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kydo

(2,679 posts)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:36 PM Nov 2012

They were not lied too [View all]

This new GOP talking point of "we were lied too by Fox News," is at best an oxymoron (if its spelled wrong then well I did it on purpose if it is spelled right I am a genius), but really it is not true.

I think they believed their own BS. In this case Faux Noise just repeated what the GOP was saying which was BS. Fact is they repeated so much they all believed their opinions were fact. And that is sad.

Its sad because half of America is so out of touch with reality. Opinion is not fact. Everyone has opinions and most of them do not agree with yours. The GOP has a real tough problem dealing with this.

But the right wing news (term used lightly) outlets did not lie to their audiences, they just told them what they wanted to hear for two reasons. One they really believed it was true. Two - If they told the real story they would lose viewers and then lose money.

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