[red-iron-pine]

> If you look at manufacturing consent, they make it clear that good stuff can get through media.

Arguably, the manufacturing only works if 51% or more is generally good stuff. Obviously propaganda outlets don't keep a lot of eyes, e.g. Fox News' viewership has been declining faster than demographics says it should be.

90% can be spot on, entertaining, and wholly or mostly truthful; it's the 10% makes it work.

[fmajid]

How much of Fox' decline is due to their occasionally going against Trump, and firing commentators that go beyond even their pale like Tucker Carlson? They forgot their business is reinforcing confirmation bias (as is all mainstream media, to a large extent, just with different demographics).