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dalton99a

(81,513 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2018, 12:03 AM Apr 2018

Horror of Being Governed by 'Fox & Friends'

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/opinion/fox-friends-trump.html

Horror of Being Governed by ‘Fox & Friends’
Charles M. Blow
April 8, 2018

During the early days of the Obama administration, I did a few appearances on “Fox & Friends.”

The conversations were predictably shallow, tilted and exploitive. The hosts had a particular knack for asking the idiotic with chipper earnestness, spewing venom through simpering smiles. There was, I felt, maleficence at work with a pretense of positivity.

I knew well that I was swimming in a shallow intellectual pool, and yet I told myself that I was doing yeoman’s work, doing my small part to try and correct misinformation and to reach those lost in Fox’s fog.

But I soon discovered that the show, and indeed the network, was beyond redemption.

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Horror of Being Governed by 'Fox & Friends' (Original Post) dalton99a Apr 2018 OP

A good read. longship Apr 2018 #1

Some knucklehead on Fox & Friends will someday... Eyeball_Kid Apr 2018 #2

It is very scary Timmygoat Apr 2018 #3

" Fox & Friends has essentially become Donald Trumps daily briefing." riversedge Apr 2018 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. A good read.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 12:54 AM

Apr 2018

A recommended click-through.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)

2. Some knucklehead on Fox & Friends will someday...

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 01:49 AM

Apr 2018

tell the audience that nuclear annihilation is some kind of silly myth, and that the dangers of radiation are way overrated.

Trumpy will be watching. Then it will be “bombs away” because Trumpy believes everything that comes from Fox.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)

3. It is very scary

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 08:05 AM

Apr 2018

Trump seems to be using FOX (Hannity) as his advisor on war and peace, the Hannity that said he would be waterboarded because it was not harmful, has anyone seen the video of it?
Even worse, Trump the draft dodger, now is hiring Bolton, another draft dodger to advise him on war policy, Bolton is a war monger,
when it comes to sendin other people to fight, I shudder to think what he is going to do!

riversedge

(70,239 posts)

4. " Fox & Friends has essentially become Donald Trumps daily briefing."

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:23 AM

Apr 2018

I was just going to post this article. It is jaw dropping -if that is possible anymore with trump at the helm.

....This show, with its kindergarten-level intellectual capacity, moved from parroting conservative policies to constructing presidential priorities. “Fox & Friends” has essentially become Donald Trump’s daily briefing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/opinion/fox-friends-trump.html

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