New word: "infotain". What faux news does to its viewers. Discuss.

[applegrove]

[zaj]

1. Old word = Infotainment.

Pretty damn old, actually.

[ornotna]

Older word

Lie.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. "Lie" is shorter and more accurate. n/t

[yourout]

3. I prefer "indoctrination".

[Occam Bandage]

4. Simple back-formation from "infotainment." Hardly new.

More applicable to the human-interest-heavy pap found on local news channels; Fox tends more towards outright propaganda.

[madmax]

5. Reversed - Tainted Information

Tainted with lies, distortions, and propaganda.

[Radical Activist]

10. Infotaint.

Now that's a word for Fox News!

[madmax]

12. There you go!!

I thought I heard that word 'taint' used in a different context. :blush: Not going there. :evilgrin:

[tularetom]

6. There ain't no info and it's not entertaining

Hence the term infotainment isn't in the least descriptive of fox news.

[Bozita]

7. You're too kind... The right words are bullshit, defame, and inflame

[rug]

8. That's infostain.

Vile indelible shit layered over a nugget of fact.

[madmax]

13. .....

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[opihimoimoi]

9. Brain wash, psyops, social engineering, lie, cheat, steal. decieve, denigrate, put downs, etc

[madmax]

15. 'moi

step away from the dictionary and thesaurus ;) and have a :beer:

:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

19. LOL...Come, we go BlueBerry

:smoke:

[beyurslf]

11. Inform and entertain = infotain. Misinform and bore = misinbore.

[Odin2005]

14. TRUTHINESS!!!

[madmax]

17. Stephen! What are you doing here?

:rofl:

[dchill]

16. Propagandize,

[Bozita]

18. Misinfoflamement - a lovely blend of bullshit and entertainment coated with Faux's famous hot sauce

A real favorite of LIVs.

[the redcoat]

20. I prefer to think of it as "ignotain"

They're not really doing much informing, are they...