Right-Wing Media are Destroying Our Country

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/tucker-hails-firing-of-john-bolton-he-was-fundamentally-a-man-of-the-left

This is what passes for news on Fox. Reporting what one of their opinion commentators has said. Go to fox’s website and see just how many of their “news” articles fall into this category.

In that article is a quote from Tucker that is a typical example of what I’m saying about conservative propagandists assigning ideas/positions/attitudes to progressives:

“If you are wondering why so many progressives are mourning Bolton’s firing tonight, it’s because Bolton himself fundamentally was a man of the left.”

First, if ever there was a man who was NOT of the left, it was John Bolton. And for Tucker to even try to sell that outrageously ridiculous notion shows just how little he thinks of his audience (and not without justification).

More to my point: So many progressives are mourning Bolton’s firing? Are you fucking kidding me?

He made that up. He flat out made that up. Progressives in general are not mourning John Bolton’s firing (and if any of them are, which I doubt, it is certainly not because Bolton was a “man of the left”). This happens thousands of times a day throughout the right-wing propaganda machine. Propagandists lie to their marks about what progressives think. And conservatives fall for it over and over again.

Chumps.

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zk, Eric Wemple the media analyst of the Washington Post makes many of the same observations about Fox News and Tucker Carlson.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]zk, Eric Wemple the media analyst of the Washington Post makes many of the same observations about Fox News and Tucker Carlson.[/quote]

I should hope to god that the media analyst for the Washington Post has the sense to see and comment on this. The question is, why isn’t everybody with any common sense making the same observations? Why isn’t the whole non-brainwashed world saying, “of course liberals don’t hold most of the positions/ideas/attitudes that conservative propaganda ascribe to them”?

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ZK,did you know that Paul Ryan joined the board of Fox? His job is to nominate new board members and guide the future of the network.

The median age of the fox news audience is 62. They are preparing for the next generation of conservatives. Will be Interesting to watch.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-fate-is-in-the-hands-of-fox-news/2019/09/27/05587756-e144-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html

This article seems to imply that trump will be fine as long as fox sticks with him. While I might not agree with that (I think it could go either way), it does seem obvious that if fox turns against trump, it will be over very, very quickly. Almost immediately.

So disgusting that a propaganda operation holds such power in this country.

So many trump fans would fit so well in 1930s Germany. Brainwashed fools.

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55% of Republicans who watch fox say they will accept trump as their dictator- oh wait did I just Adam Schiff?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-part-reason-many-035806423.html

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This is what Elizabeth Warren said about Fox. Quite on point.

https://youtu.be/fYTtjPn-cGk

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It’s more than just the media. The right-wing propaganda machine includes a very strong social media component. It also includes quite a few other deplorable tactics.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-2020-disinformation-war/605530/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-fb-test-1301-1-&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3YmS6m2-vVjazHmPFY2ZAOpJ8w0UhUQeVTrWJe3YBSS8LcDouboEf0ZaE

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There is no mention of trump’s interest in injecting disinfectant to fight coronavirus anywhere on http://www.foxnews.com

What a surprise.

Talking about injecting disinfectant he said, “it sounds interesting to me.”

Yeah, that’s because you’re FUCKING STUPID. And so is anybody who still supports you.

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About injecting disinfectant….. I would let the free markets decide. No need to warn.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/24/disinfectant-injection-coronavirus-trump/

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Now that I think about it, the likely scenario, politically, has nothing to do with the reality of how trump deals with the situation. Or what happens with the virus. No matter what happens, right-wing propaganda will portray trump as the hero, and liberals as the villains. Tens of millions of ignorant, pathetic chumps will, as usual, fall for it[/quote]

Now their excuse is, “trump and the senate were distracted by impeachment, and that’s why they couldn’t handle the coronavirus crisis properly. See? It’s liberals’ fault, just like everything else bad that has ever happened in America.”

If you haven’t heard this talking point from your neighborhood right-wing dupe yet, you will soon.

So easy to predict. So transparent. So pathetic that these idiots fall for it anyway.

These idiots will vote for trump again for the same reason they voted for him last time. The right-wing propaganda machine has grabbed them by their emotional collars and turned them all into their bitches.

If you still can’t see that right-wing media are destroying our country, you’re not paying attention.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/impeachment-covid-19/609574/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR01Cjp-X7IXrLQjP9fEIYUIgD5bXUjEKjxQIpIfGsD7V9YMEciIThgAVqI

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I scoff when I hear “I trust the American people to make the right choices and select the right path forward”. The American people are not that smart if they get taken by the media

Do we really need to warn citizens of a modern society not to ingest disinfectant?

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[quote=FlyerInHi]I scoff when I hear “I trust the American people to make the right choices and select the right path forward”. The American people are not that smart if they get taken by the media

Do we really need to warn citizens of a modern society not to ingest disinfectant?[/quote]

C.T.G.P.

Cleansing the gene pool…

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It seems an odd thing to joke about, bleach injection.

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There you go ZK. A professor has written about the subject.

Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

You can read an except online.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Messengers_of_the_Right.html?id=csfRDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button

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