2011/07/02/14 propaganda techniques Fox "News" uses to brainwash Americans

title/short::14 propaganda techniques Fox "News" uses to brainwash Americans My curiosity about this question compelled me to sit down and document the most oft-used methods by which willful ignorance has been turned into dogma by Fox News and other propagandists disguised as media. The techniques I identify here also help to explain the simultaneously powerful identification the Fox media audience has with the network, as well as their ardent, reflexive defences of it.
 * when: when posted::2011/07/02
 * author: author::Cynthia Boaz
 * source: site::straight.com
 * topics: topic::Fox News topic::right wing
 * keywords
 * link: URL::http://www.straight.com/news/dr-cynthia-boaz-14-propaganda-techniques-fox-news-uses-brainwash-americans
 * title: title::Dr. Cynthia Boaz: 14 propaganda techniques Fox "News" uses to brainwash Americans
 * summary: "Panic mongering, character assassination, and scapegoating are just three of the techniques Fox News relies on to drive its right-wing agenda forward."

The good news is that the more conscious you are of these techniques, the less likely they are to work on you. The bad news is that those reading this article are probably the least in need in of it.