productised rage and its discontents
The insight on which the fortune of Fox News was based is that a lot of people enjoy being angry (or at least, behave as if they do, which is all you need from a commerical point of view). And that there are some people who have a talent in making an audience angry in the same way that comedians are good at making them laugh.
I would add that Fox want's it's audience to be afraid too.
They were on it today.
The top two headlines on FoxNews.com from 12/24/2023, as of 8:30am.
A Godless dictator coming after Christmas, bibles, and Jesus along with screams that our economy is about to crash.
But the Godless Dictator is a friend of Trump (?) and from a few days ago, the US economist featured is a constant crash predictor.
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