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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 12:24 am
(August 28, 2021 at 10:34 pm)brewer Wrote: I can tell you that my 84 year old step mother believes. She refers to it as "my Fox".
When we talk on the phone and she brings up a Fox story and then we discuss it, she will often change her mind when I point out errors or question the details/positions. The next time we talk, and the same issues are brought up, she's back to believing what Fox originally stated.
Bottom line, if you only take in one news source, the Fox viewers can believe and be indoctrinated. She's old and frightened of the world and change. Unfortunately she also votes, every time, straight down the Fox party line. Awwwww 
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 3:39 am
(August 28, 2021 at 9:31 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (August 28, 2021 at 9:27 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: You specifically said 'he' formed his own opinion...as in the reporter, not the network. The reporter was speaking on behalf of the network.
So..the network was lying and/or incompetent? Where was this supposed to lead?
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:01 am
(August 29, 2021 at 3:39 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (August 28, 2021 at 9:31 pm)Ahriman Wrote: The reporter was speaking on behalf of the network.
So..the network was lying and/or incompetent? Where was this supposed to lead? The reporter was incompetent. But perhaps the network wants to employ incompetent people, for whatever reason?
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:03 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2021 at 4:04 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It is fox we're talking about, so that's a fair bet. It would appear that the perspective, then, that you referred to fox sharing was that it could and should use incompetent reporters to spread lies which cause immense harm to it's viewers.
Maybe it's time for a warning label, like with smokes?
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:04 am
(August 29, 2021 at 4:03 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It is fox we're talking about, so that's a fair bet. It would appear that the perspective, then, that you referred to fox sharing was that it could and should use incompetent reporters to spread lies. Not to spread lies, but to spread truth.
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:06 am
We've already acknowledged that the report contained no truth, by it's own chosen referent.
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:09 am
(August 29, 2021 at 4:06 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: We've already acknowledged that the report contained no truth, by it's own chosen referent. Well I said the reporter was incompetent, not that he was lying.
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:10 am
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What would you call it when a person says that a report says something it doesn't say, when they say something false?
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:12 am
(August 29, 2021 at 4:10 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: What would you call it when a person says that a report says something it doesn't say? I would have to assume that's what the reporter thought it said.
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RE: Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?
August 29, 2021 at 4:15 am
(August 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all. Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies? Are they really that brainwashed? If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984. 1984 is a fictional book, not real life.
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