I listen to a lot of different news and the only news service in which the announcers say their names in a sing song style is Fox News.
Actual question, what is this about? Why do they do this? Is this appealing to conservatives?
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(Edit: I should mention that I listen to Fox just to monitor what the propaganda outlet is reporting on or not reporting on. Yes, they skew very positive for Trump as compared to other news outlets.)
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Found an example I had recorded from April 2025. I had completely forgotten I recorded this.
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The male announcer announces everything so aggressively. It's almost comical.
Fox quoting Mike Johnson saying the United States is turning communist for its 250th anniversary. The viewership here must be just so depressing. I don't even want to know who listens to this on the regular and believes it.
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And if you think this is crazy, just listen to some Newsmax radio from down south. They're basically one step away from calling for people to assassinate Democrats. It's insane.
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Another example. Weird.
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They're like those old radio call sign jingles, "Wyyyy-94-F-Emmm!" I mean, I still remember them decades later, I'm 60. I think it also involves a lot of the central tenets of advertising/brainwashing techniques, right? Repetition, mnemonics, melody, etc. And there's the good ol' German untranslatable "Ohrwurm," or earworm.