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Yavin4

(35,455 posts) Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:38 PM Aug 2020

This RNC convention is doing nothing more than what Fox News does every night.

It's not lies. It's pure propaganda. it's creating an alternate reality.

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This RNC convention is doing nothing more than what Fox News does every night. (Original Post) Yavin4 Aug 2020 OP

Hopefully they wash up afterwards. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #1

to be fair, what else can they do? Skittles Aug 2020 #2

I think this is a good point EarlG Aug 2020 #3

Pox News is a The Wizard Aug 2020 #4

TheBlackAdder

(28,262 posts)

1. Hopefully they wash up afterwards.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:41 PM

Aug 2020

Skittles

(153,318 posts)

2. to be fair, what else can they do?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:41 PM

Aug 2020

they certainly cannot run on the results of the last four years

EarlG

(22,002 posts)

3. I think this is a good point

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:53 PM

Aug 2020

The Convention isn't meant to change any minds, it's meant to shore up the right-wing fantasy, and sell crap to rubes. And unless you're on that wavelength, it's bizarre.

They're living in a world where COVID is in the past, the economy is booming, and the rioting in the streets that Trump is presiding over is somehow "Joe Biden's America." It is literally unreal.

The Wizard

(12,556 posts)

4. Pox News is a

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:48 AM

Aug 2020

24 / 7 Republican campaign ad. It's free campaign ads for Republicans and should be reported as income.

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