The Truth Is Out There — Fox Viewers Don’t Care

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[JRTurner]

Hateful in what way? Who do you believe is promoting hate?

Fox News uses the word 'hate' much more than MSNBC or CNN

The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing of the news can lead Fox viewers to see the world as us versus them.

theconversation.com

Fox and hate​

For our study, we analyzed 1,088 program transcripts from the two ideologically branded channels – right-wing Fox and left-wing MSNBC – between 6 p.m. and 10:59 p.m.

Because polarized media diets contribute to partisan conflict, our quantitative analysis identified terms indicating antipathy or resentment, such as “dislike,” “despise,” “can’t stand” and “hate.”

We expected to find that both of the strongly ideological networks made use of such words, perhaps in different ways. Instead, we found that Fox used antipathy words five times more often than MSNBC. “Hate” really stood out: It appeared 647 times on Fox, compared to 118 on MSNBC.

Fox usually pairs certain words alongside “hate.” The most notable was “they” – as in, “they hate.” Fox used this phrase 101 times between January and May. MSNBC used it just five times.

To put these findings in historic context, we then used the GDELT Television database to search for occurrences of the phrase “they hate” on both networks going back to 2009. We included CNN for an additional comparison.

We found Fox’s usage of “they hate” has increased over time, with a clear spike around the polarizing 2016 Trump-Clinton election. But Fox’s use of “hate” really took off when Trump’s presidency began. Beginning in January 2017, the mean usage of “they hate” on the network doubled.

‘Us’ versus ‘them’​

So who is doing all this hating – and why – according to Fox News?

Mainly, it’s Democrats, liberals, political elites and the media. Though these groups do not actually have the same interests, ideology or job description, our analysis finds Fox lumps them together as the “they” in “they hate.”

 

[it's just me]

Do you eat fish?
If so, do you eat the bones, the scales, and the fins or are you able to separate the meat?

This might be a little over the woke crowds heads....

 

[JRTurner]

This might be a little over the woke crowds heads....

Hey! I liked my "tainted meat" reply

 

[Ouroboros]

Fox News uses the word 'hate' much more than MSNBC or CNN

The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing of the news can lead Fox viewers to see the world as us versus them.

theconversation.com

Fox and hate​

For our study, we analyzed 1,088 program transcripts from the two ideologically branded channels – right-wing Fox and left-wing MSNBC – between 6 p.m. and 10:59 p.m.

Because polarized media diets contribute to partisan conflict, our quantitative analysis identified terms indicating antipathy or resentment, such as “dislike,” “despise,” “can’t stand” and “hate.”

We expected to find that both of the strongly ideological networks made use of such words, perhaps in different ways. Instead, we found that Fox used antipathy words five times more often than MSNBC. “Hate” really stood out: It appeared 647 times on Fox, compared to 118 on MSNBC.

Fox usually pairs certain words alongside “hate.” The most notable was “they” – as in, “they hate.” Fox used this phrase 101 times between January and May. MSNBC used it just five times.

To put these findings in historic context, we then used the GDELT Television database to search for occurrences of the phrase “they hate” on both networks going back to 2009. We included CNN for an additional comparison.

We found Fox’s usage of “they hate” has increased over time, with a clear spike around the polarizing 2016 Trump-Clinton election. But Fox’s use of “hate” really took off when Trump’s presidency began. Beginning in January 2017, the mean usage of “they hate” on the network doubled.

‘Us’ versus ‘them’​

So who is doing all this hating – and why – according to Fox News?

Mainly, it’s Democrats, liberals, political elites and the media. Though these groups do not actually have the same interests, ideology or job description, our analysis finds Fox lumps them together as the “they” in “they hate.”

Being honest about the other side's promotion of hatred, particularly race hatred, is not in itself promoting hate.

I reference once more the Sanchez report on Ferguson, which in every paragraph justifies generalized race hatred as a response to a petty criminal's attempt to kill a policeman.

 

[JRTurner]

Being honest about the other side's promotion of hatred, particularly race hatred, is not in itself promoting hate.

I reference once more the Sanchez report on Ferguson, which in every paragraph justifies generalized race hatred as a response to a petty criminal's attempt to kill a policeman.

Why are you protecting Fox News? They are not a good source of non-partisan information. I think you know that.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Why are you protecting Fox News? They are not a good source of non-partisan information. I think you know that.

I don't think THEY know that. I mean, at some point, one has to come to the conclusion that Fox watchers are simply clueless.