How Fox News works

[Brisketexan 104226]

So disheartening that the 40% are so efficiently managed with meaningless slogans. Wall, Witch Hunt, MS-13, Pre-existing Conditions, Across State Lines, Free Market, etc. Just say them over and over and you're golden. 

They’re irredeemable and worthless. Go ahead and waste time trying to reach them, but it’s wasted breath.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

They’re irredeemable and worthless. Go ahead and waste time trying to reach them, but it’s wasted breath.

You’d think they’d be easier to herd and manipulate because of the gullibility.  Maybe the focus should be more on the charlatans pulling the strings instead of their audiences. 

[Chrispy 132]

59 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

You’d think they’d be easier to herd and manipulate because of the gullibility.  Maybe the focus should be more on the charlatans pulling the strings instead of their audiences. 

Wow, Hugo calling other people gullible. Now I’ve seen it all. 

[Chooky 13292]

4 hours ago, Chrispy said:

Wow, Hugo calling other people gullible. Now I’ve seen it all. 

Out of the four countries in Mexico, which is your favorite? Mexico or Mexico Light or Auxiliary Mexico or Newish Mexico? 

[TexasMan 10736]

[Chrispy 132]

36 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Out of the four countries in Mexico, which is your favorite? Mexico or Mexico Light or Auxiliary Mexico or Newish Mexico? 

Brownsville. 

[ChiTownDoc 21071]

12 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Do they know their audience or what?

#MexicanShitholeCountries

[David Dennison 18487]

3 hours ago, Chrispy said:

Brownsville. 

That's in Texaco.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13530]

Mexico exploding with Mexico babies.

[HenryJames 65848]

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13388]

Mistakes on the news scrolls can be honest mistakes but this shows the level of incompetence and that Fox doesn’t care about accuracy.

If they screwed up the name of the capital of Bhutan, it would be a forgivable mistake. No one knows it. But to call guatemala a Mexican country is not only ignorant, it’s easy to think it’s borderline racist. Basically saying that “all of those people down there are Mexicans or might as well be.” It’s using Mexican as an insult and then applying to a wide range of people to justify trumps actions.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Mistakes on the news scrolls can be honest mistakes but this shows the level of incompetence and that Fox doesn’t care about accuracy.

If they screwed up the name of the capital of Bhutan, it would be a forgivable mistake. No one knows it. But to call guatemala a Mexican country is not only ignorant, it’s easy to think it’s borderline racist. Basically saying that “all of those people down there are Mexicans or might as well be.” It’s using Mexican as an insult and then applying to a wide range of people to justify trumps actions.

Borderline?  No, it's racist.

['stache 21729]

So, are you Mexican or other Mexican?

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

11 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Borderline?  No, it's racist.

 Yeah. It’s the exact mistake that they make if they think of Latino people the way *we think* they think of Latino people. 

[NowThis 931]

[Biff Tannen 45439]

 

[Chooky 13292]

14 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

We need Wall on all the borders with Mexican countries.  Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Syria, Pakistan ... all of them.

In a bold and unsubstantiated declaration in front of a frenzied Mexican crowd, Mexico announced that the other Mexicos would pay for the wall, instead of Mexico.  Mexico remained unresponsive when asked for details on exactly how Mexico would get the other Mexicos to pay for the wall and continued to ask the Mexican crowd "Who's going to pay for the wall?"  Repeatedly, the Mexican crowd would gleefully respond with "other Mexicos!"  

[Mo Horn 8779]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

Remember when Tucker was supposed to get fired?  Good times.  These guys are untouchable 

[retread 2951]

He even skipped vacation

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

 

[Biff Tannen 45439]

Ok that's pretty funny.

[Js1 84995]

Active war zone 

 

[Brisketexan 104226]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Active war zone 

 

Their demographic is scared pussies, so....

Brought to you by the people who actually sell "tactical underwear" -

 

I sweatergawd, I'm gonna start marketing "Tactical cheez doodles" and "Tactical beer" to these nimrods.  I'll be rich within a week.

[WhatTheBuck 28696]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Their demographic is scared pussies, so....

Brought to you by the people who actually sell "tactical underwear" -

 

I sweatergawd, I'm gonna start marketing "Tactical cheez doodles" and "Tactical beer" to these nimrods.  I'll be rich within a week.

MyTacticalPillow

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

 

[Tom 2959]

On 4/2/2019 at 6:01 PM, Mo Horn said:

 

 

A man who unironically wore a bow tie well into his late 30's while sporting the Ole Miss frat boy haircut certainly shouldn't be questioning the masculinity of anyone else.

[retread 2951]

 

[DigglerontheHoof 20963]

14 minutes ago, retread said:

 

What in the holy fuck does that even mean?

[retread 2951]

[Gap03 3223]

30 minutes ago, retread said:

 

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[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

If the internet wasn't forever, I'd explain why Diamond and Silk make me angry.  But it is, so I won't.

[Chuckie Finster 22571]

1 hour ago, retread said:

 

"Fox Nation's Diamond & Silk"

This phrase will never not be funny to me.

[GSU&UT 1798]

This is very good, probably relatable to damn near all of us, and very sad.

 

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

45 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

This is very good, probably relatable to damn near all of us, and very sad.

 

 

This is an under appreciated phenomenon:

“My parents haven’t been broken by Fox News, but what I find almost as disturbing is how even parents who have never watched a moment of Fox News can parrot their talking points—like mine. My mom is an actual immigrant from Venezuela and she started talking the other day about how refugees are an undue burden on our healthcare system and the reasons it’s bad. She’s an educated person who has never watched Fox News! But Hannity and Tucker have so permeated the culture that their noxious shit can be found coming out of the mouths of ostensibly “liberal” people. It’s terrifying.”

[Skyline 325]

Today's Daily from the NYT featured the rise of Rupert Murdoch and his promotion of far right politics all over the world. It's well worth a listen if you have a few minutes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/podcasts/the-daily/rupert-murdoch-fox-news.html?action=click&module=audio-series-bar&region=header&pgtype=Article 

[TexEx15 17402]

On 4/4/2019 at 11:51 AM, Js1 said:

Active war zone 

 

The ridiculousness of this can’t be overstated.  Do yourself a favor and read some of the replies and then browse through people trying to justify the need for an empty plate carrier.

[Chooky 13292]

He needs a kevlar visor.

[TornACL 7666]

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

This is an under appreciated phenomenon:

“My parents haven’t been broken by Fox News, but what I find almost as disturbing is how even parents who have never watched a moment of Fox News can parrot their talking points—like mine. My mom is an actual immigrant from Venezuela and she started talking the other day about how refugees are an undue burden on our healthcare system and the reasons it’s bad. She’s an educated person who has never watched Fox News! But Hannity and Tucker have so permeated the culture that their noxious shit can be found coming out of the mouths of ostensibly “liberal” people. It’s terrifying.”

Meh, I don't know. 

The idea of refugees being an undue burden is more human nature than Fox News. Fox News plays on those inherent territorial fears people have. I also don't believe in this phenomenon of Fox News talking points somehow seeping into mainstream and being absorbed by non-watchers. More likely, people who don't admit to being Fox News viewers are Fox News viewers.

 

[Bama Chick 28596]

This is very good, probably relatable to damn near all of us, and very sad.
 
 

I told a story about my dad this weekend in another thread on this topic.

I’ll have to go find it later and copy it here.

I would do it now but I’m at the nail salon spending too much money getting ready for my daughter’s prom tomorrow and I don’t have the energy or brain capacity right now.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

22 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I also don't believe in this phenomenon of Fox News talking points somehow seeping into mainstream and being absorbed by non-watchers. More likely, people who don't admit to being Fox News viewers are Fox News viewers.

Perhaps you haven’t witnessed it first hand in real life.  I’ve see this occurrence where a group of business and community leaders look to the strongest voices in their circles for their political talking points/dogma.  

If those voices are avid Fox News watchers regurgitating the talking points without being challenged, those views become the accepted norm within the circle and permeate throughout the community. If the population isn’t getting any exposure to opposing views or opinions, it’s concerning. 

It’s kind of like mass groupthink.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

[GSU&UT 1798]

25 minutes ago, TornACL said:

Meh, I don't know. 

The idea of refugees being an undue burden is more human nature than Fox News. Fox News plays on those inherent territorial fears people have. I also don't believe in this phenomenon of Fox News talking points somehow seeping into mainstream and being absorbed by non-watchers. More likely, people who don't admit to being Fox News viewers are Fox News viewers.

 

It's quite possible these people are Fox News watchers, but you are kidding yourself if they aren't setting the stupid right wing talking points in this country right now. The "we immigrated the right way" is a line I've heard from many immigrants, you know despite the fact that it's being intentionally made difficult for the poorest and most burdened who are trying to seek refuge in our country.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

28 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

 

I told a story about my dad this weekend in another thread on this topic.

I’ll have to go find it later and copy it here.

I would do it now but I’m at the nail salon spending too much money getting ready for my daughter’s prom tomorrow and I don’t have the energy or brain capacity right now.

 

They're too young for you.

[Biff Tannen 45439]

3 hours ago, GSU&UT said:

This is very good, probably relatable to damn near all of us, and very sad.

 

 

Holy run on sentences batman.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

[Biff Tannen 45439]

wat

[Hugo Stiglitz 23355]

 

[SDG 3319]

5 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

Probably a planet that doesn’t have mom’s basement with the internet and porn. 

[Aqua Buddha 14464]

On 4/2/2019 at 6:01 PM, Mo Horn said:

 

I think what Tucker Carlson is trying to say is that Chris Hayes has good relationships with the women in his life and doesn't hate all women for his perceived failure in those relationships.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9273]

For once Fox nailed it.