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Blackvegetable » 08 Jul 2024, 11:53 am » wrote: ↑

08 Jul 2024, 11:53 am

“Fox has a business model with an inherent contradiction, which is that they amass this huge audience by giving them what they want – and what they want is rightwing propaganda and bigotry and conspiracy theories,” Gertz said.

 “But they monetize that audience through business partners – with advertisers and cable carriers – who do not necessarily want to be associated with that sort of thing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/ ... son-firing

LMAO!  Here is that passage with the paragraph preceding it. Media Matters?  You gotta be kidding me. You are an idiot.

When it comes to those negotiations, Carlson’s departure could be a blessing and a curse, said Matt Gertz, a senior fellow at Media Matters.

 “Fox has a business model with an inherent contradiction, which is that they amass this huge audience by giving them what they want – and what they want is rightwing propaganda and bigotry and conspiracy theories,” Gertz said.