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NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:38 PM Nov 2020

Congratulations, FOX-News!!!

Your four-plus years of kissing Trump’s ass, covering-up his incompetence, ignoring his corruption, and lying to your viewers on his behalf has finally paid off – bigly!

Just in time for the season of giving, your loyalty is being rewarded by your Dear Leader telling his base to ignore you, and get the ‘real news’ from other propaganda outlets.

Aren’t you proud of all the hard work you’ve put in – staring straight-faced into a camera as you spout conspiracy theories and utter bullshit – finally being repaid by a grateful “pResident” throwing you under Santa’s sleigh?

Surely you’re thrilled that your Christmas stockings are filled with falling ratings, and your Inbox is overflowing with cheerful Yuletide “Fuck you!” messages from your former devotees!

So Happy Holidays to all and sundry at FOX-News! You wouldn’t be where you are today without that famous loyalty that Trump inevitably shows his supporters everywhere!


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Congratulations, FOX-News!!! (Original Post) NanceGreggs Nov 2020 OP
it must suck to be them samnsara Nov 2020 #1
Just maybe... DEM1955 Nov 2020 #2
They never have been watchable. panader0 Nov 2020 #6
This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #20
When were they watchable? nt sheshe2 Nov 2020 #7
Op-ed Daily? padfun Nov 2020 #12
It's I pee daily I think. Ligyron Nov 2020 #22
I thought that was I.P. Frehley. Aristus Nov 2020 #32
Yours is the better tag. Ligyron Nov 2020 #40
I had just tuned into FOX for a second and they said Trump is great because the vaccine... JoeOtterbein Nov 2020 #3
Drumpf did nothing for the vaccine. Maybe signed EOs to hasten up funding? Not even sure. Lock him up. Nov 2020 #49
Got all those judges though exboyfil Nov 2020 #4
When you drink Ailes, you end up with piss Watters. Beakybird Nov 2020 #5
lol.. ".. fox news is Unwatchable"!! omg Cha Nov 2020 #8
Lie with dogs, elleng Nov 2020 #9
Merry Christmas to all, and to ALL a good (bye) night! And HAPPY HOLIDAYS! George II Nov 2020 #10
Just like everything else Trump touches, it turns to dog doo doo. mtnsnake Nov 2020 #11
Everything Trump Touches, Dies. TeamPooka Nov 2020 #13
I don't know how Trump has time for work... JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #14
Thx for posting..well stated Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #15
Thrown under the sleigh! I like that. patphil Nov 2020 #16
Merry War on Christmas PlanetBev Nov 2020 #17
This is so rewarding. SalmonChantedEvening Nov 2020 #18
AS ALWAYS DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #19
Dear Fox News PlanetBev Nov 2020 #21
So many ass kissers and so many sexual harassment lawsuits and grantcart Nov 2020 #23
Chump eventually does the same to everybody FakeNoose Nov 2020 #24
I would love to think that there is a coup de grace moment in the offing. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #25
They will need sensational stories Chainfire Nov 2020 #34
I won't be surprised Rjymeena Nov 2020 #26
Fox has sucked for twenty plus years. Mis-information and propoganda BS. NT. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #27
That's "disinformation" -- deliberately crafted for effect. "Misinformation" can be a mistake. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #52
Thanks for the correction Hermit! Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #54
Ah, but there's a twist! summer_in_TX Nov 2020 #28
Too many decades invested in being the GOP mouthpiece lambchopp59 Nov 2020 #29
45 giveth...and 45 taketh away apkhgp Nov 2020 #30
It wasn't added, but the word "SUCKERS!!!!!" just kind of follows. Great rant, NanceGreggs! BComplex Nov 2020 #31
Even Fox News has fact checkers and journalist standards. Initech Nov 2020 #33
Exactly. All because of ONE MAN. All this dissent. oldsoftie Nov 2020 #35
K&R BlueJac Nov 2020 #36
Only a matter of time birdographer Nov 2020 #37
As I said, his base are just useful idiots to him. Initech Nov 2020 #47
Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. birdographer Nov 2020 #48
Sunday morning he's Back Capperdan Nov 2020 #38
Don't worry about Fox... keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #39
They will get over this and will move on using some new appeal and different scapegoat targets Scalded Nun Nov 2020 #41
Murdoch himself said that FOX was always intended to be propaganda. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #42
They knew he was a snake... pamela Nov 2020 #43
They're like tRump's 4th wife! Blue Owl Nov 2020 #44
Pod Save America's Jon Favreau says he dreams of Dem billionaires buying Fox & shutting it down. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #45
Only trump.... DeSmet Nov 2020 #46
ETTD. Confirmed again. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2020 #50
What goes around comes around. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #51
Pox chose to The Wizard Nov 2020 #53

JoeOtterbein

(7,700 posts)
3. I had just tuned into FOX for a second and they said Trump is great because the vaccine...
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:43 PM
Nov 2020

...and now I'm wondering if the Trump/GOP wanted so many of us to get sick, so they could be heroes for "inventing" the vaccine.

Explains the big crowds and no masks behavior.

Lock him up.

(6,928 posts)
49. Drumpf did nothing for the vaccine. Maybe signed EOs to hasten up funding? Not even sure.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:24 PM
Nov 2020
Any POTUS would have done the same (what's required for a functional vaccine).

It's not like he has any real say about ''how it works'' (or doesn't).

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
4. Got all those judges though
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:44 PM
Nov 2020

and except for one Senate seat so far, held serve or advanced in almost every other election.

I think sticking Biden with the wreckage of Trump might not be considered a bad thing for them.

The Murdoch family sold Fox Entertainment at the high point ($71B) so I don't think they are sweating the lost revenue short term (family walked away with over $10B). In the long term these weirdos are going to return to Fox.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
8. lol.. ".. fox news is Unwatchable"!! omg
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:49 PM
Nov 2020

according to the Orange Swamp Blob thing

And, that's what fox news gets for all that Propaganda for 4 fucking years & decades more?!!!

What's a maggot cult to do?

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
11. Just like everything else Trump touches, it turns to dog doo doo.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:06 PM
Nov 2020

Good going, Fox. I can't believe you ever thought Trump wouldn't throw you under the bus.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
14. I don't know how Trump has time for work...
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:20 PM
Nov 2020

what with all this Twitter whining, conspiracy retweets and organizing the base. How does he find time for Presidential daily briefs and reports from the pandemic team?

Oh yeah .. hahaha What an ass.

SalmonChantedEvening

(31,951 posts)
18. This is so rewarding.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:44 PM
Nov 2020

When you run with this wolf, you will always be on a menu sooner or later.

Thank you for this, Nance.

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
21. Dear Fox News
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:53 PM
Nov 2020

Rule Number #1. When someone is compiling a shit list, sooner or later, you’re going to land on it, too.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
23. So many ass kissers and so many sexual harassment lawsuits and
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:58 PM
Nov 2020

a family in disarray, what an accomplishment.

FakeNoose

(32,637 posts)
24. Chump eventually does the same to everybody
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:58 PM
Nov 2020

They got what they richly deserve. And they knew it was coming, because they know he screws EVERYBODY over. For Chump loyalty only goes one way, all to him.





BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
25. I would love to think that there is a coup de grace moment in the offing.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 12:06 AM
Nov 2020

Unfortunately, I think this will be simply more of a setback. They might not hit these kinds of peaks again, but they won't have the good graces to just disappear.

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
28. Ah, but there's a twist!
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 12:37 AM
Nov 2020

Trump FCC To Waive Ownership Rules For Murdochs


Chairman Pai has just announced a plan to waive media-ownership rules for Fox and allow the Murdoch family to control even more TV stations and newspapers in the New York City market.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is hellbent on doing as much damage as possible before the Biden administration takes office. And that includes doling out one last favor for Rupert Murdoch.

Fox asked the Trump FCC to permanently waive a restriction that limits Fox’s TV station and newspaper ownership in the New York City market — where the company already owns two local-television stations and one local newspaper. This move would make Fox’s ownership of WWOR, WNYW and the New York Post permanent — despite the agency’s own rules that prohibit one company from controlling this many broadcast stations and newspaper outlets in a given market.

Chairman Pai is trying to quickly push this Fox request through the FCC, allowing for public comment only until Dec. 4.


https://blogforiowa.com/2020/11/24/trump-fcc-to-waive-ownership-rules-for-murdochs/


So while Trump is posturing about how bad FOX News is, in reality he's doing them a BIG favor. What do you think he's going to expect in return?

FreePress.net put out an alert and petition this last week.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
29. Too many decades invested in being the GOP mouthpiece
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 12:41 AM
Nov 2020

With new suckers born every minute.
So many who want to believe in a fantasy life of being rich and famous. How many were taken in by D.T.'s campaign statement "You all are going to be so rich".
They are losing their demographic. Scientific calamities speak louder than their words, yearly.
They've fought immigration for years of any sort because many immigrants mostly won't vote for the great white way.
They've been the most shameless and soulless of sycophants to the polluting industries.
THEIR most loyal followers won't wear masks nor take sensible health precautions.
Now they've driven the crazy clown car so far they can't turn back or lose their followers, like now.
They also cannot moderate their positions without the same effect.
So they'll try and win back the worst of their base by more misinformation and hate speech pundits towards President Joe Biden.
We'll watch in horrified distance as Sean Hannity degenerates into the soulless monster that hides behind stars and stripes.
Along with his loyal flock.
Good luck with that, after so many lose a family member in isolation to the ignorance they fostered.
Fuck Fox News.
I hope they get sued off their collective asses and their mouthpieces too.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
31. It wasn't added, but the word "SUCKERS!!!!!" just kind of follows. Great rant, NanceGreggs!
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 01:20 AM
Nov 2020

You nailed it.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
33. Even Fox News has fact checkers and journalist standards.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 03:21 AM
Nov 2020

Watch as the Newsmax and OAN crowd become even more delusional and unhinged.

oldsoftie

(12,533 posts)
35. Exactly. All because of ONE MAN. All this dissent.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 10:50 AM
Nov 2020

The Right didnt like Obama. They didnt like Clinton. Conspiracies about both abounded. But they never approached the level of crazy that they are now.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
47. As I said, his base are just useful idiots to him.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 06:35 PM
Nov 2020

When he no longer needs them, he will cast them aside like yesterday's newspaper. God help us when that day comes.

birdographer

(1,325 posts)
48. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 06:42 PM
Nov 2020

He turns on them, they turn on him and his republican enablers. I would not mind a blue USA.. (I know, it's a simplistic and naive view but I can fantasize if I want)

keithbvadu2

(36,793 posts)
39. Don't worry about Fox...
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 01:31 PM
Nov 2020

Don't worry about Fox...

As soon as Trump is out and Biden is in, Fox will be rabid again and their followers will be right there.

Scalded Nun

(1,236 posts)
41. They will get over this and will move on using some new appeal and different scapegoat targets
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 01:59 PM
Nov 2020

They have spent over 20 years in the pursuit of tearing down this country and have had a few minor setbacks and now one major one. But they have the infrastructure and good old American hate to pick themselves back up and move on.

Fox news, like Herpes, will not just go away.

Ford_Prefect

(7,895 posts)
42. Murdoch himself said that FOX was always intended to be propaganda.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 02:10 PM
Nov 2020

I can't recall the interview or setting in which he said it. He was bragging about how effectively it reached his intended audience and what the payoff was.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
45. Pod Save America's Jon Favreau says he dreams of Dem billionaires buying Fox & shutting it down.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 03:07 PM
Nov 2020

Even better, I think, would be buying it and then slowly deprogramming their audience out of their RW delusions & showing them how much better Democrats are for democracy. And how we, together, can demand they work even harder to perfect this union.

Oh, wait. First things first: teach them to gaf about democracy.



DeSmet

(257 posts)
46. Only trump....
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:27 PM
Nov 2020

could turn FOX into just another lame stream media organization. FOX is in a pickle right now. What to do?

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
51. What goes around comes around.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:45 PM
Nov 2020

And the damage Fox has deliberately done to the brains of those who watched it continuously is enormous, inestimable, and probably irrevocable.

Bad, bad karma.

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