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A Unified Theory of Rupert Murdock and Fox

I've always found it glaringly odd that what is transmitted from FOX NEWS CHANNEL can often be so much at odds with what is transmitted from the general Fox television programming network. I'm fully aware that both are nominally different entities in the sense they are different operating units. But it still gets me every time a social conservative or some nanny-state "fix society's culture" liberal get on there.

Because, while they are railling against open sexuality and consumerist mentalities, any number of shows deeply offensive to them are on the air:

  1. The Bernie Mac Show (consumerism)
  2. Cops (violence)
  3. Family Guy (just about everything)
  4. Quintuplets (shallow sexuality, crass)
  5. That '70's Show (drugs, overt sexuality)
  6. The Simpsons (just less than Family Guy)
  7. Method & Red (drugs, rampant consumerism)
  8. Totally Outrageous Behavior Caught on Tape (self-explanatory)
  9. The World's Craziest Videos (ditto)
  10. And all the various gimmick reality TV shows with gorgeous women, envelope-pushing relationship thems, etc.

But all along, I should have recognized what was happening in front of my nose.

TV trash sells.

So, since social trash sells, why shouldn't political trash?

It's all about the profits, isn't it Mr. Murdock?

*laughs at the obviousness of it all*

NOTE: I like Family Guy, The Simpsons, and That '70s Show. Just using them for reference!

Posted by drizzten on March 7, 2005 10:47 PM |

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