Ken WhiteApr 19, 2023
Serious Trouble episode (with a re-recorded section after settlement) about Dominion dropping today. We didn’t talk about:
* No trial result would have had the judge ordering Fox to apologize on air
*No trial result would have resulted in Fox being punished for damage to democracy
*. No trial result could have ”established facts” as true or false for all purposes in America
If your expectations for the legal system are not reality-based you’re going to be consistently disappointed.
Show threadRandom Damage 🌻Apr 19, 2023
@Popehat the most realistic expectation is that revalations actually coming out in court would have made more news in more places, causing more brand damage for Fox than the settlement will
Show threadKen WhiteApr 19, 2023
@RandomDamage Do you believe that the people who are devoted to Fox will become less devoted to Fox based on a jury verdict from a system that Fox relentlessly tells them is corrupt and woke?
Show threadRandom Damage 🌻

@Popehat not at all.

I just think that the amount of news coverage from an actual trial would be more likely to cut through the noise so that people who aren't "Fox True Believers" would peel off from supporting them.

There's always going to be 10% of people that you can't reach with any message no matter how true or brilliantly crafted, but for the rest there's media carpet bombing

Apr 19, 2023 at 5:39pmWeb
Show threadKen WhiteApr 19, 2023
@RandomDamage I’m skeptical, as I am about Trump supporters. At this point I think it’s all priced in.
Show threadRandom Damage 🌻Apr 19, 2023

@Popehat consider the case of TVs on military bases playing Fox 24/7.

With this, *some* base commanders will have "official" screens turned elsewhere, after months of devastating public testimony, few would not.

It's a matter of getting people invested that don't care yet.

Which is exactly how beating Trump works, too

Show threadWatching Elon burn TwitterApr 19, 2023
@RandomDamage @Popehat The argument that it could convince someone to change the channel on a common area TV is a strong one, but I think you could count the people who could be convinced by (a civil verdict) but not by (a $787B settlement AND a sumnary judgement where the judge found they lied) could be counted on one hand.
Show threadSteffen ChristensenApr 19, 2023
@Popehat @RandomDamage Just as we have the median justice on the Supreme Court, so too do we have the median voter. They may move their position a little, even if the absolute majority do not.