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TrollBuster9090

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23. That's the main reason I watch Fox News. Just for laughs. Especially on days when bombshell
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 11:51 PM
Oct 2017

when bombshell reports come out. I know it's a bullshit, propaganda network. But when a bombshell, anti GOP story comes out, I watch Fox to see the following things:

1. What lengths do they have to do TO AVOID talking about it? What do they have to talk about INSTEAD? How many straws do they have to grasp at to change the subject? (If they have some democratic party scandal that even has a small grain of truth to it...that's a good day for them. But if they REALLY HAVE TO SQUIRM to find something to ELSE to talk about, it's a bad day for them.)

2. I look to see how breathless they are, and how exasperated. If they can't be right, they at least can be LOUD. And Sean Hannity is LITERALLY SCREAMING at the camera these days, from the beginning monologue to the end of the show. That's a sign of real desperation.

3. I look to see how deep the ad hominem attacks are. That's also a sign of desperation.

4. Finally, I look to see if there are any cracks in the facade of pundits. Some of their panel pundits are more in the tank than others. People like Mollie Hemingway and Laura Ingram would NEVER say anything negative about Republicans and their masters, no matter WHAT they do. But there are one or two people who have a lower threshold, and, to save their own reputations, will actually start to say negative things if the scandal is bad enough. Chris Wallace and Shep Smith are the two hosts that will crack first. Charles Krauthammer is usually the first pundit that will crack. Good example: The day Trump was PRAISING KKK and NEONAZIS, Ingram and Hemingway equivocated and defended him, Krauthammer was the first to crack (%100 negative), ....but when I saw STEVE HAYES criticizing Trump, I knew they were desperate.


Fox FIRED George Will for being the first pundit to crack. A few others will be out the door soon. But it's alway fun to watch whether there will be a unified front, or cracks in the facade.


Put yes, absolutely, it's a brainwashing, propagandistic alternative universe to be sure. Here's my best example: remember that time when the GOP shut down the government after the 2012 election...JUST OUT OF SPITE because they were so pissed off that Obama won? EVERYBODY knew it was the GOP and blamed them. John McCain said "We're down to family and paid staffers" who are still with the GOP on the shutdown.

I turn into Hannity....and the fist words out of his mouth were "We're now into day three of THE OBAMA/REID government shutdown." WTF? That's right. Hannity was spinning a story to his idiot viewers that the shutdown was somehow Obama and Harry Reid's fault.

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they do that regularly when they don't agree with the reality of the news. spanone Oct 2017 #1
I think they do agree. They know the truth--they just lie about. StevieM Oct 2017 #2
FOX knows what their viewers want to hear, so they tell them..... Jim Beard Oct 2017 #17
No. They are right there with them; KPN Oct 2017 #28
They did not get converted by FOX News, they were already right wing idiots that Jim Beard Oct 2017 #36
In other words, they flat out lie and just make shit up. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #44
Waiting for their talking points from Trump and/or Putin emulatorloo Oct 2017 #5
Fox is evil. No other word fits. Same for Shitler. Peas in an evil pod. Fred Sanders Oct 2017 #3
I purposely turned them on about 30 minutes after Bin Laden was killed rufus dog Oct 2017 #4
I think I first saw Bin Laden on the ticker on Fox while I was at the gym LeftInTX Oct 2017 #14
Think of how scary it is, that so many people are misinformed bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #6
When I travel it's unbelievable how many televisions are set to Fox News Awsi Dooger Oct 2017 #20
It's unreal and bizarre Watchfoxheadexplodes Oct 2017 #7
Cant possibly, cilla4progress Oct 2017 #22
FOX is Republican TV-they toe the party line. jalan48 Oct 2017 #8
Exactly. Fox is a Republican tool -- KPN Oct 2017 #29
I'll respond to my own post. I just turned on Fox again and they are relentlessly bashing HRC. StevieM Oct 2017 #9
This is why we need to find some way to shut them down. Tatiana Oct 2017 #10
Yes. Why aren't we as democrats doing KPN Oct 2017 #31
Hillary needs to sue Fox for a fortune and bring the AJT Oct 2017 #11
They are lost without Ailes underpants Oct 2017 #12
Drudge nothing either...bet it will work for Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2017 #13
Why is Fox so focused on urineium and the pee pee dossier? L. Coyote Oct 2017 #15
FOX news is a cancer that needs to be removed Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #16
Agree! mountain grammy Oct 2017 #18
Reality will cave in on them soon. SHRED Oct 2017 #19
You should see Twitter. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #21
That's the main reason I watch Fox News. Just for laughs. Especially on days when bombshell TrollBuster9090 Oct 2017 #23
Fox News Channel is nothing but a propaganda outlet. Liberal In Texas Oct 2017 #24
Frank Giustra videohead5 Oct 2017 #25
Nice catch. What is lost in all this is America was on friendly terms...before the election. Fred Sanders Oct 2017 #26
Relations did not turn bad videohead5 Oct 2017 #30
It has all the The Wizard Oct 2017 #27
I remember during the Watergate hearings there were only a few channels. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #32
And unless something changes politcally, that will be the future of U.S. media. C Moon Oct 2017 #33
I do not watch Fux but I wonder if Steyer's ads are running BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #34
I am afraid if Trump is removed we will have an armed rebellion from the nitwits that doc03 Oct 2017 #35
You cannot stage a revolution GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #37
LOL you gotta point there nt doc03 Oct 2017 #38
It's also hard to hold a weapon... Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #46
Yep, they do live in an alternate reality. Beacool Oct 2017 #39
Hey Bea!! Great to see you!! StevieM Oct 2017 #41
I agree aboutb the FBI, a pox on Comey's house. Beacool Oct 2017 #45
I'd like to hear something I don't know... czarjak Oct 2017 #40
I created a new avatar just for this occasion. Towlie Oct 2017 #42
Yep, my husband tuned in this morning out of curiosity... Pacifist Patriot Oct 2017 #43
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