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Rhiannon12866

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12. What's scary is that there are people in this country who watch this propaganda and believe it

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 12, 2022, 05:22 AM

Aug 2022

A few years back, I was walking out of a meeting with a woman I knew who had held a meetup for one of our Democratic Congressional candidates and, of course, we started cringing about TFG who was still in office at the time. And the two women behind us, who I'd known and liked for years, started saying to each other that they watched Fox "News" all the time, that was what they paid attention to...

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Fox News reactions to FBI search at Mar-a-Lago - mediamatters4america [View all] Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 OP

Yikes! The level of hypocrisy is astounding. Bluepinky Aug 2022 #1

The truly scary thing is that there are people who actually regard this as "news!" Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #3

I know! Really hard to comprehend. Bluepinky Aug 2022 #5

"That's like a librarian sending armed agents into your house." dchill Aug 2022 #2

It's really too bad that the jokers that watch this don't have translators like you just posted... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #4

There has to be some way.... SergeStorms Aug 2022 #6

I know. "Free Speech" is one thing, but this is destructive propaganda Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #7

Absolutely! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #10

What's scary is that there are people in this country who watch this propaganda and believe it Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #12

This is truly incomprehensible to me. SheltieLover Aug 2022 #13

These women aren't stupid, I don't get it, either... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #14

It just doesn't make sense. SheltieLover Aug 2022 #15

Perhaps this the war against naivety, which is a long time coming. jaxexpat Aug 2022 #22

I don't understand how anyone who isn't pro-hate - which is all that TFG offers - can stand to watch Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #23

Gullibility is the enemy of good sense. jaxexpat Aug 2022 #24

And I mentioned upthread that I discovered two women that I've known and liked for years Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #26

That's what drew my attention initially. jaxexpat Aug 2022 #28

Absolutely!!! Amen! rainy Aug 2022 #18

I'm seeing the absolute insanity in my County duhneece Aug 2022 #20

I think cable TV and AM radio have to be regulated. Mr. Sparkle Aug 2022 #21

Hillaryious INDEED, Dopes! Tell us more, PLEASE. czarjak Aug 2022 #8

Life sucks tirebiter Aug 2022 #9

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #11

Stasi?!?! RocRizzo55 Aug 2022 #16

Give them time. Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 #17

Fox News need to be held accountable for what they are lieing about wildman76 Aug 2022 #19

The FauxNews audience gives a great deal of validity to the statitistc that half of the NoMoreRepugs Aug 2022 #25

The Apprentice made them all believe in fairy tales. czarjak Aug 2022 #27