Admiral Pulls Plug on Fox News

[kpete]

As the commander of military forces in E Africa, I asked the American Forces Network (TV) to replace Fox news during meal hours. Why? Because they were inimical to America's outreach overseas. Put troops in jeopardy. Made my job harder. And they now have accomplices.

Without Fox, Trump would be a bungling celebrity who foolishly/laughably ran for president. Real-time reckoning of lies need real-time litigation. There is such a thing as gross distortions of fact and purveyors of such must pay a debilitating price.

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[soothsayer]

1. Good

[Old Crow]

18. +1 Hell yes! (N/T)

[Grins]

40. Maybe not!!

He publicly disparaged a sitting president. He could be brought up on career-ending charges under Article 88 of the UCMJ.

[COL Mustard]

42. I Wondered About That Too, But He's Retired

Gets to say whatever he wants now (obviously within reason).

[Bongo Prophet]

2. This is a good start, now do hate radio! Give them music and real news information instead

[ancianita]

13. Absolutely.

[The Wielding Truth]

3. If Fox News is going to out and out lie they should no way call themselves NEWS!

[KS Toronado]

15. Exactly, they need to change it to Alternative Facts News.

[Lonestarblue]

27. Just call it what it is: Fox White Supremacy and Hate Network.

[KS Toronado]

28. That works also

[SharonClark]

4. Franken ran for the US Senate in Iowa

this year but lost in the primary. He was a smart principled commander and good human being.

[Arne]

5. Needs to spread around the Fire Stations, Police precincts, Airports,

wherever the propaganda spewed.
Even the damn Dentist office.

[tecelote]

17. Yes!

[Rebl2]

43. I agree

My eye dr. office only shows hgtv or food network thank goodness. I have been to an imagining center (where I used to get mammograms) and they would always have fox on. Don’t go there anymore.

[magicarpet]

6. What about Nazi Rush Limbaugh radio piped into military,...

.... bases all over the world indoctrinating our troops to the ways of Fascism and extreme rightwing propaganda day in and day out.

[Gary 50]

24. That will end very soon, but not soon enough.

I wish there was hell waiting for him but I'm afraid the only hell is here on earth. Listening to the treasonous bastards in the House defending the indefensible is a clear example of hell on earth. It makes my blood boil.

[certainot]

44. he's croaking fast, i hope he's around to see trump in jail. his subs when he can't make it in

are not going to be able to rationalize and excuse and sell lies and hypocrisy like limbaugh can when the GOP reps that voted no are up for reelection repeating the latest lies vs more rational primary opponents, much less dems.

they're also not going to be able to attract the ad dollars he did and 600 stations are going to take a big enough hit they may have to change programing

[BlueIdaho]

7. About Time

Fox News is and always has been a cancer on our nation.

[Old Crow]

19. Couldn't agree more. About time, indeed. (N/T)

[Celerity]

56. this happened in 2011

[lame54]

8. Listen up Jiffy-Lube

[Irish_Dem]

10. We need to complain to service companies we don't want to hear that crap in waiting rooms. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Absolutely!

The power of the coin will help people make wise decisions.
"You want my business - change the channel."

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly, just like reporting those not wearing masks to security. nt

[lindysalsagal]

9. Too late.

Should have started in 2015.

[NoMoreRepugs]

38. Never too late, my granddaughter is only 5.

[CaptainTruth]

14. In 2011...

"My answer to Fox in Africa in 2011? I pulled the plug."

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[Celerity]

57. +1000

[msfiddlestix]

16. Better late than never.. I'll take it.

[TygrBright]

20. WTG, Navy! Well-done, Admiral. n/t

[orangecrush]

21. Salute!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Thread title is bait and switch. The admiral is retired and pulled the plug in 2011. . . nt

[rurallib]

25. Thank you! The use of present tense in the title really changes the meaning of this thread.

Franken ran for the senate here in Iowa last spring. I really like him and hope he will take on Iowa's Gawd, Chuckles Grassley.

[oldsoftie]

26. Yeah reading it made no sense. NBC made Trump the star, not Fox.

NBC also showed him how much money he could make by spreading his reach. Hpw better than running for President?

[stopdiggin]

32. which also misses the point a little bit

The (retired) Navy man was speaking specifically to Fox's propensity for dealing in lies, 'alternative facts' and fake news -- and the real time damage and toll this was extracting from the military and its mission. I don't think there's any disputing the fact that Fox went to war with the 'truth' -- and in service of the Republican party -- well in advance of the Trump administration. And clearly in doing so they established a baseline, and primed the pump, for an amoral populist who dealt in lies as the very breath of life -- and a public that embraced him.

And, yes -- an overwhelming amount of that was -- Fox television.
(and Bernardo is right -- the OP, and topic, would appear to be seriously dated)

[GopherGal]

45. I was going to say "fertilized the ground"

upon which NBCs "Donald Trump, successful businessman" myth spread its seed. (And considerable additional manure...)

[ad121rome]

23. Yup

Sounds right, turn off Fox News everywhere. It’s a mouth piece for autocrats and monarchs. We need neither in the US.

[gratuitous]

31. It's a shame things had to go this far

But apparently it required an armed effort to overthrow the government for some people to finally get off the schneid and recognize the toxic emissions of Fox and other right-wing outlets.

[Paper Roses]

33. Bravo Admiral. n/t

[ffr]

34. I imagine the soldiers food will digest better from now on too.

Mine would.

Turn that radical RW crap off!

[BootinUp]

35. It's like a spring cleaning lately. Nt

[Nitram]

36. From the Admiral's Twitter page: "To your righteously Republican friends, Your Joint Chiefs, all

former SecDefs and SecStates, and the majority of Americans think you are wrong."

[Sogo]

37. This man ran in the primary for Senate from IA,

to run against Joni Ernst.

I voted for him, and was so disappointed that he lost to Greenfield.

I'm sure he would have defeated Ernst.

[HootieMcBoob]

39. Finally

It’s about time

[zentrum]

41. General Smedley Butler, is that you?

[NewDayOranges]

46. I read the Tweet - it said he ASKED Armed Forces Network to stop

showing Fox News at meal time. He ASKED!

It didn't say anything about AFN agreeing to do this or anything. Stop handing out congrats - this guy hasn't done anything yet...

In fact, this guy seems to be running for office in Iowa - he may be practicing his pandering skills with this Tweet!

[DesertRat]

47. k&r!

[BobTheSubgenius]

48. I LOVE the first sentence of the second tweet.

It also tickles me that his name is "Franken."

[Skittles]

49. reputable people need to STOP APPEARING ON FOX NEWS

it is REPUKE PROPAGANDA.....ENOUGH ALREADY

[oasis]

50. The Fox gas lighting of our troops comes to a halt. Partially. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

51. Learned a new word - inimacal

"tending to obstruct or harm."

[Upthevibe]

52. Excellent....

Thank you for the post...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

53. They've been cramming those LIES down their throats...

... for how long?!

No wonder a majority of our troops often support the GOP, even when they're endangered by them for NOTHING.

[uponit7771]

54. K&R

[calimary]

55. More please!

[Blue Owl]

58. Finally someone out there who gets it

[BlancheSplanchnik]

59. Fox IS the poison that began our divide, and the right wing's slide into

Close minded insanity.

They are dangerous, I’ve been saying for ages!! Put a stop to Murdoch’s little game.

[turbinetree]

60. K&R..........

[Hulk]

61. Unbelievable that they would have Fox playing in the first place...

.... which explains why the majority of the military support this f***** up Administration. When you pump that poison between their ears as a captive audience, eventually their minds begin to rot... just as the cult has had their minds melt into stupidity and conspiracy garbage.

I watch a speck of Fox propaganda each day in 2 minute doses, and I can vouch for the fact that they are simply are the mouthpiece for the goPutin party of idiots. Their guests are the same right wing conspiracy nut bags such as gym jordan, DUI gaetz, huckleberry and his vile witch dogter, etc. Poison is the message of the day.... pounded repeatedly over and over again.

No wonder....