{"id":10809,"date":"2013-10-31T09:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10809"},"modified":"2013-11-01T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T19:18:27","slug":"breaking-up-with-fox-news-guess-whos-dumping-the-network-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10809","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Up With Fox News: Guess Who’s Dumping The Network Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The YouGov survey group does periodic studies on the reputation and appeal of major businesses and services. It is an indicator of the brands that Americans prefer and regard with respect and esteem.<\/p>\n

Included in the study is a breakdown of brand favorability by political party affiliation. Last year<\/a> the survey had Fox News as the number one brand favored by Republicans above all others (including Chick-Fil-A). The strong showing by Fox was an affirmation of the dependency that conservatives have on an authority to give them direction and validation.<\/p>\n

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However, in the intervening year a lot has taken place that has deteriorated the bonds that Republican viewers had with their daddy network. They lost an election that Fox had assured them they would win in a landslide. They launched numerous investigations into alleged scandals that, despite Fox’s endless hype, failed to catch on with the public or to prove any malfeasance on the part of the president they despise. They pursued a doomed strategy to shut down the government and threaten to throw the nation into default in an effort to reverse time and make ObamaCare disappear. And they continue to suffer through a relationship with the acutely demented Tea Party whose disintegrating appeal hasn’t stopped them from launching pernicious primary challenges that will inevitably benefit Democrats.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the results of the new BrandIndex survey<\/a> reflect these realities. While Fox News was number one among Republicans last year, it didn’t even make the top ten this year (and neither did Chick-Fil-A). The precipitous decline of Fox parallels falling poll numbers<\/a> for the GOP, the Tea Party, and the Republican congressional leadership, to historic lows. So just as the Tea-Publican Party has fallen out of favor with the American people, Fox News has fallen out of favor with those who correctly recognize it as the Republican network.<\/p>\n

Fox News was already the product of intense PR that fooled people into thinking it was a broadly popular and influential cable news network, when in fact it is only viewed by about 3% of the American population. Yet despite countless hours of programming, and millions of dollars worth of political promotions, Fox has been pitifully ineffectual at swaying public opinion in the last two election cycles. Perhaps that failure of its core mission has contributed to Republicans abandoning Fox and refocusing on more important matters like the “girliness” factor<\/a> of the new Marine caps and imaginary threats<\/a> lurking in ObamaCare.<\/p>\n

Having lost the respect of the key demographic segment<\/a> of its audience cannot be regarded as fortuitous in these months leading up to the 2014 midterm elections. However, in the end, some portion of the GOP faithful will surely return to the Fox fold. After all, where else can they go to get such adoration, affirmation, and {free) airtime?<\/p>\n

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