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Zorro

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Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:46 PM Oct 2020

What was Trump talking about? How the language of Fox News invaded the final debate.

During the final presidential debate, President Trump made reference to “the laptop from hell,” “AOC plus three? and “Russia, Russia, Russia” — yes, said three times in a row.

The material was very familiar to — and maybe only familiar to — regular viewers of Fox News opinion hosts such as Sean Hannity.

“I feel like he almost was speaking the language of Fox prime time,” Chuck Todd, host of “Meet the Press,” said on NBC after the debate. “If you watch a lot of Fox prime time, you understand what he’s saying. If you don’t, you have no idea.”

It was a point made over and over again across networks as political commentators and journalists wondered aloud whether Trump’s attacks on former vice president Joe Biden flew over the heads of many Americans who aren’t regular consumers of conservative television, radio and websites.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/10/23/trump-fox-news-final-debate/

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What was Trump talking about? How the language of Fox News invaded the final debate. (Original Post) Zorro Oct 2020 OP
Really wish the WP would call it batshit crazed idiocy versus "conservative tv, radio and websites." NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #1
Opposite world. pwb Oct 2020 #2
Alternative fact-free universe UpInArms Oct 2020 #3
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