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Ohioboy

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7. I wish I knew the answer to that

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 8, 2023, 06:35 PM

Mar 2023

My mother used to be a very aware progressive person, always voted for democrats. I remember when I was young she and my dad took part in the Civil Rights movement and even participated in marches and protests.

I don't know how FOX got her. For one thing they were never showing her anything bad about Trump. I don't FOX viewers ever hear the whole story.

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If FOX had been honest, I might not have lost family members to the cult [View all] Ohioboy Mar 2023 OP

Well, now that the cat is out of the bag, and that all have been revealed as lies to begin with, SWBTATTReg Mar 2023 #1

It won't be easy Ohioboy Mar 2023 #2

Nope Effete Snob Mar 2023 #6

Fox created the MAGA cult. Initech Mar 2023 #3

The Maga cult was already there. Fox tapped into it Kaleva Mar 2023 #4

+1 Celerity Mar 2023 #10

With so many options, why did your mother decide to watch Fox? Kaleva Mar 2023 #5

I wish I knew the answer to that Ohioboy Mar 2023 #7

Have you ever asked her? Kaleva Mar 2023 #8

Oh yes, I ask her all the time Ohioboy Mar 2023 #16

But why did she start watching Fox? Kaleva Mar 2023 #17

The Brainwashing of My Dad is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Jen Senko about her Celerity Mar 2023 #11

Why did he listen to RW radio and watch Fox news? Kaleva Mar 2023 #12

he just drifted into it and was hooked, before that he watched mainstream news, if memory serves Celerity Mar 2023 #13

But he must have liked what he heard in order to continue to listen Kaleva Mar 2023 #15

Maybe it was a different situation with your mother Meowmee Mar 2023 #9

I have a feeling that Dominon is just the start of civil litigations against FOX News. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #14