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slater71

(1,153 posts)
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:03 AM Dec 2021

Made myself watch Fox and Idiots this morning for two hours.

I was wondering if they would say anything about the Jan. 6th committee or the text messages or the people caught up in this. Nothing. Not one word about any of that. So much for their claim of being fair and balanced. This is what their Fox diehards love. They got them to believe that if Fox does not talk about it, it`s not true.

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Made myself watch Fox and Idiots this morning for two hours. (Original Post) slater71 Dec 2021 OP
Thank you for your service, Slater71. Hortensis Dec 2021 #1
Lol n/t ejbr Dec 2021 #15
As if it's not even happening! Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #2
Were you under duress this morning?? NoMoreRepugs Dec 2021 #3
I had it rough today also, gab13by13 Dec 2021 #4
It's the old if a tree, or insurrection, falls in the forest and no one is there, is there a sound? Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #5
if you spent two hours doing that onethatcares Dec 2021 #6
After that, just realize it's not too early to drink Ishoutandscream2 Dec 2021 #7
That must have been torture, thanks, and this week I have been scanning the online home pages of ShazamIam Dec 2021 #8
But in 2 hours how many other earth shaking stories did they cover like? doc03 Dec 2021 #9
You cannot watch Fox News 2 hours straight without a GoodRaisin Dec 2021 #33
They have made it a polite way to ask a person multigraincracker Dec 2021 #10
eewwwww.....did you take a shower afterwards? nt. Hotler Dec 2021 #11
If I could, I'd put you in for the Medal of Fredon if I thought you'd take it. Maybe not after it's brewens Dec 2021 #12
Why would you do that? n/t. NNadir Dec 2021 #13
Pretty sure even the BDSM crowd won't do that. N/t LiberatedUSA Dec 2021 #14
That's because one of the primary tenets of the lifestyle... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #24
LOL LiberatedUSA Dec 2021 #32
How did you ejbr Dec 2021 #16
That's political masochism bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #17
Two hours....I cannot imagine. TNNurse Dec 2021 #18
The morning shows are tame compared to the evening lineup n/t rainin Dec 2021 #19
Oh, you dear, brave thing. Do you need a drink? A massage? Delousing? niyad Dec 2021 #20
I like this description from Salon NJCher Dec 2021 #21
A good summary iemanja Dec 2021 #28
Covering the attempted insurrection like a legitimate news agency is not in Fox's best interest. cstanleytech Dec 2021 #22
That's why I don't have cable. I don't want to pay for that shit. hunter Dec 2021 #23
That is why, if no one goes to jail HAB911 Dec 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #26
How is your blood pressure? iemanja Dec 2021 #27
Post removed Post removed Dec 2021 #29
BULLCRAP! bluestarone Dec 2021 #31
I've tuned in them when something big happens thats contrary to their politics Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #30
Masochist lunatica Dec 2021 #34

Diamond_Dog

(31,992 posts)
2. As if it's not even happening!
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:15 AM
Dec 2021

They should be prohibited from calling themselves a news show
You have a much stronger stomach than. I.

gab13by13

(21,333 posts)
4. I had it rough today also,
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:25 AM
Dec 2021

I'm 1 pound overweight where I want to be, so I ate organic oatmeal instead of bacon and eggs for breakfast. Never watch morning cable news from any network.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
5. It's the old if a tree, or insurrection, falls in the forest and no one is there, is there a sound?
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:51 AM
Dec 2021

Fox…NO! No sound! Must now only listen to any sounds in OUR Forrest!!

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)
6. if you spent two hours doing that
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:58 AM
Dec 2021

did you stand back and wonder, "Am I watching an alternate universe? Everything they say seems backward to what I know and believe"

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)
8. That must have been torture, thanks, and this week I have been scanning the online home pages of
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:23 AM
Dec 2021

all the big ones each morning, today, not one has a homepage story on Jan 6, abc, cbs, cnn, nbc, Washington Post, one exception nytimes has a lower right front page article on Meadows.

doc03

(35,332 posts)
9. But in 2 hours how many other earth shaking stories did they cover like?
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:30 AM
Dec 2021

CRT
Biden Border Crises
Smash and Grab Crises
VP Harris scandals
Biden being frail
Biden's dementia
Whatever AOC said
In praise of Joe Manchin

I glanced at Fox a couple times today at the gym they were stuck at the border.
I admire your courage to subject yourself to 2 hours of their bullshit.

GoodRaisin

(8,922 posts)
33. You cannot watch Fox News 2 hours straight without a
Sat Dec 18, 2021, 01:07 AM
Dec 2021

Hunter Biden lie. There will also be 2 stories minimum about crime in democratic run cities, and a gold commercial.

multigraincracker

(32,675 posts)
10. They have made it a polite way to ask a person
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:32 AM
Dec 2021

if they have any critical thinking skills… do you watch Fox News?

brewens

(13,582 posts)
12. If I could, I'd put you in for the Medal of Fredon if I thought you'd take it. Maybe not after it's
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 11:10 AM
Dec 2021

been soiled by Limbaugh getting one.

NJCher

(35,667 posts)
21. I like this description from Salon
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 11:45 AM
Dec 2021

from a writer who did the same:

snip

In the upside-down world alternate universe created by Fox News, "real Americans" are under siege in "their own country" from nonwhite, non-English-speaking immigrants, Black and brown people more generally, and street violence orchestrated by antifa, the Black Lives Matter movement and other bogeymen

America's suburbs are being overrun by criminals (understood by default to be Black or brown), and patriotic Americans face relentless censorship and discrimination from the forces of "wokeness." Teachers and activists are spreading "critical race theory" in public schools, devoted to brainwashing white children into self-hatred.

"Socialism" is running amok and destroying America. Gay men and lesbians have ruined the institution of marriage, and trans people are sexual deviants who loiter in public bathrooms seeking to molest children — or, more to the point, seduce true American heterosexual manly men.

"Political correctness" is taking away (white) people's freedoms and oppressing them. Christmas is being destroyed. America's "Christian values" and origins are being disrespected. The country's pristine history as a "Christian nation" and the shining city on the hill are being "canceled" by leftist scolds, the 1619 Project and other America-haters. "Western civilization" (meaning some imaginary version of what used to be called Christendom) faces existential danger.

snip

from:

This man lives in the paranoid alternate universe of Fox News — so you don't have to
Researcher Andrew Lawrence marinates daily in the racist terror and apocalypse porn of Tucker Carlson and friends
By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 14, 2021 6:00AM (EST)

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/14/this-man-lives-in-the-paranoid-alternate-universe-of-fox-news--so-you-dont-have-to/

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
22. Covering the attempted insurrection like a legitimate news agency is not in Fox's best interest.
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 11:54 AM
Dec 2021

No, they will keep doing what they are doing which is to keep plugging away at the Democrats and not covering any stories that might hurt the Republicans in a fair and balanced manner as Fox is the propaganda arm of the party.

HAB911

(8,891 posts)
25. That is why, if no one goes to jail
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 12:14 PM
Dec 2021

none of this matters, because those that watch FOX, OAN, NEWSMAX, have no idea anyone has even been arrested, sent or received texts, nothing. When the traitors go to jail, they may be made aware, but I would not put money on it

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Demovictory9

(32,454 posts)
30. I've tuned in them when something big happens thats contrary to their politics
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 01:35 PM
Dec 2021

no mention no matter how big the story.

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