Actually CNN and huffpo is more popular on the internet than FoxNews.  (Going by Alexa)

 

The Liberal Media fails where the Conservative Media succeeds because the Liberal Media isn't as good as stirring up fears.  Aside from Shepard Smith, most anchors on Fox do nothing but stir up fear and use emotion to gain an audience.  It's also an age issue of course.  Liberals are younger, Conservatives are older.  That's why conservatives are more likely to get their news from television than from the internet (that doesn't mean conservatives don't just that many of them don't.)


Stir up outrage, and you get ratings.  Both sides get outraged at things, though I'd say conservatives tend to get outraged about the same things, while Liberals tend to branch out more.  One group of Liberals might be outraged at the Michael Brown shooting, while another group might think it justified.  On the other hand, most conservatives get outraged when someone brings up gun control. I'd say conservatives are more focused on preventing negative outcomes (thus it's easier to stir up outrage over)  while liberals are more focused on creating positive outcomes (thus harder to stir up outrage over

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