1/ Don't forget: CPAC has 3 major sponsors
1) American Conservative Union.
2) Fox News.
3) Liberty Health Share.
1) American Conservative Union.
2) Fox News.
3) Liberty Health Share.
2/ American Conservative Union.
ACU is the organization hosting the event. So...I mean it's not all that surprising that they are one of the 3 main sponsors. One would expect that.
ACU is the organization hosting the event. So...I mean it's not all that surprising that they are one of the 3 main sponsors. One would expect that.
3/ Fox News. Well, Fox News is a supposed "news channel." Sponsoring such an explicitly partisan event is not a thing a news operation does. But Fox isn't a news operation, it's a political operation masquerading as news.
4/ If tomorrow, a media network emerged that did what Fox News does, would we:
Force every cable customer to subsidize it by putting it in basic package? Give them WH press credentials? Or, would advertisers sponsor it?
No. But Fox gets a pass? It's a fiction media perpetuates
Force every cable customer to subsidize it by putting it in basic package? Give them WH press credentials? Or, would advertisers sponsor it?
No. But Fox gets a pass? It's a fiction media perpetuates
5/ And, the final major sponsor is Liberty Health Share.
Which describes itself as "Perfect solution for christians looking for an alternative healthcare option." ( it's a GoFund me type thing for "christians" who don't want to get real insurance but have massive health bills).
Which describes itself as "Perfect solution for christians looking for an alternative healthcare option." ( it's a GoFund me type thing for "christians" who don't want to get real insurance but have massive health bills).
6/ Bottom line: The fact that Fox News can so brazenly be 1 of 3 major sponsors of this partisan, right-wing event and not experience any major blowback truly blows my mind. We're all just so numb to it that we enable them in some ways by just expecting them to be ... Fox News.
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