It’s now surreal to see how the gop is in submission to Fox regarding their false narrative of January 6th. And their audience remains complicit in maintaining both the big lie and their hatred of woke.
Who can explain why in the face of all of the recent revelations about Fox, the network is on every TV on every American military base in the world? And why Armed Forces Radio is still hosting so many right wing hate talkers?
I felt a lot of hope after watching 'The Brainwashing of My Dad' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8), a brilliant documentary by Jen Senko. She follows her own inquiry into her father's personality change after he got hooked on Fox. She discovered the history of this technique as well as the fact that her dad was not an isolated incident—then gives us a primer through interviews with experts and scholars. Finally, Senko shows how her family welcomed her dad back to reality. A courageous and intimate film. Highly recommended.//And, as always, thank you, Ruth!
The more coverage Fox and Carlson get for their lying propaganda, the more breathing room democracy gets in the US. Rachel Maddow introduced Guy Cecil, a Democratic thought leader, last night on her show. He has new - and hopefully better - plans for the party to get out its message. We also must remind ourselves how well we fared in the 2022 midterms. We may be turning a corner against the GOP, but there’s lots of work to do. Glad to see video for military and their families!
Fox Cult Programming is solely designed to convince the other 80% of white poorly educated there is a Great White Religious Replacement coming using every negative stereotype of black, brown, jewish American’s by distorting Free Speech marches. The Woman’s March and Black Lives Matter scared the living hell out of the riechwing white male patriarchy and showed the world just how these same people structurally destroyed We the People for 200 years.
I applaud this commentary, as a beginning. Although Fox and Murdoch is relatively strong, they have been weakened considerably, their decline is in progress. I have always viewed them as a tip of the iceberg. The real question is: Who owns American airwaves and the subject of censorship.
The top 5 are as follows: 1.) Nexstar, 68% coverage, 3.6 Billion. 2.) Gray, 36% coverage, 3.3 Billion.
Key players in order are: 1) Perry Sook. 2) Hilton Howell Jr. 3) Soo Kim (Standard General owns Tigna). 4) David Smith. 5) Rupert Murdoch........ Open Secrets is a good place to view political affiliations and donations.
The main issue is, and always has been, the lack of access to rural areas. While the elites (Stations) snubbed their nose at the rural markets, these top 5 capitalized. These focus on underserved, over the air markets. Folks who can't afford cable or, unwilling to pay. The Red/Blue divide and the top 5 Television broadcasting companies saturation areas, are by no accident. I live in such an area, most would not believe the quiet, suggestive, mis-disinformation of the propaganda machines.
FOX or no FOX, the issue is censorship and lack of Government accountability. What most folks do not realize is, we already have censorship. It was decided by both political parties long ago, as well as the more progressive companies flocking to the densely populated areas.
This is the result of an unconcerned, complacent, complicit populous. We reap what we sow. The issue is Censorship.
The only thing that will work is cut the money that enables Fox News eg advertisers, sponsors , billionaires, donors etc. Find out who they are and expose them and the numbers to the public.
Fox is a money making golden goose. It has the highest ratings and profits of any cable news outlet. It has more power to shape false narratives and spew propaganda than the GOP itself. As such it will remain a malignant force that eats away and destroys democracy and truth.The beneficiaries of their agenda are billionaires and very wealthy corporations seeking more tax cuts and deregulation.
Fox is a key protagonist in the J6 insurrection for the role it played in spreading Trump's big lie 24/7. Now it has been exposed thanks to private communications that were subpoenaed by the Dominion defamation law suit and is frantically doing everything it can to cover up its crimes. They are bleeding and we have to keep exposing them as the biggest most corrupt lie machine in history. We must sully and ruin their reputation not with malice as they have done to American democracy and Dominion, but with simple truths and facts, as we've been doing, so more and more viewers come to recognize them as being nothing more than an evil propaganda machine for a fascist, white Christian, nationalist, Republican party.
Propaganda is an amazing tool. I remember a guy on "60 Minutes" who had convinced people that birds were not real. It was a stunning display of how malleable the human mind is. Fox uses confirmation bias on viewers who are gullible and possibly have a fantasy prone personality (FPP). Surely, what Fox is selling is fantasy; fascism is all about fantasy. Fox uses hate to polarize its audience against those who prefer democracy; of course they never say they are against democracy. They are promoting political bigotry and that has been wildly successful. Just look at the hate seen among the MAGA Republicans against anyone outside of their clan.
There are limits to freedom of speech and Fox has crossed that line. Diversity of though is critical in striving for a democracy, but what if that far right diversity intends to destroy what is left of our democracy? Fascist politics and propaganda must be banned. Jan 6th is what we get when we allow it.
Hello everyone. I just became a paid subscriber after reading this today. I decided to support Ruth because her style is so straightforward and clear. I also value how she not only states her case, but also gives suggestions on how we can each do something to take action to elicit change. I read a lot and it is rare in what I see to find someone who follows up their observations with suggesting something to do to act on making a change.
I am still struggling to understand how in the world we ended up with such a grifter and criminal as T**** in the White House. After reading Ruth's article today, I began to think that TFG was just an easy mark for the extremely wealthy to further their interests because he will say or do anything to stroke his fragile ego, he was ready, willing and able to parrot whatever they wanted him to say just so they could get more money and power. T**** was just a useful idiot for them.
1). Love the inclusion of a way to get Tox out of military bases. So important! 2). Will someone tell me why we use ‘disinformation’ instead of ‘lies?’ 3). Is there a modern parallel for Tox in authoritarian countries?
Dominian may in the eyes of history be the hero to pursue this with Fox (sly-enemy of democracy). It is unraveling the web. Because of the coverup operation that is scrambling . . . may be why it is taking the DOJ so long to indict. Criminals love speed (do it & done!) and hate slow, thoughtful examination. While the scrambling of the coverup operation continues, the more yarns are exposed. Stay hopeful for democracy's win.
The fascinating aspect of the Dominion lawsuit is that is it allows a front-row focus of follow-the-money, which is the root key to the treasure chest for answers - and thereby greater resolution of problems and instituting solutions. The flow of money & its associated documents is a map.
It’s now surreal to see how the gop is in submission to Fox regarding their false narrative of January 6th. And their audience remains complicit in maintaining both the big lie and their hatred of woke.
Who can explain why in the face of all of the recent revelations about Fox, the network is on every TV on every American military base in the world? And why Armed Forces Radio is still hosting so many right wing hate talkers?
I felt a lot of hope after watching 'The Brainwashing of My Dad' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8), a brilliant documentary by Jen Senko. She follows her own inquiry into her father's personality change after he got hooked on Fox. She discovered the history of this technique as well as the fact that her dad was not an isolated incident—then gives us a primer through interviews with experts and scholars. Finally, Senko shows how her family welcomed her dad back to reality. A courageous and intimate film. Highly recommended.//And, as always, thank you, Ruth!
The more coverage Fox and Carlson get for their lying propaganda, the more breathing room democracy gets in the US. Rachel Maddow introduced Guy Cecil, a Democratic thought leader, last night on her show. He has new - and hopefully better - plans for the party to get out its message. We also must remind ourselves how well we fared in the 2022 midterms. We may be turning a corner against the GOP, but there’s lots of work to do. Glad to see video for military and their families!
Fox Cult Programming is solely designed to convince the other 80% of white poorly educated there is a Great White Religious Replacement coming using every negative stereotype of black, brown, jewish American’s by distorting Free Speech marches. The Woman’s March and Black Lives Matter scared the living hell out of the riechwing white male patriarchy and showed the world just how these same people structurally destroyed We the People for 200 years.
I can't stand Tucker Carlson. My question is if he and the other Fox hosts cost Rupert Murdoch a billion dollars will he continue to employ them.
I applaud this commentary, as a beginning. Although Fox and Murdoch is relatively strong, they have been weakened considerably, their decline is in progress. I have always viewed them as a tip of the iceberg. The real question is: Who owns American airwaves and the subject of censorship.
The top 5 are as follows: 1.) Nexstar, 68% coverage, 3.6 Billion. 2.) Gray, 36% coverage, 3.3 Billion.
3.) Tegna, 39% coverage, 2.8 Billion. 4.) Sinclair, 43% coverage, 2.7 Billion. 5.) Fox, 39% coverage, 2.5 Billion.
Key players in order are: 1) Perry Sook. 2) Hilton Howell Jr. 3) Soo Kim (Standard General owns Tigna). 4) David Smith. 5) Rupert Murdoch........ Open Secrets is a good place to view political affiliations and donations.
The main issue is, and always has been, the lack of access to rural areas. While the elites (Stations) snubbed their nose at the rural markets, these top 5 capitalized. These focus on underserved, over the air markets. Folks who can't afford cable or, unwilling to pay. The Red/Blue divide and the top 5 Television broadcasting companies saturation areas, are by no accident. I live in such an area, most would not believe the quiet, suggestive, mis-disinformation of the propaganda machines.
FOX or no FOX, the issue is censorship and lack of Government accountability. What most folks do not realize is, we already have censorship. It was decided by both political parties long ago, as well as the more progressive companies flocking to the densely populated areas.
This is the result of an unconcerned, complacent, complicit populous. We reap what we sow. The issue is Censorship.
The only thing that will work is cut the money that enables Fox News eg advertisers, sponsors , billionaires, donors etc. Find out who they are and expose them and the numbers to the public.
Fox is a money making golden goose. It has the highest ratings and profits of any cable news outlet. It has more power to shape false narratives and spew propaganda than the GOP itself. As such it will remain a malignant force that eats away and destroys democracy and truth.The beneficiaries of their agenda are billionaires and very wealthy corporations seeking more tax cuts and deregulation.
Fox is a key protagonist in the J6 insurrection for the role it played in spreading Trump's big lie 24/7. Now it has been exposed thanks to private communications that were subpoenaed by the Dominion defamation law suit and is frantically doing everything it can to cover up its crimes. They are bleeding and we have to keep exposing them as the biggest most corrupt lie machine in history. We must sully and ruin their reputation not with malice as they have done to American democracy and Dominion, but with simple truths and facts, as we've been doing, so more and more viewers come to recognize them as being nothing more than an evil propaganda machine for a fascist, white Christian, nationalist, Republican party.
Propaganda is an amazing tool. I remember a guy on "60 Minutes" who had convinced people that birds were not real. It was a stunning display of how malleable the human mind is. Fox uses confirmation bias on viewers who are gullible and possibly have a fantasy prone personality (FPP). Surely, what Fox is selling is fantasy; fascism is all about fantasy. Fox uses hate to polarize its audience against those who prefer democracy; of course they never say they are against democracy. They are promoting political bigotry and that has been wildly successful. Just look at the hate seen among the MAGA Republicans against anyone outside of their clan.
There are limits to freedom of speech and Fox has crossed that line. Diversity of though is critical in striving for a democracy, but what if that far right diversity intends to destroy what is left of our democracy? Fascist politics and propaganda must be banned. Jan 6th is what we get when we allow it.
Hello everyone. I just became a paid subscriber after reading this today. I decided to support Ruth because her style is so straightforward and clear. I also value how she not only states her case, but also gives suggestions on how we can each do something to take action to elicit change. I read a lot and it is rare in what I see to find someone who follows up their observations with suggesting something to do to act on making a change.
I am still struggling to understand how in the world we ended up with such a grifter and criminal as T**** in the White House. After reading Ruth's article today, I began to think that TFG was just an easy mark for the extremely wealthy to further their interests because he will say or do anything to stroke his fragile ego, he was ready, willing and able to parrot whatever they wanted him to say just so they could get more money and power. T**** was just a useful idiot for them.
Truer words Ruth! I’ve been on a crusade against FAUX since it’s inception, they are the arm of the GOP that’s in desperate need of amputation!
Psyops of mind and opinion of FOX’s faithful, the unctuous derps in this country, require major action. Thanks again for your exceptional reporting!!
1). Love the inclusion of a way to get Tox out of military bases. So important! 2). Will someone tell me why we use ‘disinformation’ instead of ‘lies?’ 3). Is there a modern parallel for Tox in authoritarian countries?
Dominian may in the eyes of history be the hero to pursue this with Fox (sly-enemy of democracy). It is unraveling the web. Because of the coverup operation that is scrambling . . . may be why it is taking the DOJ so long to indict. Criminals love speed (do it & done!) and hate slow, thoughtful examination. While the scrambling of the coverup operation continues, the more yarns are exposed. Stay hopeful for democracy's win.
The fascinating aspect of the Dominion lawsuit is that is it allows a front-row focus of follow-the-money, which is the root key to the treasure chest for answers - and thereby greater resolution of problems and instituting solutions. The flow of money & its associated documents is a map.