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anneboleyn

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16. Thank you bluepen! That makes me feel better. I hate to feel discouraged on DU as we need to
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 07:46 PM
Oct 2017

do everything we can to be aware of what the Repubs will be doing (and fox is their mouthpiece)

Know your enemy. SCantiGOP Oct 2017 #1
But there's nothing there to know.. defacto7 Oct 2017 #44
Exactly. Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #61
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #64
The Talking Points Do Not Change???? Wiseman32218 Oct 2017 #46
I agree. It's important to know what info others are exposed to,sometimes the only info they get.nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #54
Because they have a not insignficant audience that drinks the koolaid hlthe2b Oct 2017 #2
Because their lies are effective lame54 Oct 2017 #3
Why would anyone remain willfully ignorant of bluepen Oct 2017 #4
Thank you as I have a feeling the OP was directed at me. I think we need to know what Fox is anneboleyn Oct 2017 #5
Having just replied to your post bluepen Oct 2017 #6
Thank you bluepen! That makes me feel better. I hate to feel discouraged on DU as we need to anneboleyn Oct 2017 #16
Totally agree!!!! Wiseman32218 Oct 2017 #47
+1.nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #55
This Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #60
Nothing wrong with information... defacto7 Oct 2017 #48
It's nice to know what talking points I will be confronted with from wingnut nation. Trust Buster Oct 2017 #7
I don't think it's an obsession. It's hard not to speak out when you The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #8
I can't bdamomma Oct 2017 #9
good article at this link on Fox's misinformation effect diva77 Oct 2017 #10
They repeate and often generate talking points for the right. NCTraveler Oct 2017 #11
Because many of us have friends or relatives who have been totally brainwashed by Fox News. milestogo Oct 2017 #12
Definitely the case in our family/friends (former friends as in Facebook contacts but still we need anneboleyn Oct 2017 #18
Fox and those who watch it are an important piece of what is going on wasupaloopa Oct 2017 #13
Are you talking to me? Because Fox has the biggest cable news audience, and Trumpers get all info anneboleyn Oct 2017 #14
Not specifically -I understand wanting to know their talking points malaise Oct 2017 #17
It's "not DU" to discuss how the left is being grotesquely malinged by a massive media empire anneboleyn Oct 2017 #23
Sis I like your posts malaise Oct 2017 #27
So you think adding visibility to their news defacto7 Oct 2017 #49
I have friends who love to hatewatch Hannity and then tweet about it, making octoberlib Oct 2017 #15
That's my worry - it drives up their viewership malaise Oct 2017 #19
I have often wondered the same. cwydro Oct 2017 #20
We don't even have it malaise Oct 2017 #22
I havent watched it except when I see it at the gym. cwydro Oct 2017 #26
I already know what the have to say.. LakeArenal Oct 2017 #21
You need a way better source malaise Oct 2017 #24
sometimes i'll look over there and it's just amazing how far they are detached from reality. spanone Oct 2017 #25
I can't watch them malaise Oct 2017 #29
me too... spanone Oct 2017 #31
Curiousity SJMULE Oct 2017 #28
I like to keep up with what my relatives are hearing flyingfysh Oct 2017 #30
Vincente Fox? His trolling of Two Scoops is the best! QED Oct 2017 #32
They actually think they are doing something.... vi5 Oct 2017 #33
You win the thread malaise Oct 2017 #34
I used to post Morning Joescum stuff but I got sick of the RETHUG talking points malaise Oct 2017 #35
This defacto7 Oct 2017 #50
Yep. Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #62
seems like every where i go bluestarone Oct 2017 #36
Until recently they had a remarkable influence on much of the MSM underpants Oct 2017 #37
I never understood that malaise Oct 2017 #40
Follow...... underpants Oct 2017 #42
No obsessed, just amazed and curious. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #38
I don't have the stomach to listen to Fox TomSlick Oct 2017 #39
LOL. Really! It seems that DU members comprise the largest audience for Fox, Rush and the rest. PSPS Oct 2017 #41
I have not tuned into Fox since the 2008 primaries. Currently CentralMass Oct 2017 #43
I have not listened to them since the 90's. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #45
Not obsessed, but envious that the GOP has an exclusive state media outlet... VOX Oct 2017 #51
Agreed, however.... dhol82 Oct 2017 #57
True. And nicely put. VOX Oct 2017 #58
As well should any rational person hate authoritarianism dhol82 Oct 2017 #59
I have no idea. defacto7 Oct 2017 #52
Because DUers love to wring their hands and gnash their teeth ornotna Oct 2017 #53
I've never watched Fox. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #56
Because one third of the country believes it, and acts upon it. And yes, the Sun Tzu quote applies. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2017 #63
Not ignoring Republican disinformation propaganda affecting many Americans is "obsessing"? betsuni Nov 2017 #65
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