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GreenWave

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11. Other places gave Fox the boot.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:13 PM

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FOX News should not be treated as a "News" organization. [View all] kentuck Dec 6 OP

THIS !!! They are hand tight with the GQP and the DNC has no counter to this. uponit7771 Dec 6 #1

They didn't pay 787 million because they adhere to codes of honesty in reporting. Passages Dec 6 #2

Fox has admitted, in court, they are not a news organization dlk Dec 6 #3

Urban myth onenote Dec 6 #28

I don't think it would make much difference if FOX disappeared tomorrow. It is typically quoted they have a few million Silent Type Dec 6 #4

Correct, with one important distinction: unblock Dec 6 #5

Fox "news" is part of the cancer of markodochartaigh Dec 6 #13

It's named FOX because it pisses on everything just like actual fox do. IA8IT Dec 6 #6

"GOP TV" per Roger Ailes. LoisB Dec 6 #7

He's dead. Has been for years. Seeking Serenity Dec 6 #33

Gene Roddenberry died 30 years ago SocialDemocrat61 Dec 6 #34

And on, and on, and on. Can we PLEASE let that franchise go? Seeking Serenity Dec 6 #36

. SocialDemocrat61 Dec 6 #41

Exactly! LoisB Dec 6 #38

Yet his idea for a GOP propaganda television station lives on. I know he's dead. LoisB Dec 6 #37

fox news... groomers of MythosMaster Dec 6 #8

Who shouldn't treat it that way? maxsolomon Dec 6 #9

Exactly...it is a propaganda machine... FarPoint Dec 6 #10

Other places gave Fox the boot. GreenWave Dec 6 #11

It's like treating poison markodochartaigh Dec 6 #12

Restrictions were placed on FOX in the UK. They are not a legitimate "news" network and were recognized as such. Evolve Dammit Dec 6 #14

Rethuglicans are why we can't have nice things OMGWTF Dec 6 #24

yep indeed. Evolve Dammit Dec 6 #31

Why do we "lag" behind other countries when it comes to speech? Because we have a first amendment onenote Dec 6 #29

Was talking about universal health care and laws that apply to hate speech that would prohibit much of the crap from RW Evolve Dammit Dec 6 #32

Nothing on TV is real news. WarGamer Dec 6 #15

Cable news is talking heads telling people what they want to hear Kaleva Dec 6 #18

I agree. Now, how do we persuade their audience to turn that shit off? Mariana Dec 6 #16

It is a cancer on body of America Botany Dec 6 #17

Fox News is literally a drug. Initech Dec 6 #23

I have said this for a long time Skittles Dec 6 #19

No cable news network should be treated as real news Kaleva Dec 6 #20

I've been calling it a hostile propaganda outlet since 2010! Initech Dec 6 #21

Too bad they can't be forced to call themselves Fox NotNews andym Dec 6 #22

OAN is catching up quickly with Fox. The internet is capturing the minds of younger people. live love laugh Dec 6 #25

K&R onecaliberal Dec 6 #26

Treated by whom? LearnedHand Dec 6 #27

It's fantfic. It's OK Seeking Serenity Dec 6 #35

It should be banished from all defense installations RainCaster Dec 6 #30

Agreed. yellow dahlia Dec 6 #40

Yes. I say the same thing, often. yellow dahlia Dec 6 #39