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NJCher

(35,662 posts)
21. I like this description from Salon
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 11:45 AM
Dec 2021

from a writer who did the same:

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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.

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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/

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
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