Response to Ellie Thornsbury's Blogpost "The Boy Who Cried Fox; Indepencence Issues"

While reviewing my notes from the lecture over the past few days, I was thinking the same things Ellie was writing in her blog: How could a news organization leave behind their morals when offered more money? And why would they? Ellie made a good point in her blogpost. Fox News, at it's core, is a populist organization. This seems crazy, since it is a news organization and should focus on informing it's audience, which seems more like an elitist group. But as I was thinking about this more and more, I staring asking myself, why couldn't it be both?

Yes, Fox News is trying to spread news, and subsequently, spread the truth. They want you to hear what they think is important. However, they also take into account your opinion, and your money. I do believe that if Fox News were to make more money being a predominantly liberal news media that they would switch to being predominantly liberal. However, money isn't the only thing they have in mind. They genuinely care about both aspects - spreading information, and money.

Ellie's blogpost brought up a good point, that Fox News isn't an elitist organization. But I disagree in the aspect that it's strictly populist. Either way, her blogpost was very interesting and it's clear she understands populist/elitist ideals.

By Lily Wobbe

To read Ellie's full blogpost:http://elliethornsbury.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-boy-who-cried-fox-independence.html

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