I think the advertising boost Fox might gain from Warren’s appearance would probably be a similar drop in the bucket as the number of people she’d have any sort of remotely positive impact on, so it’s 6 of one, a half-dozen of another.

For the most part you’re probably right, but that it’s another part of our bubble-fied thinking to assume that Fox News viewers have the perspective to know that what they’re watching is bullshit.

Well, like I said, I certainly don’t disagree with the perspective that she’s making the right choice and it’s probably a battle of drops in two different buckets: the increase in advertising revenue for FN she’d generate vs. the increase of any sort of goodwill among FN viewers towards her and her supporters.

Reposting this response to another post to you as well, because I’d be interested in your thoughts on my take:

Reposting from another comment:

Though Warren isn’t wrong and neither are you, my argument FOR Democratic candidates going on Fox News is that it might be the only OBJECTIVE look at them Fox viewers get; i.e. Candidate X talking about what they believe, rather than Fox News liars talking about what THEY believe (or more realistically, what they want…

Haha - came here to say this.

First point: True.

Let me guess: boring, white dude?

I can hear “the rest of you”, but I have nothing but growing contempt for this so-called reality-based argument that there’s no point impeaching because the Senate won’t convict (and Trump will get another “win” or something) anyway. Someone should put a fucking chicken on your desk and every other Democrat that is…

An actionable item that would quickly smash headlong into a Game of Thrones-sized Wall of Inaction that seems to actually fortify itself with the blood of children. Striking on that basis would either end in defeat or starvation.

That wavering is the decent and smart part of your brain trying to bust through whatever political excuses for inaction you’ve conjured up. It’s not about fucking politics or strategy or catharsis, it’s about what’s right or wrong. If a president is committing impeachable offenses, you impeach. It’s no more…

Well, this isn’t extremely concerning and potentially the harbinger of something terrifying or anything.

“We are so lucky.”

The bigger problem here is his millions of fucking stupid, ignorant and shitty followers - I’m not worried that he won’t physically exit the Oval Office - I’m worried he’s going to spark Civil War II.

Thank you so much for this. The choice of Gangster’s Paradise for the trailer was going to be a riddle that kept me up at night.

I don’t think that picture of Moby would come up in a safe-search.

(1) Thank you for getting Superman - not that it’s that hard, but it seems like less people do these days (i.e. anyone that liked Snyder’s version).

Okay, I’m glad that wasn’t just me. I thought it was looking practically SD in some scenes (so much so I had to double-check I was on the right channel) and the banding and macroblocking was brutal. I rewatched the last season on blu-ray leading up to this season and I forgot how absolutely stunning the show could be,…

As a non-US observer being driven to the brink of madness by what’s going on with my neighbours-to-the-south, I don’t know how anyone in America is capable of functioning on even a basic level. Denial, I guess?