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Category Archives: Fox
The Anthropology of Sean Hannity
In his 2018 book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities, John J. Mearsheimer wrote: My view is that we are profoundly social beings from the start to the finish of our lives and that individualism is of secondary … Continue reading
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The Anthropology of Fox News
In his 2018 book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities, John J. Mearsheimer wrote: My view is that we are profoundly social beings from the start to the finish of our lives and that individualism is of secondary … Continue reading
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The Intonation of Fox News Anchor Bret Baier
Bret Baier (b. 1970) sounds natural. While Scott Pelley performs gravity and David Muir performs urgency and heart, Baier performs neutrality, and the neutrality has its own sound such as the careful withholding of the vocal moves that would betray … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The Fox News Iran War Coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are lighting up the Fox News studios, the prime-time war rooms, the D.C. bureau, and the Jerusalem embed teams right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear sites turned to rubble, … Continue reading
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The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Authority at Fox News
Hosts, executives, producers, and on-air talent at Fox News do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking patriotic, anti-elite, and truth-telling languages that frame their claims as fidelity to fair and balanced journalism, loyalty … Continue reading
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Decoding Fox News & The Iran War
I want to break down how Fox News is covering the Iran war and what that says about its coalitional positioning and narrative choices, per Alliance Theory. 1. Strong alignment with hawkish, national-security coalition Fox News consistently frames the Iran … Continue reading
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Rupert Murdoch vs The Establishment
I’m reading the new Gabriel Sherman book, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family –– and the World, and it seems like a case study in Alliance Theory, elite … Continue reading
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The Fox News Trajectory
Alliance Theory would see Fox News not as a media company that “shifted right,” but as an alliance organ that evolved as the Republican coalition itself was reconfigured, and that now survives by continually renegotiating its position inside a volatile … Continue reading
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Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter
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The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty
Here are some highlights from this hilarious 2023 book by Michael Wolff: * Someone was gay, Murdoch was saying to a few friends — really, his wife’s friends — who had joined him at the patio table in St. Barts. … Continue reading
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