Via No Quarter comes this collection of Fox News graphics from Welcome to Pottersville.
Of course it's easy to bash Fox News, but I've got to hand it to them - their use of the 'text crawl' is brilliant. Any of the content in the main 'video' section of the broadcast can be spun in the text below for desired effect.
It seems to me after watching a while that the concept here is not just to offer a 'view' on the news, but to present an alternative reality that 'cocoons' the viewer - if Fox News is always on, (and don't forget Dear Listener the 'Always-On' TV seems to be a staple of many U.S. households), then just a wee glance up from time to time is all it takes to wrap the viewer in a warm blanket of fictional reality - kinda like some sort of historical parallel fiction.
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