Incivility and Partisan Bias

For Monday, Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, "Political Consequences of Late-Night Humor," ch. 5 of their Late Night with Trump (Routledge, 2019). ON SAKAI.

Some reminders for your papers:

• Always introduce direct quotations.
• Learn the proper use of the apostrophe.
• "Avoid announcing the thesis statement as if it were a thesis statement. In other words, avoid using phrases such as `The purpose of this paper is . . . . ' "

Thanks to Cary, examples of fact sheets:

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-on-latest-republican-subpoena-stunt 

Negativity and Incivility

• Vermin 
• Neutralizing the age issue
• Another day on the Hill... 

Ideological or Partisan Bias

• Media Matters
• Media Research Center

Survey of journalist party:

Perceptions of partisan bias

Fox history

Between 1980 and 1996, number of cable subscribers triple

Fox shifts in 2016.  Start at 25:40

Trump's appeal

• Existing celebrity
• Ideology and resentment
• Fun (A precursor.  Guess who produced his TV show...)
• Once in office, access to power

Fox and the Big Lie

• Twenty Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
• Fox hosts, producers, and executives privately disparage the election lies that the network was airing.

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