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Hortensis

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4. RW media, including Fox, have a history of trolling for assassins

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:32 PM

Jan 2020

against Democrats.

A very widespread campaign, from the most extreme hate radio right up through Fox & Friends and the rest of the Fox lineup, got going during Obama's first term. Fox's more "discreet" versions included daily impassioned, distressed wonderings from their mean girls after every reporting of Obama's latest attack on America, "How long can America take this? How long until...someone just...snaps?!" Leaning forward with waving hands and mouths open in helpless female outrage to illustrate how entirely justifiable "snapping" could only be a matter of time.

O'Donnell remembers. Media finally started reporting its own phenomenon, but it was only when some clever person catchily accused RW media of "trolling for assassins" that Fox and most backed off a bunch. But it's never stopped.

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