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Foxification

Foxification noun: the process of mass media, particularly television news, adopting the format, practices, and perceived political leanings of Fox News.

Noun

Foxification (uncountable)

  1. The process of mass media, particularly television news, adopting the format, practices, and perceived political leanings of Fox News.
    • The real cost of media consolidation and Foxification in our time is not, as many of my supporters believe, censorship, although that sometimes happens (witness the removal of the popular band the Dixie Chicks from 250 Cumulus-owned radio stations after the lead singer criticized President Bush...2004, Howard Dean, You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 141
    • The “Foxification” of America's mass media was evident in the war's coverage. Most print and electronic stories described operations instead of analyzing the war's broader international context and consequences.2012, William Nester, Haunted Victory: The American Crusade to Destroy Saddam and Impose Democracy on Iraq, Potomac Books, →ISBN, page 62

Origin of Foxification

From Fox + -ification.

Questions about Foxification

What does Foxification mean?
Foxification means the process of mass media, particularly television news, adopting the format, practices, and perceived political leanings of Fox News.
What part of speech is Foxification?
Foxification is a noun.

Words near Foxification in the dictionary

  1. Foxians
  2. foxie
  3. foxier
  4. foxies
  5. foxiest
  6. Foxification
  7. foxily
  8. foxiness
  9. foxing
  10. foxings
  11. foxish

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