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Persuasion Fatigue: Just in Time to Save the Holidays

Holiday time is political-religious-sports argument time. Mix in alcohol, the Airing of Grievances, and Feats of Strength and you've got a mixture that could easily end Festivus at the emergency room, with gun fire, or the police. Here's how to avoid it.

Coping with your MAGA Relatives during the Festivus Season Festivus is nearly upon us and Ye Olde Blogge is back up and running just barely in time to help us through the festivities, especially the Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength. 2022 being an election year makes the Airing of Grievances particularly dicey and no one wants the drunken adult wrestling matches to be fueled by…

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Partisan Coverage Filtering or Yes, Fox News Really Does Shape Its Viewers Attitudes

#ScienceFact: Fox News shapes the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and interests of its viewers by cherry-picking the stories and information that it presents to them. An utterly convincing study confirms what we already knew.

Persuasive Design or How Fox News Perverted Your Parents We’ve known for a long time that Fox News rots the brains of its viewers. We’ve tons of anecdotal evidence, namely our parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. Every minute you’ve spent listening to the spittle inflected rantings and ravings of your favorite drunk uncle as he regurgitates his alcohol of choice and Fox News talking…

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