If the UK had had Fox News for the past 25 yrs , would British people be just as stupid ?

When I first started getting into politics, my brother who was 20 years older than me, read two newspapers, and I questioned why. The city we lived in had a paper called the Star and a paper called the Exponent. He had me read an article from the Star, and then an article on the same subject from the Exponent. One was a liberal slant and the other was the conservative slant of the same issue. He told me, "No matter where you get your news from, they are lying to you, you have to read and think about both sides of any argument." This was around 1973 or 1974. In my opinion the truthfulness of media outlets has diminished since I asked that question so many years ago.

I think at the end of the day it depends on the audience and recipient. Just because I read something, doesn't mean I will believe it. Sometimes I like to read the news on the other side, just to know how they think. It doesn't make me one of them.

Idk about the UK but down here it's called "Mediaset".

And the answer is yes

Fox news is not a news program but a political activism advertisement.

One media outlet does not make people stupid. In a healthy democracy people should be free to seek news fromwhere they wish . . and hopefully to come to the conclusion that Fox News and the Daily Mail are entertainment products that rarely aspire to objective, impartial journalism.

UK has had Murdoch media for long enough to be stupid enough to support Brexit and consistently vote in a government that mismanages and hands over assets to the wealthy by the truckload.

I mean they already have Sky News.

The same goes for CNN, Do you agree ?

It's occurred to me before that the existence of Fox News (and the openly liberal networks as well) is an offshoot from the USA's roughly 50/50 split between two major political parties, and also its freedom of press.

That's a rare combination really, it can only happen in a democracy, and even in most democracies the split between parties is either lopsided or divided into more than two major factions. And most countries may have freedom of press but culturally people are more restrained, especially in societies previously dominated by monarchy like the UK.

So I don't think it's so much a case of a population being dumber or smarter as much as it is how over-the-top the partisan media elements are allowed to go without turning off the moderate voters

{@rodionromanovitch] 😆 do you mean would they be brain washed by fox and there political bias . well too be honest the british people can be as feeble minded when they believe some of the political nonsense in some of the tabloids

Just as stupid as who, please?

Of course they would, they watch a soap that has been running for 60 years and still believe it’s true
Recent events show they are totally brainwashed sheep

You may or may not know this because you live in France now but we now have a channel called GB News that models itself on Fox. It's had a lot of problems and low ratings but it might take off yet.

I think its struggling because the media class exaggerate the cultural conservatism of the UK and also that our print media being so rightwing fills that market anyway.

Well Brits have been groomed by the BBC so..... Sadly all media has a bias and an agenda. Singling one out just shows that you are ignorant of your own bias.

I call it «Fuck news»
Because «It gives you fuck all news»

Thank You, Lord, for Fox News. All the other networks do nothing but run DNC talking points and kiss Democrat bottom.

I wish Biden was our priminister things would be soo much better for everyone.

We did have Fox news but Sky kicked them off!

They would be stupid to even watch such crap!

British women seem to be pretty well dialed in

The world’s media, owned by six corporations, They must realise how much they can easily manipulate people, or should I say the sheeple ?

Lol they’d still watch the BBC!!

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You mean we're not stupid??? We've had our fair share of fuck ups over recent years, too... Brexit, Covid19 over reaction (no, I'm not a Covid denier - but I accept that some of the measures were unnecessary, like the unused tents), Boris Johnson and Liz Truss...

TBH, our print media is much worse than the US version, as I'm sure you know.

If you want to look at how Brexit happened and how Liz Truss is PM, look no further.

I don't think so. there are cultural-historical differences. Then again they did go for Brexit.

Sky news is pretty much the same thing.

ahahah my ex watches everything on CNN
I watch Fox News on youtube

it is not available in canada

Vous etes en France ? quelle chaine regardez vous ?

…. As Americans? That’s hard to ever imagine.

They would, and they have.

Unlikely

Well they got Brexit with just the Daily Mail and The Sun ... and they're still bending over happily for monarchy ... I dunno how much I Truss them ...