public campaigns before they begin, because if Fox is interested, the conversation never ends. Ever wonder why conservatives talk so much about Benghazi almost four full years after the vast majority of the key facts of that tragic engagement became clear? Because Fox remains interested.
I’m not ascribing nefarious motives to Fox executives. They know their audience and they play to it. Conservative leaders and conservative politicians should likewise be savvy enough to know the limitations of the network’s reach: It doesn’t speak to a majority; it speaks to a bubble. But such is the allure of the community within the bubble that a person can’t help but walk through its gates.
The result is a world in which many individual conservatives just keep failing up. Fox is the place where you can nurse grievances over failed arguments. It’s the place where you can make money after failed campaigns. Do you wonder why the GOP had 17 presidential primary candidates? In part because there were actually two primary contests — the race for the nomination and the auditions for Fox.
In 2008, Mike Huckabee won by losing — not by making a strong electoral showing and positioning himself for the next contest, but rather by demonstrating enough charisma to land his own show on Fox. Here was a form of victory through continued influence and enhanced fame. If you couldn’t win the election, you could still be a contributor. You could still write a book. You might even get a show. So why not run? You’d probably lose the election, but you might gain a time slot."
The Drive to Become ‘Fox News Famous’ Hurts the Right
Now it makes sense. I have always wondered why there was an unprecedented 17 GOP candidates to run against one woman. Typically the GOP will put up 3 to 6 candidates. There were even repeat offenders on the stage (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum & Rick Perry.) Most of them knew they didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination, they were there to audition for FOX News. The accidental nominee, (Donald Trump) became the nominee of the party--primarily because there were too GOP candidates in this race.
Donald Trump the ACCIDENTAL nominee
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