I agree. But what do we actually do about it? That narrative took off like lightening across the social medial landscape. How do we combat this? Merely commenting on their social media posts doesn't seem to have any impact. We need something better. What is it?
Fox is well-financed and benefits from the current media ecosystem. For example, it gets money from cable TV whether viewers want it or not. If you're a cable subscriber, complain and ask your provider to make Fox optional, not basic. Enough pressure and they might do it, eventually. Confront any attempt to confer legitimacy on Fox News. I did that with an article for Harvard's Nieman Lab about how journalism schools are still acting like Fox is legit, https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/why-journalism-schools-wont-quit-fox-news/
I agree. But what do we actually do about it? That narrative took off like lightening across the social medial landscape. How do we combat this? Merely commenting on their social media posts doesn't seem to have any impact. We need something better. What is it?
Fox is well-financed and benefits from the current media ecosystem. For example, it gets money from cable TV whether viewers want it or not. If you're a cable subscriber, complain and ask your provider to make Fox optional, not basic. Enough pressure and they might do it, eventually. Confront any attempt to confer legitimacy on Fox News. I did that with an article for Harvard's Nieman Lab about how journalism schools are still acting like Fox is legit, https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/why-journalism-schools-wont-quit-fox-news/