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WarGamer

(16,579 posts)
15. Nothing on TV is real news.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 05:03 PM
Dec 2024

Real news is boring and wouldn't draw eyeballs.

TV News is eye/ear candy for low information folks seeking bias confirmation.

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THIS !!! They are hand tight with the GQP and the DNC has no counter to this. uponit7771 Dec 2024 #1
They didn't pay 787 million because they adhere to codes of honesty in reporting. Passages Dec 2024 #2
Fox has admitted, in court, they are not a news organization dlk Dec 2024 #3
Urban myth onenote Dec 2024 #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 2024 #4
Correct, with one important distinction: unblock Dec 2024 #5
Fox "news" is part of the cancer of markodochartaigh Dec 2024 #13
It's named FOX because it pisses on everything just like actual fox do. IA8IT Dec 2024 #6
"GOP TV" per Roger Ailes. LoisB Dec 2024 #7
He's dead. Has been for years. Seeking Serenity Dec 2024 #33
Gene Roddenberry died 30 years ago SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #34
And on, and on, and on. Can we PLEASE let that franchise go? Seeking Serenity Dec 2024 #36
. SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #41
Exactly! LoisB Dec 2024 #38
Yet his idea for a GOP propaganda television station lives on. I know he's dead. LoisB Dec 2024 #37
fox news... groomers of MythosMaster Dec 2024 #8
Who shouldn't treat it that way? maxsolomon Dec 2024 #9
Exactly...it is a propaganda machine... FarPoint Dec 2024 #10
Other places gave Fox the boot. GreenWave Dec 2024 #11
It's like treating poison markodochartaigh Dec 2024 #12
Restrictions were placed on FOX in the UK. They are not a legitimate "news" network and were recognized as such. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #14
Rethuglicans are why we can't have nice things OMGWTF Dec 2024 #24
yep indeed. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #31
Why do we "lag" behind other countries when it comes to speech? Because we have a first amendment onenote Dec 2024 #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 2024 #32
Nothing on TV is real news. WarGamer Dec 2024 #15
Cable news is talking heads telling people what they want to hear Kaleva Dec 2024 #18
I agree. Now, how do we persuade their audience to turn that shit off? Mariana Dec 2024 #16
It is a cancer on body of America Botany Dec 2024 #17
Fox News is literally a drug. Initech Dec 2024 #23
I have said this for a long time Skittles Dec 2024 #19
No cable news network should be treated as real news Kaleva Dec 2024 #20
I've been calling it a hostile propaganda outlet since 2010! Initech Dec 2024 #21
Too bad they can't be forced to call themselves Fox NotNews andym Dec 2024 #22
OAN is catching up quickly with Fox. The internet is capturing the minds of younger people. live love laugh Dec 2024 #25
K&R onecaliberal Dec 2024 #26
Treated by whom? LearnedHand Dec 2024 #27
It's fantfic. It's OK Seeking Serenity Dec 2024 #35
It should be banished from all defense installations RainCaster Dec 2024 #30
Agreed. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #40
Yes. I say the same thing, often. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #39
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