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In reply to the discussion: Fox news has made fools out of millions of Americans. [View all]Texin
(2,596 posts)22. Conservative-brained people prefer authoritarian thinkers and doers.
They want Big Daddy to tell them what to do and how to think and feel. It's hardwired in their brain chemistry. Couple that with the fact that school children have been trained away from critical thinking and questioning, and you've got a bunch of people who prefer not to question what they hear and believe on Fux Spews whose mission statement at its inception was to be the *news* broadcast station for the rethugs.
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they were fools before fox, now they just have a national voice for their foolishness. n/t
MerryBlooms
Oct 2019
#1
Fox fools the fools. But there's nobody else listening. The gullibles will never exceed 40%
lagomorph777
Nov 2019
#68
Thank you for sharing all of that. II've also seen that many seem to agree with Democratic
Maru Kitteh
Oct 2019
#42
I watched Fox for about a year in the early 2000s because I thought it was just another...
Pacifist Patriot
Oct 2019
#49
Rupert Murdoch's propaganda and misinformation organization has done more to damage
sop
Oct 2019
#32
I went to a Catholic grade school in the 1960s and the nuns taught us critical thinking skills.
OMGWTF
Oct 2019
#17
Sat with a woman from Pennsylvania on an international flight, she said she didn't like Hillary
kimbutgar
Oct 2019
#8
Fox News viewers are un-American. They were already there from listening to limpballs
rockfordfile
Oct 2019
#11
talk radio is the real problem. fox is part of the democratic free speech spectrum and there are alt
certainot
Oct 2019
#55
Some years ago Murdock was asked/challenged regarding his right wing tv channel...
TryLogic
Oct 2019
#25
There was one of those memes about NZ and Australia doing that, but its false.
oldsoftie
Oct 2019
#48
Blinded by hatred fueled by decades of propaganda. First heard Rush 30 years ago. He is the model.
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2019
#35
JHB- Thanks very much for this post. I was not listening talk radio in my early years (1960's)
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2019
#58
The thing that's so sad is they have many choices... but they stay on the same channel (R)...
FormerDittoHead
Oct 2019
#40
It is far easier to fool someone than to convince them they've been fooled...
Wounded Bear
Oct 2019
#44
it mainly validates the unchallenged repeated lying that only talk radio can do
certainot
Oct 2019
#57
Only way to stop Fox is to cut them off at the knees which means boycotting any advertisers
cstanleytech
Oct 2019
#52