I was able to watch almost 10 minutes of Hannity's show on Fox tonight. 5 takeaways:

[Cali_Democrat]

1) The Federal government's response to Sandy is worse than the Federal response to Katrina.
2) The Benghazi incident is one of the worst scandals in the history of western civilization.
3) Obama went off to party in Vegas while people in the New York area are drowning.
4) Obama is behind at least 3 points in the polls and he's launching desperate attacks on Romney.
5) Romney will take Wisconsin and Ohio easily.

I almost forgot to mention the shots of the hurricane devastation while frequently cutting to shots of Obama as if to imply Obama is to blame for all the destruction.

And at 6:09 PM, I changed the channel. All of this in less than 10 minutes.

They are truly living inside of their very own bubble. They are running a big time propaganda outfit over there at Fox and it's on hyperdrive as the election is only days away.

[madaboutharry]

1. I mean this seriously,

Fox uses the same propaganda techniques that the nazis used in pre-war Germany to convince the public that the Jews were "undermenchen"

[patricia92243]

5. Yes, yes and more yes.

[speedoo]

6. Not just Fox, everything to do with the rethugs.

They are all using Goebbels' and Hitler's playbook.

It's very scary.

[Michigan Alum]

11. They used Newt Gingrich's Contract With America as an example of propaganda is my psych textbook

This was a book from the 1980's. That was the beginning of their propaganda campaign. The Repubs have a lot of psychologists working for them.

[HubertHeaver]

16. And Gingrich based his ideas on "Mein Kampf"

[BouzoukiKing]

29. Yeah. I note that it's finally...

...been taken down from the house.gov website: dead link at http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html

I know it was up during the 2010 cycle though - I linked to it. It's still up on some of the more odious RW sites - Heritage, etc.; but I don't link to those.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. The techniques are almost identical

Millions of GOPers are fed this shit on a daily basis.

[Kalidurga]

2. I hope their heads explode on Nov.7th.

That is the soonest I will find out about it. Stephanie will probably have the best Right Wing world round up in the history of her show.

[JEFF9K]

3. Free advertising on Fox.

The content of Fox News is like hundreds-of-billions of dollars worth of free false advertising for Republican candidates.

[doc03]

4. You have a lot more stamina than I do, I can't take Fox

more that one minute.

[madrchsod]

8. "you`re a better man than i gunga din"

[BouzoukiKing]

25. Agreed. Five whole minutes?

I can barely handle Jon Stewart's five to ten second clips.

[Blaukraut]

9. Anyone ever wonder if Hannity and his ilk really believe what they're spouting

Or if they're just playing to their knuckledragger audience and are laughing all the way to the bank?

[LeftInTX]

20. I don't think they believe it

Rush tells blatant lies

[defacto7]

21. No one with any intelligence

can possibly believe what they put out. Intelligence doesn't mean ethical though. These guys on hate radio are very smart, have a personal agenda, and are unethical.

[Cosmocat]

33. Over time they come to believe it

They are looking to turn a buck, no doubt about that.

But, over time, they absolutely come to believe their own nonsense.

[LeftInTX]

10. My husband doesn't watch'em any more and he's Republican

I looked at Fox's daily ratings. They are always twice as high as the other cable news networks.

I don't see how people can be so gullible.

Ratings for Nov 1st:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/02/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-november-1-2012/155989/

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. all Repubs get news in one place (FOX), liberals split between various outlets

and FOX's supposedly huge margin, is small beans when you take into account the overall size of the population.

In a country of 315 million, is FOX's 3.1 million really all that big of a landslide over Maddow's 1.8 million?

[LeftInTX]

18. Makes me feel a little better :)

[busterbrown]

22. It makes the world so easy to understand....

Black bad.....White Good!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. yet Hannity defended Bush every second during Katrina

said it was unfair to criticize Dubya, etc

I can remember Geraldo holding a baby, crying on a live cutaway from New Orleans - then they go back to Hannity in the studio, who immediately spun into excuse-making ("We need to put this in perspective and be fair...&quot

6 years later, he finally admits Katrina was a disaster - but then he ludicrously tries to turn Sandy into something worse.

Aint gonna work.

Lights back on in the east village today, rest of Manhattan tomorrow.

Recovery is proceding, people are getting the help they need - as much as it may depress Sean and his pal Matt Drudge.

[Cha]

13. How sickening that shit is. I read on another site that a fox headline was..

"Bloomberg Endorses Romney"... anyone else see that?

Get Ur Red Hot Steam Pile Of Bullshite

[smccarter]

15. I'm with doc03

Can't bring myself to watch the stupidity.

The in-laws (Fox News lost causes) were in for a few days last week. The father in-law manually changed to Fox News (my channel list doesn't include it). I quickly changed the channel. "We don't watch Fox News in this house". Sure he was pissed, but... WE DON'T WATCH FOX NEWS IN THIS HOUSE.... PERIOD!!!!!

In all honesty, I try not to watch CNN, MSNBC, etc... etc... bias is bias. The Ed Show is an exception. I just prefer logic and reason over bias of any kind. Radical nonsense is ... well ... just nonsense.

[sadbear]

19. 6) Romney will win Pennsylvania, too.

[Wednesdays]

36. 7. And Vermont.

[Tribetime]

23. he's the same fucker that started rev wrong demanding Obama step out of 2008 race

[MrModerate]

24. My personal best with Hannity is 73 seconds. You must have a stronger stomach. n/t

[eggman67]

26. That's 11 more minutes of Hannity than I can take n/t

[JDPriestly]

27. They believe that all is about perception and nothing is about reality.

[courseofhistory]

28. As Bill O'Really says

the loons are out tonight!

[ErikJ]

30. Media Matters: Hannity Falsely Suggests FEMA Has Done Nothing To Help Sandy Victims

Luckily we have Media Matters to keep an eye on Fox 24/7. Thats their reason for existence. To monitor their propaganda and correct them.
http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/02/hannity-falsely-suggests-fema-has-done-nothing/191111

[Douglas Carpenter]

31. Hannity is a moderate. When 40% to 50% of Republicans think Obama is a Kenyan born atheist communist

and Muslim fundamentalist who is actively trying to persecute Christians while he builds a secular-atheist-socialist Republic where gay marriage and abortion is forced on people all under Islamic fundamentalist Sharia Law - Since Hannity doesn't go quite that fair - I suppose in today's Republican Party Hannity is a moderate.

[LukeFL]

35. Ha!interesting

[Kennah]

32. If you thought he was entertaining today, just wait until Wednesday. n/t

[Twelve String]

34. My hat is off to you

You watched Fake News for 10 minutes!! I can't make it through 10 seconds of those racist, propaganda spewing butt wipes.

[DCBob]

37. When Hannity's voice quivers then you know he's getting nervous..

its been quivering lately.

[Norbert]

38. I can't stomach the FUX shit any more

I've seen their arguments before, again and again:

1) The Federal government's response to ______ is worse than ________.
2) The _______-gate is one of the worst scandals in the history of western civilization.
3) ______ _______, a member of Obama's cabinet should resign and tried in court for __________.


Same sentences, different day, different fill-in-the-blanks.