Unbelievable: Fox News Propagandists now referring to shutdown as "Slimdown"

[ram2008]

The Fair and Balanced News Network for far right crazies has a new word for the shutdown they caused. It's not called a shutdown it's called a "slimdown."

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If you go to the Fox News homepage, there is a noticeable lack of the word shutdown, yet the word slimdown is plentiful. I'm sure the Fox News crowd will eat this up. Fair and Balanced guys!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

1. NCTE "Doublespeak Award" Nominees

http://www.ncte.org/volunteer/groups/publiclangcom/doublespeakaward

The NCTE Doublespeak Award, established in 1974 and given by the NCTE Public Language Award Committee, is an ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered.

[NightWatcher]

2. Food poisoning isn't a weight loss plan. Starvation isn't a diet

Dumb mofos

[Xyzse]

3. Thanks, I gotta use this.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

4. I guess Foxnews was just getting going in 96

So we weren't treated to their horrible misinformation/GOP spin tactics the last time WHOLE entire parts of the federal government were SHUT DOWN!

There really aren't locked doors on museums or closed gates at national parks. That's just your imagination.

[alsame]

5. "Partial shutdown" is the right wing

talking point today, I guess this is the Fox version.

[BlueToTheBone]

6. Yes, one does slim down when one is

starving. Those people are less than human.

[FSogol]

7. And when 800,000 Federal Workers don't get their paychecks,

everyone will get to slimdown.

[cui bono]

8. The only good thing is it shows the Rethugs are scrambling to tone this mess down.