Iwo achangobva kuburitswa akavanzika mameseji eFox News nyeredzi Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity naLaura Ingraham, Sachigaro weFox Rupert Murdoch, nevamwe vanoratidza izvo vazhinji vari kuruboshwe vakapokana kwemakore: kuti Fox inzvimbo yekuvaraidza, kwete network yenhau.
Iwo mameseji mameseji uye madhipatimendi, akaratidzwa muna Kukadzi 16 Kufaira zviri pamutemo, zvinonyatsoratidza kuti network yainyepera vaoni vayo kuti ive nani. Chii zvakare, mukaha uripo pakati pei Fox stars akadaro ari ega uye izvo zvavanotepfenyura zvinowedzera kune humbowo huri kukura hwekuti vanhu vari pamhepo venyeredzi zhinji dzekurudyi vanonyanya kuita.
Mashoko aya akaburitswa mudare nesangano reDominion Voting Systems, iro riri kumhanโarira Fox kwemadhora mabhiriyoni 1.6 mune sutu yekusvibisa zita. Dominion inotaura kuti Fox akaita hutsinye nekufambisa zvikamu zvakatenderedza kambani inobira sarudzo dzeMutungamiri Joe Biden. Mafirita anofumura zvinhu zviviri zvakakosha: kuti vakuru veFox vaiziva kuti zvakabiwa naDonald Trump zvesarudzo zvaive zvenhema nepo network ichiramba ichisundira zvichemo izvozvo; uye vaiziva kuti kutaura chokwadi kwaizokuvadza ratings.
Mukaha uripo pakati pezvakataurwa neFox stars pachivande nezvavanotepfenyura unowedzera humbowo huri kukura hunoratidza kuti vanhu vari pamhepo venyeredzi zhinji dzebapiro rekurudyi chiitiko.
Muna Chivabvu 2021, ndakanyora an article iyo yakapokana kuti vazhinji vane pesvedzero vanochengetedza vaongorori havana kunyatsotenda zvakawanda zvezvavakataura. Humbowo hwangu hwaibva pane zvakamanikidzirwa kubvumwa nenyanzvi idzi vachiri mumhiko. Alex Jones, semuenzaniso, akabvuma panguva yehondo yehusungwa kuti aingove "muimbi wekuridza," saka kutaura kwake pamhepo hakwaigona kushandiswa kumupikisa. Tucker Carlson naSidney Powell, gweta raTrump, vakakavadzana mudare kuti"hapana munhu anonzwisisaโ vanofanira kutenda zvavakatauraโkuti zvavakataura hazvifaniri kutorwa sechokwadi. Iwo mameseji ari muDominion faira anotsigira chinzvimbo ichi.
Zvinyorwa zvaCarlson zvinonyanya kuratidza. Sekureva kwemafaira, mazuva maviri mushure mesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya2020, Carlson akashatirwa kuti dhesiki resarudzo raFox ndiro raive rekutanga kudaidza Arizona yeBiden. Akanyorera mugadziri wake mameseji kuti: โTakashanda nesimba kuti tigadzire zvatinazvo. Iwo mahuckers ari kukanganisa kuvimbika kwedu. " Chiteshi chenhau chiri pamutemo, chokwadi, chingava nehanya nekupa chokwadi chakakosha kuvaoni pane kunyima ruzivo rwechokwadi nekutya kuderedzwa.
Nezvekubirirwa kwevavhoti kwaVaTrump, mameseji akaburitswa mumafaira anoratidza kuti Tucker "akabvuma 'kuti pakanga pasina hutsotsi hwakakwana hwekuchinja zvakabuda."Akatorawo gweta raTrump, Powell, uyo akati paFox kuti michina yeDominion yakachinja mavhoti kubva kunaTrump kuenda kuBiden, "munhu anopenga" aive "ane njodzi segehena."
Kune mimwe mienzaniso yakawanda yehunyengeri muDominion faira. Murdoch pachake akadana hutsotsi hwesarudzo hunoti "zvinhu zvinopenga chaizvo." Ingraham, achinyora nezvaPowell naRudy Giuliani, vakasundirawo zvichemo, akati "Sidney inyuchi yakakwana. Hapana achashanda naye. Ndizvozvo naRudy."
Nehurombo, isu tinorarama muzera iro network yenhau uye nhau inoratidza zvinotarisirwa kuita pundutso. Saka zvine musoro kuti vashandi veaya manetwork vangave nehanya nezve ratings. Asi kana kunetseka pamusoro pezviyero uye pundutso kwarira kuzvipira kutaura chokwadi, saka haifanirwe kutariswa seti yenhau.
Fox atove nenhoroondo inokahadzika sesangano renhau. Muna 2012, a kudzidza naFairleigh Dickinson University vakawana kuti vanhu vaingoona Fox News vaiziva zvishoma nezvenyika pane vanhu vasina kuona nhau zvachose. Uye muna Kubvumbi apfuura, a kudzidza nemapurofesa maviri eUC Berkeley vakawana kuti vaoni veFox vakaziviswa zviri nani pavakachinjira kuCNN kwemazuva makumi matatu.
Tichifunga zvese izvi, munhu anofanira kugumisa kuti Fox haisi yepamutemo nhau network. "Asi zviyero zvayo zvakakwirira kudarika vakwikwidzi vayo," vazhinji vanopikisa. Imhaka yekuti Fox apedza makore makumi maviri neshanu achivaka "brand" yakabudirira. Asi iyo brand ine chii? Vangori vevaraidzo uye vanotora mukana vanozviputira ivo pachavo mumureza weAmerica sezvavanopisa manzwiro evaoni vavo uye kuvapa maonero epasirese avanototenda mazviri-zvisinei nezvechokwadi.
Iyi column yakagadzirirwa Progressive Perspectives, iyo inotungamirirwa nemagazini inonzi The Progressive, uye inoparadzirwa neTribune News Service.
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