I didn't know where to put this, but since knowledge generally comes under the heading of Philosophy, here we are.
As many recall, Fox News refused to air the first of the January 6 hearings, but that presented them a small challenge, since, those hearing being actual NEWS, a news channel ignoring them looks phishy. So Fox, figuring, "well, their mid-day anyway, so we can still show them and not lose our evening hordes of viewers."
Well, interestingly enough, ratings now show that about half of Fox viewers actually tune out when those hearings are on. Their usual weekday daytime audience is about 1.4 million, which drops to about 700,000 during the hearing, and bumps way up to about 2.7 million once the hearings are over.
This tells me something about what those viewers are doing -- I am certain that they DO NOT WISH TO BE CONFRONTED with actual data that puts their cherished beliefs at risk. Once again, and we see this all the time with people who have committed themselves to something (religion, conspiracy theories, the big lie, fringe political views, etc.) outside of what reason would seem to dictate.
In other words, they do not want to know the truth, the know the "truth" they want.
That is a very human thing, but sadly, it is, for the most part, a dead end in terms of making progress towards a better future for our species and our planet.
As many recall, Fox News refused to air the first of the January 6 hearings, but that presented them a small challenge, since, those hearing being actual NEWS, a news channel ignoring them looks phishy. So Fox, figuring, "well, their mid-day anyway, so we can still show them and not lose our evening hordes of viewers."
Well, interestingly enough, ratings now show that about half of Fox viewers actually tune out when those hearings are on. Their usual weekday daytime audience is about 1.4 million, which drops to about 700,000 during the hearing, and bumps way up to about 2.7 million once the hearings are over.
This tells me something about what those viewers are doing -- I am certain that they DO NOT WISH TO BE CONFRONTED with actual data that puts their cherished beliefs at risk. Once again, and we see this all the time with people who have committed themselves to something (religion, conspiracy theories, the big lie, fringe political views, etc.) outside of what reason would seem to dictate.
In other words, they do not want to know the truth, the know the "truth" they want.
That is a very human thing, but sadly, it is, for the most part, a dead end in terms of making progress towards a better future for our species and our planet.
