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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
2. Monitoring them is one thing
Fri May 1, 2015, 04:40 PM
May 2015

but stopping the diseased ideas and thinking they spread is virtually impossible.

"Freedom of the press" gives them the right to do what they do.

But at what point are they "crying fire in a crowded theater"?

That's a hard call to make. And it's one that lets them go on spewing out their venom to poison the minds of those who just don't "get it," and never will.

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Thats why we need to occasionally monitor Fox. ErikJ May 2015 #1
Monitoring them is one thing Cyrano May 2015 #2
non profit news would be a good line to draw in the sand... Volaris May 2015 #19
I've had a similar idea for years. ZX86 May 2015 #23
The Faux theme song hifiguy May 2015 #3
I wonder if they realize that 2 of the cops charged are black nt maryellen99 May 2015 #4
Here is the SCARY problem. Between Alan Keyes and others wanting to kill others over Gay marriage NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #5
Everyone that I know who watches Fox upaloopa May 2015 #6
But they don't believe hundreds of years of history, Cyrano May 2015 #8
We have met the enemy, and they are world wide wally May 2015 #7
Remember who runs the show at Fake Noise. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #9
If there is a great beyond, Herr Doktor Goebbels hifiguy May 2015 #12
Wasn't Herr Doktor trained by Wellstone ruled May 2015 #13
Fox News is one of the toxic waste dumps. hunter May 2015 #10
Government and Unions are always the problem on FOX Johonny May 2015 #11
Kudos! This is how to report on anything to do with Fox, racist, xenophobic, extremist religion TV to the core. Fred Sanders May 2015 #14
noted this earlier..... spanone May 2015 #15
I'm surprised how many duers seem to be addicted Doctor_J May 2015 #16
Be careful Cyrano. I liken watching Faux News to gradual exposure to radiation. Exposure kairos12 May 2015 #17
Yeah, I get it. Even a minute or Cyrano May 2015 #21
Fox and the Reich wing have never seen workinclasszero May 2015 #18
You are wrong about the size of their audience, not anything like 'half the people in this country' Bluenorthwest May 2015 #20
Yes. But they tell their friends, relatives, Cyrano May 2015 #22
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