Why is Fox so obsessed with porn and sex?

[mudwhistle]

I guess MSNBC's cast of talking geys isn't testing too well.....

 

[airplanemechanic]

It's normal for men to be attracted to women. Except on MSNBC.

That's because the women on MSNBC look like men! LOL

 

[HenryBHough]

It IS working.

If you believe FOX detractors then every conservative was already watching FOX 24/7.

Yet the FOX numbers grow - making it clear that more and more liberals are starting to watch FOX. The rate of ratings growth suggests that, in about five years, there will be no liberals left who are not devoting their pitiful "lives" to sitting angrily in front of the screen they won't turn off.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Media observers have not missed the preponderance of titillating and sexually suggestive content that permeates so much of the Fox News broadcast day. The on-air personalities who are young, blonde women far outnumber their ratio of the population at large. Ironically Fox has a program called “Outnumbered” that features four young female co-hosts. And no cable “news” network has done more segments than Fox on Hooters and spring break and hot teachers who seduce the boys in their classrooms.



Fox’s women exclusively wear short skirts and it has been reported that they have been ordered by management to do so. Gabriel Sherman wrote in his biography of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, “The Loudest Voice In The Room,” that Ailes has repeatedly given direction to his staff regarding the display of female body parts. Furthermore, NPR’s media reporter David Folkenflik was told by knowledgeable sources about the Fox News “Leg Cam” that “goes directly for the legs.” And when host Megyn Kelly was interviewed by GQ (with an accompanying, and revealing, pictorial), she was asked about her own “glass table that shows off your legs.” She responded that “Well, It’s a visual business. People want to see the anchor.” That must be why Sean Hannity struts across the stage in those fuck-me pumps.


A new study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior sheds some light on why Fox features so much skin. The study found that “American states that identify as more religious and conservative are also more apt to search for sex online.” The researchers concluded that in parts of the country where sexuality is suppressed by religious tradition, there is a pent up demand for that forbidden fruit.


While the study is an interesting window into the lascivious psyche of conservative America, it also helps to explain the decisions by Fox News programmers. As a network devoted to a staunchly right-wing, Christian audience, much of their viewership comes from the states that this study identifies as porn fiends. Consequently, Fox is catering to the demands of their audience. No doubt Fox’s marketing executives figured out a long time ago what this study is affirming more scientifically.


Additionally, at 69 years, Fox’s viewers er … voyeurs skew much older than their competitors. So what we have here is an audience of bible-thumping, Tea Partying, leches who are cooped up in rural communities that look askance at prurient interests. Thus, Fox becomes their source of gratification for both erotic and political arousal. And make no mistake, the obsessive nature of Fox’s concentration on tabloid thrill-fiction like Benghazi and Obama’s birth certificate is the news equivalent of porn. It is presented with a lustful glee and repeated ad nauseam.


The jackpot for Fox, and their audience, comes when Fox can manage to combine porn and politics. An example of that occurred this morning in a segment on Fox & Friends that reported on a man who was acquitted for taking “upskirt” photographs. This gave the program an excuse to show sexy pictures and talk about the decadence of liberalism. One guest even provided justification for the lascivious proclivities of Fox’s viewers by blaming the victims in the case, saying that “These women made a conscious choice [...] to wear certain clothes that day, and some of their body parts were the public domain.” That is, in effect, a legal argument for Peeping Toms.

More at the link, including links to the study and more.

Not surprising that the rabid RW Peeping Toms (you know you are) here are so weird about the subject.

True. Could be worse/better though (depending on whether you like attractive women or not.) Russia does em stark naked I think.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Thinking of Krauthammer, they're obviously not using a similar policy for men. Except Andy Levy, Gutfeld's sidekick. He's cute.

 

[Mad Scientist]

You know how I know you're gay?

 

[Dot Com]

becasuse their largest demographic is 60+ yr old, white, male fossils WillowTree

 

[HenryBHough]

'Mornin, Dotty....

Good to see you were able to tear yo'self away from FOX long enough to greet us all this fine day!

 

[Dot Com]

'Mornin, Dotty....

Good to see you were able to tear yo'self away from FOX long enough to greet us all this fine day!

I may be old(erish) in Spirit but I'm built like a brick **** house

 

[Delta4Embassy]

You know how I know you're gay?

Me? Uh because I've never concealed it? Am bisexual in point of fact, but gay as anybody if seeing a guy.