Just a note here, local FOX affiliates like FOX 9 often have very little to do with the cable channel FOX News and are simply local affiliates of the larger FOX network.
A local station being an affiliate of a specific television network is not necessarily indicative of similar politics.
However, that being said, a large majority of local television stations are now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, who do have similarly shitty politics to FOX News, the cable channel.
Yeah you have to actually look into who owns the local channels. Just because a channel is labeled Fox## doesn’t mean they have anything to do with the Fox News that everyone knows.
Same thing with all your local channels. Don’t assume who they are. Actually look up who owns what and where they get thier stories from.
I know I’m basically just repeating what you said, Saucerman, but it should be repeated. It’s something people don’t really think about.
This is a nuanced and thoughtful response. I lean towards Fox affiliates being more-likely right wing than not until I see evidence suggesting otherwise, but it’s good to keep an open mind. Thanks!
Just a note here, local FOX affiliates like FOX 9 often have very little to do with the cable channel FOX News and are simply local affiliates of the larger FOX network.
FOX 9 is local news for Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. It sort of makes that clear in this Google News image.
A local station being an affiliate of a specific television network is not necessarily indicative of similar politics.
However, that being said, a large majority of local television stations are now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, who do have similarly shitty politics to FOX News, the cable channel.
Finally, interestingly enough, doing some digging on FOX 9, it turns out its actually one of the small number of local television stations directly owned by FOX corporation, so this station in particular might have politics closer to FOX News, since it’s actually owned by FOX Corporation. According to their corporate site, they own 29 local stations in the US.
Yeah you have to actually look into who owns the local channels. Just because a channel is labeled Fox## doesn’t mean they have anything to do with the Fox News that everyone knows.
Same thing with all your local channels. Don’t assume who they are. Actually look up who owns what and where they get thier stories from.
I know I’m basically just repeating what you said, Saucerman, but it should be repeated. It’s something people don’t really think about.
This is a nuanced and thoughtful response. I lean towards Fox affiliates being more-likely right wing than not until I see evidence suggesting otherwise, but it’s good to keep an open mind. Thanks!