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Rhiannon12866

(258,754 posts) Fri Feb 17, 2023, 01:15 AM Feb 2023

Lawrence O'Donnell: Fox hosts' texts reveal they didn't believe Trump's election lies - The Last Word

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a new legal filing in the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News that includes text messages between the network’s hosts which indicate that they knew that former President Donald Trump’s voter fraud claims were untrue even as they continued to allow them to spread on the TV. - Aired on 02/16/2023.

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Lawrence O'Donnell: Fox hosts' texts reveal they didn't believe Trump's election lies - The Last Word (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 OP

Beyond cilla4progress Feb 2023 #1

So, Carlson wanted a on-the-ground FQX reporter fired KS Toronado Feb 2023 #2

I read earlier that Fox also dismissed a guy who was premature in reporting Biden's election win Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #3

Sick beyond belief NJCher Feb 2023 #4

I felt just awful when Bush* won in 2004, would I have felt better if TV news lied to me?? Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #5

Interesting to think about NJCher Feb 2023 #6

I still remember the 2000 election, I was listening to Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #7

That is interesting KS Toronado Feb 2023 #8

cilla4progress

(26,526 posts)

1. Beyond

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 01:45 AM

Feb 2023

craven.

KS Toronado

(23,862 posts)

2. So, Carlson wanted a on-the-ground FQX reporter fired

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:25 AM

Feb 2023

because she fact checked them and told the "TRUTH"...that thing FQX & G卐P has trouble with.

Rhiannon12866

(258,754 posts)

3. I read earlier that Fox also dismissed a guy who was premature in reporting Biden's election win

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:27 AM

Feb 2023

NJCher

(43,518 posts)

4. Sick beyond belief

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:29 AM

Feb 2023

Bring it down to the one on one level:

Me: Biden won the election.

You: I didn’t want him to win. I don’t want to hear that he won.

Me: OK fine I will lie to you. Trump won.

Is that better?

You: yes, that makes me feel better.

Me: Great, now I can get my money.

Rhiannon12866

(258,754 posts)

5. I felt just awful when Bush* won in 2004, would I have felt better if TV news lied to me??

Reply to NJCher (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:33 AM

Feb 2023

NJCher

(43,518 posts)

6. Interesting to think about

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:42 AM

Feb 2023

I always like to turn the table to try out another way of thinking about things.

I’d have figured this ploy out in a heartbeat because I used to work in television ratings research and I was also a media buyer of large amounts of television time. It’s a documentable crime. Tell the truth? Ratings go down. Lie? Ratings go up.

This is a major hazard of having a propaganda network.

Rhiannon12866

(258,754 posts)

7. I still remember the 2000 election, I was listening to Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer

Reply to NJCher (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:47 AM

Feb 2023

Who kept changing the results every five minutes. For a long time it was established that Al Gore had won Florida. *sigh*

KS Toronado

(23,862 posts)

8. That is interesting

Reply to NJCher (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:49 AM

Feb 2023

"Tell the truth? Ratings go down. Lie? Ratings go up." Guess truth is boring to a lot of people.

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