Tobin Smith
My recent book "Foxocracy: Inside the Network's Playbook of Tribal Warfare" explains how I learned to write and perform Fox News's emotionally and psycholgocially predatory and innately manipulative white tribal partisan hate media content. These articles are about helping Fox News addicts to kick their socially, mentally and physically unhealthy habit and return to an agree-to-disagree human being again
When delving into the perplexing world of politics and the enigmatic figure of Donald Trump, we often encounter a peculiar phenomenon amongst his supporters...
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Rupert Murdoch built an empire by giving viewers exactly what they wanted. But what they wanted — election lies and insurrection — put that empire (and the country) in peril.
Trying to stop your social media addiction? A new app uses a simple, science-backed trick to break the bad habit: breathing.
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Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election
The garish celebrity playboy, the obsessive engineer and the young artist, as different from one another as they could be, have all veered not in the direction of becoming bratty little boys on a schoolyard.
Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers
Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers
Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective is backing a new effort to encourage more civil conversation online, according to people familiar with the project. The project—which is in its early days—is being led by Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, and Raffi Krikorian, Emerson’s chief technology ...
New Fox News study comparing Fox and CNN highlights cable TV's harm in America. But it's not too late for fans of Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and The Five etc.
New Fox News study comparing Fox and CNN highlights cable TV's harm in America. But it's not too late for fans of Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and The Five etc.
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Former Fox News political editor blasts his ex-employer for promoting 'black-helicopter-level paranoia'
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyOh, how the mighty have fallen.During the Trump administration, Sean Hannity was on top of the world. With the ouster of his longtime Fox News colleague and nemesis Bill O’Reilly in April 2017 over sexual misconduct allegations, Hannity quickly rose from second fiddle to the most-watched host in cable news. And he stayed there for years.Not only was the veteran Fox News host pulling in nearly four million viewers every night while che
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Her grown son told her he was going camping. Then he was arrested with accused Patriot Front extremists near an Idaho Pride event. It was a turning point for Karen Amsden, who fears her grandchildren are being indoctrinated.
