How disconcerting and intellectually lazy and dishonest! It would seem that Fox viewers don't tune in because they believe the lies they are being fed. They tune in because those lies make them feel good as they confirm their bias so they can enjoy owning the libs and being "right" even though neither are actually occurring. They are willing to help destroy our country and other people's lies just so they can feel smug and secure. That puts a whole new spin on deplorable and uncaring. Not all that different than their take on Christianity; all the feel-good benefits without all that pesky loving others and helping them. We shouldn't forget that they were encouraged to think and feel this slothful way by the obscenely wealthy and the religious leaders who both use them without any concern for their welfare.

Don’t expect Fox’s ratings dip to be permanent
Amanda Marcotte's Articles at Salon.com https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_marcotte?

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"It’s actually quite remarkable how half the Fox News viewership refused to tune into the network in the aftermath of Tucker Carlson’s firing. It’s further proof that their audience has been radicalized by social media, enough to punish the network in lockstep for dropping the loudest white nationalist on the channel. Fox viewers really do, as the Dominion lawsuit also demonstrated, tune in to hear their conspiracy theories and bigotries validated, not because they mistake it for the news.

Still, that’s why I think this “boycott” is temporary. Fox, with its New York offices and high production value, puts a high status gloss on right wing bullshit that is badly spelled and formatted on social media. Right wing media junkies can only deprive themselves of that affirmation for so long. They’ll come slithering back, eager for those bright studio lights to reassure them that their bizarro world views are legitimate."

Excerpt from an opinion column and from a letter to the editor.
I suspect most of the people who are against "wokeism" don't even know what "woke" means, except that it makes them uncomfortable to be criticized for something they've never bothered to question or evolve beyond. Or, they are defending racism because they need their racist supporters' votes to win.

In defense of ‘wokeism’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/25/defending-wokeism/

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"The takeaway from the Feb. 22 front-page article “GOP leans into vague, expansive ‘wokeism’ ”: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) would not be where she is today without the “woke” women of the not-so-distant past. James Carville is spot-on, as always.

Kathleen Gerrity, Falls Church

The excellent article on “wokeism” pointed out the irony of language. Those who denigrate and ridicule the “woke” folks are prejudiced against those who are against prejudice. To be woke is to be intelligent and aware of social injustice. It appears that the conservatives who point out the dangers of “wokeism” are trying to win the votes of the uninformed, intolerant members of our fractured society. Here we have the weaponization of a word that actually represents increased tolerance in those who are well-informed.