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NJCher

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6. Interesting to think about

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:42 AM

Feb 2023

I always like to turn the table to try out another way of thinking about things.

I’d have figured this ploy out in a heartbeat because I used to work in television ratings research and I was also a media buyer of large amounts of television time. It’s a documentable crime. Tell the truth? Ratings go down. Lie? Ratings go up.

This is a major hazard of having a propaganda network.

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Lawrence O'Donnell: Fox hosts' texts reveal they didn't believe Trump's election lies - The Last Word [View all] Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 OP

Beyond cilla4progress Feb 2023 #1

So, Carlson wanted a on-the-ground FQX reporter fired KS Toronado Feb 2023 #2

I read earlier that Fox also dismissed a guy who was premature in reporting Biden's election win Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #3

Sick beyond belief NJCher Feb 2023 #4

I felt just awful when Bush* won in 2004, would I have felt better if TV news lied to me?? Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #5

Interesting to think about NJCher Feb 2023 #6

I still remember the 2000 election, I was listening to Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #7

That is interesting KS Toronado Feb 2023 #8