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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:46 PM
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"Scary to think what we would do without Fox News."
A post that appeared on my Facebook wall from a friend of a rightwing relative.

Ughh.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:49 PM
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1. I know!
Just imagine it--legions of wingnuts becoming well-informed and consequently becoming Democrats!
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:52 PM
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2. Scary in the sense that they wouldn't know what to think or do.
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:52 PM
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3. Oh the horrors of not being brainwashed, misinformed, lied to.....
and fed propaganda on a daily basis, sounds terrible. :sarcasm:
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:55 PM
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4. Indeed
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:56 PM
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5. Jesus, I don't even want to think about it
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TicketyBoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:56 PM
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6. Rejoice!
That's what I'd do without Fox News.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:58 PM
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7. WTF? We'd be so much better without the Fux Opinion Channel it's not even funny!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:59 PM
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8. God forbid they not be horrendously misinformed
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 08:09 PM
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9. Think.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 08:27 PM
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10. Yeah, I know. Using our brain sucks. Thinking is hard and stuff.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 08:50 PM
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11. They might actually have to learn something
and THINK for themselves ... yeah I know what a frightening thought to Faux viewers. :scared:
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:38 PM
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12. IQs would actually go up.
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:05 PM
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13. I have this copied....
and ready to paste any time I see the words "Fox News".

Fox repeatedly deceives its audience. A 2003 study found that 80 percent of those who primarily relied on Fox News believed falsehoods about why the U.S. invaded Iraq. In June 2007, the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that Fox covered the war less than CNN and MSNBC, and yet, its anchors now claim the network was "very faithful about covering all the bad news that came out of Iraq." A poll conducted last August found that 72 percent of self-identified Fox News viewers believe the false claim that health reform will provide ins
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:12 PM
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14. I look at them like an easy diet, better than weight watchers or who's that other dieter deal,
Jennie Craig :puke: Not really mental illness. Just natural reaction.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:15 PM
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15. Reality is a frightening concept to them
The world doesn't conform to their ideals and there's nobody to tell them what to think.

They're like soccer moms without GPS units.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:16 PM
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16. Pick their noses even more?
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-26-09 06:56 AM
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17. should reply back ...
"what ... think for yourself, and become informed?"
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-26-09 06:58 AM
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18. It IS scary. Keith O. would run out of material for "Worst Person In the World."
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