19 Nov 20
@vivify saidWith the Disney corporation behind them they can become anything they want to be.
Fox News will never become sensible, that's against their business model. Fox came to prominence by feeding the racist, elitist, white national attitudes of conserves. Had Fox News simply reported the news, they would've never became as powerful as they are.
They were never becoming sensible, they simply happen to have a handful of people with integrity still left at Fo ...[text shortened]... s ever just starts reporting news in a purely factual, rational basis, they will go out of business.
‘Reports of their death are wildly exaggerated’
Why do people keep patronising and making excuses for the Trump base / Tea Party? Nobody fooled them and nobody is fooling them now. They are who they are. They are angry because the guy that vented their spleen for them has lost.
If you want to kid yourself that Fox is responsible then that’s fine if it helps you get some kind of closure.
The frothing at the mouth heavily armed right wingers have been at least a hundred years in the making and four years of Biden isn’t going to make a dent in the problem.
19 Nov 20
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@kevcvs57 saidI have never done that. Not once.
If you want to kid yourself that Fox is responsible then that’s fine if it helps you get some kind of closure.
You don't go from a fair-minded person to racist trash because of Fox News.
Fox News is responsible for spreading hate, misinformation and was key to the hyper-partisanship in government.
I never claimed Fox would end anyway, I merely posed a question.
19 Nov 20
@suzianne saidIt's like when Trump lost the election. This didn't end anything but was still worth celebrating. Racism and propaganda won't end because he's not in office anymore; but you would agree this is still a good thing, right?
When Trump has killed off Fox, and Newsmax and OAN become "the new Fox", will you criticize them as well, or will you just claim "mission accomplished" and be happy with that? Fox News isn't even the "biggest" or the "baddest" of the conservative disinformation networks any more.
Same with Fox News if they ever do meet their end.
19 Nov 20
@no1marauder saidYou're probably right.
Trump had zero "fanatical supporters" before he became President.
I suspect that soon after he ceases to be President, few will care what happens to him.
Trump's too lazy and cheap to fund any type of "news" organization that could possibly compete with Fox News. It's overwhelmingly likely he's bluffing trying to get FN to be more servile to him during his absurd attempts to overturn the election.
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@suzianne saidThere was a time when fox news only had good things to say about Trump and he use to tell everyone watch fox news for the truth. Once they started telling things he didn't like they were no good don't watch fox. He does send mixed signals to people.
When Trump has killed off Fox, and Newsmax and OAN become "the new Fox", will you criticize them as well, or will you just claim "mission accomplished" and be happy with that? Fox News isn't even the "biggest" or the "baddest" of the conservative disinformation networks any more.
Somehow he has managed to get a following I call it like a cult.
-VR
@Very-Rusty Somehow he has managed to get a following I call it like a cult.
It has that feel to it, now.
the way I look at it is "Issues", if Trump (or any POTUS) is right on an issue, he's right. If he's wrong, he's wrong.
Some people cannot separate. I have no problem.