Where is the outrage from the FOX people?

[NanceGreggs]

I've been reading/hearing that a lot of MAGAts have dismissed the texts. audios, statements and testimony of FOX-News anchors as being 'fake news' fabricated by Democrats.

If they truly believe that is the case, aren't they even the least bit curious as to why not a single person at FOX has taken to the airwaves to protest having 'false statements' being attributed to them?

Why is Tucker Carlson not using his airtime to blast the liars who 'fabricated' texts - e.g. "I hate him (Trump) passionately"? Why is no one at FOX disputing the validity of their own texts, or even trying the time-honoured dodge of claiming to have been quoted out of context?

'Tis a puzzlement - but not when you consider how many Tucker viewers watched his recent version of the J6 insurrection and decided that what they saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears never actually happened.

I cannot even imagine how utterly stupid one needs to be to not even question WHY the FOX people aren't firing back at all the 'fake news' being circulated about them.

But then again, if you believe that Biden is coming to your house to confiscate your gas stove, I guess you'll believe anything.

[RussBLib]

1. Fox is in a tough spot

If the Fox hosts do as you say, and charge the Dems are making up texts attributed to them, that would look pretty bad at the upcoming trial with Dominion.

Wouldn't wanna be them.

[dchill]

2. Fox, like methanol, will make you blind while it gets you drunk.

[Whiskeytide]

3. That's expecting a whole lotta critical thinking skill. More than is possible, I fear. n/t

[Mz Pip]

4. Fox is like an addiction

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Yeah, people know they should not smoke. But they do because they like it.
People know they shouldn’t over indulge in alcohol but they do because it makes them feel good.
This can be said about many addictive behaviors.
Fox viewers don’t care they’re being lied to. Tucker’s idiot rants make them feel good. They don’t care if they’re lies.

[rubbersole]

5. Yep.

And that bothers me as much as anything the rw does this side of violence. They will believe anything that validates their viewpoint. The rest is fake.

[Kablooie]

6. Cult members are induced to turn off their minds

And automatically believe whatever they are told by their leaders.
It doesn’t have to make sense or be justified.
Dear leader said it so it is true even if he said the opposite yesterday.

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[rickford66]

7. If they only watch FOX, how would they know ?

[NH Ethylene]

8. Is any of this even being reported on Fox?

If not, most of these people probably don't even know about it.

[justgamma]

9. All the proof

shows that Faux listeners love being lied to and all the people at Faux know it.

[bluesbassman]

10. At this point the on air personalities have probably been advised by council to shut their pie holes

As for the MAGAts, they will never concede that they were lied to. Doing that would require introspection, something they are incapable of. No, they will just continue pretending they’re victims and look for the next talking head that will validate their grievances.

[Meadowoak]

11. IOKIYAR

[Beachnutt]

12. 👇

If the owner of a TV network admitted that he lied to you, and the hosts of his shows admitted that they lied to you, and the pundits on those shows admitted that they too, lied to you, and yet you decide to believe them anyway, CONGRATULATIONS - You are an idiot.

[Lunabell]

13. They're all afraid of the monsters they helped create.

Their audience is full of violent conspiracy theorists and faux "personalities" are afraid of them so they just stay silent.

[notdarkyet]

15. Margies divided states proposal doesn't go far enough. We need separate planets. Because

These people. Are So far out. there can be no communication. Is that their strategy? Break us down with unrelenting stupidity and bullshit?

[Thunderbeast]

16. Justice demands nightly on-air apologies by Murdock and each host.

Live, at the top of each hour for thirty days...in their own words.

[doc03]

18. It would have no affect, they would just switch to NEWSMAX or OAN.

[Thunderbeast]

22. Bankrupting NewsCorp would be a beneficial outcome.

[czarjak]

17. Always room on The Woke Wagon, rubes.

[gratuitous]

19. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt

If they don't acknowledge it, it will just go away. By Memorial Day, if you bring up the "I hate Trump passionately" or the "There's no upside to Trump" texts, the wingnuts will just look at you like a dog watching a card trick. How much time are you willing to invest to lead these folks to the proof of their heroes' mendacity only to have them shake their heads and back away, refusing to acknowledge reality?

[Mariana]

20. Why do you think they would care?

The audiences watch/listen to their media personalities to be entertained and to have their opinions and beliefs validated. They don't care what those personalities think in real life, as long as they say the right things when they're on the air. Their audiences have never cared whether what they hear from them is true. This can't really be a surprise to anyone. As long as Fox News Channel is still drawing viewers, why should they consider it a problem?

[Mr. Ected]

21. I've given up trying to ascribe reason to a clan of confederates

They're not interested in the truth, only power, only control. They don't elevate their own policies, they strive only to denounce and ridicule ours. In school, they were the bullies. Now, they are simply the enemy of the Constitution. Mainstream media seems far too timid to call them out on their lies and deceit and instead normalizes their behavior which self-perpetuates the nightmare.

The fact that we have to measure ourselves by our lowest common denominator is kryptonite to our democracy.