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30 years ago today, Fox News was launched. To accelerate its adoption by cable providers, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the channel. (en.wikipedia.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53702420

$11 per subscriber citation: https://www.webcitation.org/5uRU0fPQa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessmylibrary.com%2Farticle-1G1-18396534%2Fbold-grab-subs-murdoch.html

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago

That’s how propaganda and brainwashing works. It is also more effective on poorly educated and religious populations. That’s why it’s always 30% of the population that are a bunch of idiots who support Republicans for example

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