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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

“I watched Fox News for a week… here’s what I found out.”

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Fox News is regularly criticised for being sensationalist, full of conspiracies and obsessed with Trump. But, what’s it like if you really watch it for hours on end? Jacob Jarvis did just that and he talked to Dan Cassino, a political scientist at Fairleigh Dickinson University and author of: Fox News and American Politics: How One Channel Shapes American Politics and Society, about what he saw. What is the channel, which has been America’s most watched cable news station for twenty years, really all about?      • “What’s happened over the years to Fox News is it’s turned into something akin to a celebrity gossip magazine.” – Dan Cassino  • “If you come to the US Fox News is on wherever you are and that’s how it’s meant to be consumed… with about 30% of your brain.” – Dan Cassino  • “We’re still living in the world that Fox News Created.” – Dan Cassino    We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit.     Support us on Patreon.   Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Artwork by Jim Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

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I loved going to college.

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1:13.7

go viral enough to make their way to my social media feed. These are usually

1:17.9

inflammatory, conspiratorial about Donald Trump or a mixture of all free, which made me believe like I'm sure many of us do that that sums up Fox News as a whole,

1:28.0

inflammatory, conspiratorial and obsessed with Trump. I wanted to know the reality of the channel, so for the last week I've decided to watch Fox News

1:36.1

with a little more attention to try and find out what it's really all about.

1:40.6

I'm Jacob Jarvis and joining me in the bunker to discuss this is Dan Kacino, Professor of Government

1:45.2

and Politics of Fairly Dickinson University, an author of Fox News and American politics how one channel

1:50.5

shapes American politics and society.

1:53.1

Dan, welcome back to the bunker.

1:54.7

Oh, my pleasure, thanks for having me.

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