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    A Quickie Theory On the Side-Topic of Fox News' Chyron "Slip-Ups"

    By azpaull on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 8:34pm |

    I skimmed a few discussions on a couple of sites about Fox News and its repeated "slip-ups" on labeling R's who (humanly) slip-up on the family values, and I've participated in similar discussions in the past.  

    A frequent comment seems to be disbelief that Fox News holds its fans in such low regard that it thinks it can buffalo them on things like this.  However, my theory - which I have not seen expressed today - is that the network is not trying to fool the faithful.  Rather, it knows that it is on a lot of TVs in a lot of public places WITH THE SOUND DOWN, with a lot of people just happening to read the scrolls.  (Today alone, I "read" Fox News at the gym, the bank, and the grocery store - how about you?)

    (Who knows?  If they plant a (false) image in just a few people's minds each time they do this... they just might help the R's lose one less seat in the next election!!!  <half-sarcastic>)

    Thoughts?