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Bullshit Fox News Says

Listen to sequences of Rachel Maddow's show and then listen to sequences of Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham and it's obvious which ones are much closer to the political fringes and extremes. Not that Maddow doesn't have a bias, but Ingraham, Hannity, and Carlson are simply on another level, as is Fox generally and all of Newsmax and OAN.

The first 15 minutes of Maddox is usually very informative, Is their bias yes, but it is not divorced from reality. Don’t confuse her snarkiness at times with disinformation, She is a truth seeker and uses constant data points from multiple sources. she has a point of view, and she makes a fact based case to the viewer.

Turn to Hanity at the same time, and it is a constant emotion filled rant big on outrage short on any fact based information. Much fist waiving and devoid of data. It’s amazing how the so called conservatives have become such stupid emotional wrecks.
 
Because opinions can be based on facts but facts shouldn’t be based on opinions.
 
We can all agree that's a pretty rough looking pooch though, right?

I think that dog is 14 year old. It’s a regular dog not for show.
 
The first 15 minutes of Maddox is usually very informative, Is their bias yes, but it is not divorced from reality. Don’t confuse her snarkiness at times with disinformation, She is a truth seeker and uses constant data points from multiple sources. she has a point of view, and she makes a fact based case to the viewer.

Turn to Hanity at the same time, and it is a constant emotion filled rant big on outrage short on any fact based information. Much fist waiving and devoid of data. It’s amazing how the so called conservatives have become such stupid emotional wrecks.


Briefly, Fox and Hannity et al. mislead and deceive. Maddow makes a reasonable and biased analysis base on reality/facts.


Speaking as a (long ago) Fox News watcher.
 
Tucker Carlson, noted for his expertise in medicine and science, went on a rant on his show this week claiming that closing schools during the pandemic should never have happened - "there is virtually no risk to anyone in sending children back to school, and there never has been. The science couldn't be clearer." He also blames teacher's unions for destroying student's lives over the past year, and more or less blames them for all of the student suicides, lost education, and so on since the lockdowns started.

He also claims that Cuomo and other LibDems want to keep schools and everything else from going back to normal because the pandemic gives them power - "Nothing has made elected Democrats more powerful than the COVID pandemic. They began as politicians, but lockdowns made them God. As early as last April, Cuomo declared that corona law would last forever. "I don’t think we get back to normal," he said then. "I think we get to a new normal." Which of course is twisting what Cuomo meant for Tucker's purposes, but it's Fox, so who cares? The talking point for tonight is that Teachers Unions (hell, probably all public school teachers) kill kids for selfish reasons, and Democrats just want the pandemic and lockdowns to go on forever. Vote Republican and free yourselves from this tyranny!

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-coronavirus-lockdowns-killing-children-teachers-unions
 
Tucker Carlson, noted for his expertise in medicine and science, went on a rant on his show this week claiming that closing schools during the pandemic should never have happened - "there is virtually no risk to anyone in sending children back to school, and there never has been. The science couldn't be clearer." He also blames teacher's unions for destroying student's lives over the past year, and more or less blames them for all of the student suicides, lost education, and so on since the lockdowns started.

He also claims that Cuomo and other LibDems want to keep schools and everything else from going back to normal because the pandemic gives them power - "Nothing has made elected Democrats more powerful than the COVID pandemic. They began as politicians, but lockdowns made them God. As early as last April, Cuomo declared that corona law would last forever. "I don’t think we get back to normal," he said then. "I think we get to a new normal." Which of course is twisting what Cuomo meant for Tucker's purposes, but it's Fox, so who cares? The talking point for tonight is that Teachers Unions (hell, probably all public school teachers) kill kids for selfish reasons, and Democrats just want the pandemic and lockdowns to go on forever. Vote Republican and free yourselves from this tyranny!

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-coronavirus-lockdowns-killing-children-teachers-unions




The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "...

... "Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."...

... "Whether the Court frames Mr. Carlson's statements as 'exaggeration,' 'non-literal commentary,' or simply bloviating for his audience, the conclusion remains the same — the statements are not actionable."





You Literally Can't Believe The Facts Tucker Carlson Tells You. So Say Fox's Lawyers


:rolleyes:
 
A cousin found me on Facebook after decades. Without hesitation and to his core that Office Sisnick didn't get beaten with a fire extinguisher. He died of natural causes.

Yes, my cousin has lived his entire life in Texas. He owns two 50 mm sniper rifles as "home protection". Unless he leaves them set up, aimed in the direction of the intruder and loaded, by the time he gets them out, set up and fired, the thieves will have already sold his goodies at the pawn shop.
 
An Army vet rallying Irish people in a Republican leaning website.

What could go wrong?
 
Would be crazy if they form an Irish Republican army!

Whoa whoa. I would NEVER insinuate that right-leaning groups glorifying, encouraging, and committing violence are remotely close to terrorism.
 
A col anus post misunderstanding the above coming in 3... 2... 1...
 
Fucking millennials will sit back and eat avocado toast while the Irish are out saving the country again.
 
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