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TNLib

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103. I see them as problem poisoning old brains

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:26 PM

Feb 2018

But the bigger problem is the younger generations either getting their news from Fake news sites, conspiracy sites or not even bothering to follow the news. Many people I know don’t even have cable anymore.

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We must find a way to rid our society of Fox news. What to do? [View all] Hamlette Feb 2018 OP

I ask myself that every day. calimary Feb 2018 #1

Yup. That darn 1st Amendment! MichMary Feb 2018 #25

Fairness Doctrine never applied to cable MichMan Feb 2018 #29

It could be-FCC still regulates telecommunications YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #30

Should it be applied to websites too? MichMan Feb 2018 #32

No. What should be applied to websites is a law making LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #43

Here you go. But I'd apply that to all means of communicating Hortensis Feb 2018 #81

Who decides what constitutes propaganda? fallout87 Feb 2018 #117

Nobody ever thinks things all the way through, do they? nt 7962 Feb 2018 #127

It would be struck down in an nanosecond as unconstitutional onenote Feb 2018 #37

But every year there are more older citizens than the previous year 7962 Feb 2018 #128

Hello Hamlette syringis Feb 2018 #2

You are correct. Caliman73 Feb 2018 #67

Ive ranted about that so many times here, its ridiculous! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #3

You cannot take Fox news away from people. You need to educate people to turn away from Fox. Binkie The Clown Feb 2018 #4

I'm afraid you're right. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #5

New TV series: "Fox vs Facts" lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #48

Sounds like a good idea, whathehell Feb 2018 #84

Agreed, but maybe... Rumplestiltskin? lostnfound Feb 2018 #59

AND right wing radio! nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #6

RW radio is just as bad or worse YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #31

It is worse. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #62

It's not Fox News that's a problem JohnnyRingo Feb 2018 #7

This Adsos Letter Feb 2018 #106

Massive and relentless demonstrations jmbar2 Feb 2018 #8

What we need to do DFW Feb 2018 #9

When news programs knowingly spread false information and don't correct meadowlander Feb 2018 #10

Agree! Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #14

A smart satirical cartoon askyagerz Feb 2018 #11

Fox uses lots of tools to keep them watching. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #63

Recent early morning "headline" reader. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #112

Right, she was hired for her journalistic integrity. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #136

But many right wingers didn't see Colbert as a joke. They thought he was on their side. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #64

Some people are just too dumb to get anything askyagerz Feb 2018 #70

you're right about treating it like a joke. the more foxnews and their viewers are mocked and unblock Feb 2018 #102

I read an interview with Obama in BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #12

When Foxx is on at a business, restaurant, etc vlyons Feb 2018 #13

+1,000,000 dchill Feb 2018 #16

I stopped going to a doctor murielm99 Feb 2018 #21

When I worked at joint base Lewis McChord SonofDonald Feb 2018 #68

I recently did something similar while getting an oil change crazycatlady Feb 2018 #108

We could spike91nz Feb 2018 #15

This! get the red out Feb 2018 #34

An HBO showing of a new, "Outfoxed" movie. I don't think many Maraya1969 Feb 2018 #17

Maybe a common-sense thing like at least requiring American ownership. byronius Feb 2018 #18

So the BBC must not be allowed either then MichMan Feb 2018 #27

Apples and oranges... 2naSalit Feb 2018 #42

See post # 35 MichMan Feb 2018 #52

Again, Murdoch is a US Citizen onenote Feb 2018 #65

I'm primarily concerned with disclosure. byronius Feb 2018 #50

What does the 1st amendment have to do with speech which has people, not the Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #137

Murdoch has been a US Citizen since 1985 onenote Feb 2018 #38

I'm afraid there's no simple solution because there's fundamentally, genetically two 'types' ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #19

And FNC destroys families. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2018 #20

What we need Soxfan58 Feb 2018 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #23

I've seen this: "Fox News Lies" on t-shirts/stickers in DC. Do something: wear these sawasigndc Feb 2018 #24

This should be up like all of those dumb Infowars stickers crazycatlady Feb 2018 #109

I can provide the stickers in bulk. Local democratic club want to buy 100 at $2/per? sawasigndc Feb 2018 #138

most of us don't watch it any way, and as long as murdochs don't care if foxnews makes money or not beachbum bob Feb 2018 #26

I can only control what I watch. MichMan Feb 2018 #28

Thats the spirit! N/T BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #40

I think it is everyone's business when LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #41

So you support repeal of the 1st Amendment ? MichMan Feb 2018 #46

Did I say that? LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #49

One man's propaganda is another's free speech MichMan Feb 2018 #56

Alright. Go into a shopping mall LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #58

Depends, do you own the shopping mall? brooklynite Feb 2018 #87

lol, point taken. Ligyron Feb 2018 #125

I infer absolutes as well, regardless of accuracy or fallacy... LanternWaste Feb 2018 #69

What do you propose we do? fallout87 Feb 2018 #118

I've proposed it elsewhere in this thread. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #124

Loudly boycott their advertisers. n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #33

Once we're firmly back in power we make opposition media illegal. ileus Feb 2018 #35

Gee, maybe we could put people we don't agree with in re-education camps too! EX500rider Feb 2018 #91

Did you forget the sarcasm emoji? irisblue Feb 2018 #97

faux news can be hated burnbaby Feb 2018 #36

Propaganda is not "news" though. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #39

What can we do? Without making yourself look like an asshole to other people I don't doc03 Feb 2018 #44

The only possible way, in our system, would be to buy it and shut it down. MineralMan Feb 2018 #45

Only after Rupert Murdoch passes away exboyfil Feb 2018 #57

too bad we bdamomma Feb 2018 #47

Our education system has failed. C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #51

Young people aren't the problem Cosmocat Feb 2018 #135

Denazification. see: Julius Streicher. (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2018 #53

Access to liberal/progressive radio and TV has been disappearing for years. rainin Feb 2018 #54

Shutting down Fox wouldn't solve the problem, others would simply ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #55

Boycott EVERYTHING FOX -- TV shows, movies, sports, EVERYTHING!!! Not just Faux Noos sponsors. KPN Feb 2018 #60

And then Newsnax? brooklynite Feb 2018 #75

Yeah, it's absolutely daunting and unrealistic. What's your solution in the face of the outright KPN Feb 2018 #116

As far as the issue in question, I'm a First Amendment absolutist... brooklynite Feb 2018 #120

You're always a bright light of common sense when it starts to get silly. One of few. 7962 Feb 2018 #130

You were frightened by a decades-old hypothetical that's probably bullshit? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2018 #61

There should be a MurrayDelph Feb 2018 #66

Every time you go into a business and Fox is on, ask them to change the channel. Vinca Feb 2018 #71

Fox News doesn't change people's minds, it reinforces what they already believe... brooklynite Feb 2018 #72

If someone on the right decides to get rid of Pacifica Radio, that'll be okay with you? brooklynite Feb 2018 #73

we need to return the fairless doctrine Bonx Feb 2018 #74

Never applied to anything other than broadcast TV. brooklynite Feb 2018 #76

Calling something "fair" doesnt make it "right" 7962 Feb 2018 #131

Check back with us after you've read the Constitution. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #77

It's hard for me to boycott Fox because I never watch it Lint Head Feb 2018 #78

We could infiltrate Fox News with people so bat shit insane nobody could possibly believe them... hunter Feb 2018 #79

Lawsuits janterry Feb 2018 #80

Whats the legal basis for your lawsuit? brooklynite Feb 2018 #89

Mine? janterry Feb 2018 #90

Most of their targets are considered public figures and are generally immune from claiming slander. brooklynite Feb 2018 #96

Well, not quite immune, but it's very difficult marybourg Feb 2018 #105

I wonder if some renegade hacker would attempt to shut them down? Lint Head Feb 2018 #82

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #83

Hopefully that is not a serious comment. spin Feb 2018 #93

I assume putting a ton of LSD in the nation's water supply is out of the question jmowreader Feb 2018 #85

We need a show that calls out their lies. dreamland Feb 2018 #86

What dull programming... brooklynite Feb 2018 #88

Does not violate the first amendment to regulate Fox news standingtall Feb 2018 #92

It very definitely does violate the First Amendment to do that. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #98

Cable television can and has been regulated and does not violate the standingtall Feb 2018 #100

The FCC does not regulate cable TV. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #101

The content of the speech on Cable TV is not regulated like broadcasting onenote Feb 2018 #107

I'm sure you won't mind THE DAILY SHOW or LAST WEEK TONIGHT to be censored? brooklynite Feb 2018 #111

The dailey show admits to being satire standingtall Feb 2018 #114

Point to the evidence that they say that... brooklynite Feb 2018 #115

What's the name of the channel that airs The Daily Show? .99center Feb 2018 #121

Just like MTV is all music? brooklynite Feb 2018 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author .99center Feb 2018 #123

It's not just Faux News maxrandb Feb 2018 #94

Here's a perfect example of how fucked up our country is maxrandb Feb 2018 #95

Two words: Robert Mueller Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #99

I see them as problem poisoning old brains TNLib Feb 2018 #103

Liquid Plumr? nt Atticus Feb 2018 #104

If only the Wayback Machine were real. Different Drummer Feb 2018 #110

This is cultural loyalsister Feb 2018 #113

It's already been pointed out. .99center Feb 2018 #119

It needs advertiser dollars to survive. ehrnst Feb 2018 #126

It might not help greymattermom Feb 2018 #129

It is brain poisoning BlueJac Feb 2018 #132

Where would trump get his Cha Feb 2018 #133

We successfully boycotted Rush Limbaugh with the Flush Rush campaign.. samnsara Feb 2018 #134