The "Six Steps"
"The Six Steps" are what Brock and Rabin-Havt refer to FOX News utilizing in order to spark national controversy that will in turn manipulate viewers' opinions, or in other words, the Fox effect:
- Fox News introduces a "fair and balanced" report to the public.
- Fox News devotes major coverage to the story presented.
- Fox News chastises other news outlets (like MSNBC) for not covering the story.
- Seeking to maintain their credibility, these other outlets too start reporting the story.
- Now that it seems that Fox News was the first to report the story, they are praised by news critics and pundits for their media coverage on the topic.
- The story dies off after it has had a major influence on the American public.
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