I recently came across an article about peoples calls for Fox News to stop using its so called "angry" rhetoric. Fox responded by saying that if were to have to do this, they would have to fill 24 hours of air time due to lack of content. I thought that this was a pretty funny statement and would just like to make a comment pertaining to their use of angry rhetoric. I would definitely agree with the word angry to describe what constitutes as their programming. There are a lot of angry words that are spewed over the airwaves from the mouths of its television hosts. Words like Nazi, as I mentioned in my previous blog, is a favorite word of theirs.
Although I do agree with the first word, I do not agree with the second. What takes place on this channel can hardly, if at all, be called rhetoric. Nowadays it is hard to find real news that does not sacrifice it's rhetoric to appeal to its audience. People just like to see a host bash another person that doesn't share their ideas and not even giving them a chance to state their point. Even Glenn Beck said that if he gets the boot, he'll just have to go back to standing in the back of crowded theaters and yelling, ‘Fire.’”
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