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This may be the most disturbing thing Fox News has ever done. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Oct 2021 OP
Oh great. Visceral targeting. calimary Oct 2021 #1
And if course, yet again, projection. dchill Oct 2021 #2
They should get job's at the movie theater... diverdownjt Oct 2021 #4
Fox Opinion and social networks will destroy this country BlueJac Oct 2021 #3
HAVE destroyed this country. SergeStorms Oct 2021 #5
I agree with you about the damage done, but there is this about toothpaste and tubes. spike jones Oct 2021 #8
Not so easy.... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #23
We need to be more radical, and exaggerate the repubs' flaws and mistakes mrsadm Oct 2021 #21
Yes 👍 Along with... Duppers Oct 2021 #17
In 2016-22 I think Social media, esp FB mess, are more responsible than RW Radio. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2021 #18
They have already done so. mrsadm Oct 2021 #20
Just heard this AM Traildogbob Oct 2021 #6
I wish he would just disappear. Ilsa Oct 2021 #10
Just think Traildogbob Oct 2021 #16
More GOP evil distraction bullshit-- IT NEVER ENDS LymphocyteLover Oct 2021 #7
It is time to ask why propaganda outlets have White House press privileges. Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #11
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This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #25
disagree heartily Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #27
Can anyone sue them for mis-representing their statements? UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #12
Maybe Garland will take it personally and that would be all that is needed to start a in2herbs Oct 2021 #14
Because nothing bad happened when Palin did this. TXPaganBanker Oct 2021 #15
Fox News: the reason why we can't have nice things! Initech Oct 2021 #19
I saw that this morning Gymbo Oct 2021 #22
Actually, they have already topped it... themaguffin Oct 2021 #24
Wow! Thanks very much for that. Gymbo Oct 2021 #26
Enemy propaganda network. hay rick Oct 2021 #28

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
5. HAVE destroyed this country.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:13 PM
Oct 2021

The damage has already been done. There's no putting the toothpaste back In the tube.

spike jones

(1,680 posts)
8. I agree with you about the damage done, but there is this about toothpaste and tubes.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:29 PM
Oct 2021

How to put toothpaste back in tube. Toothpaste tubes are made with plastic.
Unscrew the tube top cap and squeeze the paste out on a small plate and replace the top cap.
Cut the tube bottom off with scissors just above the end.
With a blunt knife, spread the two sides apart to open the tube at the bottom.
Scrap the paste off the plate with the knife and scoop it into the tube from the bottom.
With needle nosed pliers squeeze the bottom ends back together and push the paste to the tube top.
With the pliers, hold the bottom together about 1/4” up from the tube end.
Use a lighter to melt the plastic until it gets very soft (caution, do not touch the hot plastic).
Move the pliers down to squeeze the hot ends together and hold until cool. You may fold the ends a little to insure a tight seal.
The toothpaste is back in the tube and ready for use.
Caution do not breath the hot plastic fumes. Well, maybe just a little at the end.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
23. Not so easy....
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 04:38 PM
Oct 2021

when you're trying to do it with a country though.

I get what you're saying. I believe I'll just keep my toothpaste inside the tube from the start. I'm not one to try everything just to see if it can be done, but thanks for the "tip".

mrsadm

(1,198 posts)
21. We need to be more radical, and exaggerate the repubs' flaws and mistakes
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:14 PM
Oct 2021

and make it sensational to get people to pay attention! That's what Fox news does!

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
17. Yes 👍 Along with...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:09 PM
Oct 2021
1500 RW radio stations, as DUer Certainot reminds us.

Sinclair owned stations were among the largest and were spreading the lies about vaccines & masks.


Traildogbob

(8,756 posts)
6. Just heard this AM
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:15 PM
Oct 2021

Chucker Carlson is airing a special he does though Fox, but not main stream, in-sighting a bloody revelation. Alex Nones style go kill non Patriots. Some people “need” a beat down. HE is leading a war from within. And his pasty puffy dough boy self will be nowhere near the bullets. Just furrowing his brow of concern, tucked safely in his Fox studio. Pro Life and all Jesusy!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
10. I wish he would just disappear.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:41 PM
Oct 2021

Go missing, along with Trump, McConnell, Cotton, and others like him. Totally incommunicado, no social media, DMs, tweets, appearances overseas (Russia, anyone?), etc.

Traildogbob

(8,756 posts)
16. Just think
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:49 PM
Oct 2021

If 25+- people in our media and government just vanished, the billions plus of people on Earth would be much better off. Small sacrifice for the whole. Putin style vanished. The all fully support Putin’s tactics.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
9. It is time to ask why propaganda outlets have White House press privileges.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:37 PM
Oct 2021

I can write a post about this later. The short version is this.

News entities (print) are credentialed by five peers elected to the Standing Committee of Correspondents in Congress.

Has anyone ever heard of that committee? Can we see the power that committee holds?

And that's just print media. Who assigns credentials to broadcast media?

Does anyone ever wonder why OANN and FOX -- with goal to destroy the country -- are credentialed and allowed to act as if they are legitimate news gatherers?

Why does the general public not have any information about this process?

The White House Correspondents Association used to be deeply involved in the credentialing. It's now toothless.

Here's a link to information about the Standing Committee, its board and its daily work. [link:https://pressgallery.house.gov/about-gallery/history-congressional-press-galleries|

Here are the members of the committee, currently. The third one isn't even a news gathering entity, but rather a company that aggregates the work of others.

Standing Committee of Correspondents, 2021

Rachel Oswald, CQ Roll Call, Chair

Jonathan Salant, NJ Advance Media, Secretary

Tom Brune, Newsday

Emily Cochrane, New York Times

Matt Fuller, The Daily Beast

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Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #9)

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
27. disagree heartily
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 05:08 PM
Oct 2021

The right of the people to question their government (through credentialed watchdog media) must be maintained.

in2herbs

(2,945 posts)
14. Maybe Garland will take it personally and that would be all that is needed to start a
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:47 PM
Oct 2021

prosecution against TFG and to start having the DOJ ask judges for more penalties against the insurrectionists.

TXPaganBanker

(210 posts)
15. Because nothing bad happened when Palin did this.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:48 PM
Oct 2021

Oh wait, someone shot up a rally Rep. Gabby Giffords was hosting in Tuscon. Matter of fact, they named it the Tuscon Massacre because 19 people were shot. There's a history of this, people. I can only think that Fox is looking for a repeat.

Gymbo

(133 posts)
22. I saw that this morning
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:15 PM
Oct 2021

1st thing I did was throw it in the face of a rightie. He comes back and tells me that it doesn't appear on Fox and Friends. So I Google it only to find the gun sights were not there. I don't know how to explain that. I trust Oliver Willis, but I would like someone to explain this because I don't want to lose any argument with a rightie. Help!

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