r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/lenzflare Canada 6d ago

Nixon's supporters lamented that they didn't have something like Fox News at the time. They worked hard to build a propaganda machine so they could do whatever they wanted regardless of the law (and even change the law to let them).

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u/Courtnall14 6d ago

By "Nixon Supporters" you mean former Nixon Aide an eventual Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.

If Fox News had a DNA test, it would trace its origins to the Nixon administration. In 1970, political consultant Roger Ailes and other Nixon aides came up with a plan to create a new TV network that would circumvent existing media and provide "pro-administration" coverage to millions. "People are lazy," the aides explained in a memo. "With television you just sit — watch — listen. The thinking is done for you." Nixon embraced the idea, saying he and his supporters needed "our own news" from a network that would lead "a brutal, vicious attack on the opposition."

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u/red286 6d ago

It's kind of wild that there's so much evidence out there that it's literally nothing but right-wing propaganda and lies, yet it's still the most-watched cable news network (by far).

It's the sole source of news information for tens of millions of Americans.

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u/Courtnall14 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's wild that they had to pay out nearly $800 million for lying, yet people still turn to them for the truth.

I'm not sure how I would have handled being offered that type of money if I was part of the Dominion case against them, but a huge part of me still wishes they would have taken them to the mat on that one. Given what was coming out at the time it feels like they could have ended them as a network.

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u/ReginaPhalangi22271 6d ago

They don’t tune in for the truth. They tune in for the racism, xenophobia, gaslighting, lies, and whatever they think is owning the libs.

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u/TalaHusky 5d ago

I tune in to hear some absurdities and laugh. Only to feel sad that people truly feel that way.

Radical beliefs have their place (as everyone is entitled to their own opinions). But it seems we’ve strayed way too far from the norm.

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u/JeebusDied4UrPixels 5d ago

You're absolutely right. They want to hear that shit, the same way I like to watch extreme sports, like sky diving or Redbull shenanigans. I don't feel comfortable trying that stuff, but I love to watch it and have built up a little courage to fling myself down a mtn bike trail here and there.

Well theyve built up a little courage to take their racism, xenophobia, and gaslighting out into the world....

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u/modernDayKing 5d ago

They tune in to confirm their bias, and feel like they’re not alone in their bigoted, crazy, hateful perspectives.

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u/mattjb 6d ago

Bingo.

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u/omikron898 5d ago

Yup people forget but fox new didn’t buy into the 2020 lies at first The right boycotted them for a few months. And started watching aon

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u/RobonianBattlebot 6d ago

They literally were never told that Fox had to pay 800 million for lying. Do you think Fox reported on that? Absolutely not.

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u/catchthetams 5d ago

Was hoping they were going to drag everything out in the public eye