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Initech

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23. Fox News is literally a drug.

Reply to Botany (Reply #17)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 05:30 PM

Dec 2024

It's designed to be addictive by nature. Its' addicts can't get enough of it. It has the same properties as the most addictive drugs out there like crack, heroin, and fentanyl. And like the most addictive drugs, getting people off it is extremely difficult.

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FOX News should not be treated as a "News" organization. [View all] kentuck Dec 2024 OP

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