WTFF??

[Perknose]

"Fox News labelled US president Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” who attempted to have “his political rival arrested” during a live broadcast of Donald Trump’s post-arraignment speech.

The network was the only major cable news network to carry Trump’s Tuesday evening speech live, with CNN and MSNBC choosing not to air the address.

Towards the end of the speech, viewers were presented with a split screen carrying a separate speech from Biden at the White House. Below the image, the news chyron read: “wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested”."

^^^ This is simply beyond the pale. My jaw has hit the floor. I didn't know where else to put this. It kind of deserves its own thread, methinks.

 

[nOOky]

Lots of butt hurt going around yesterday, imagine if your political party was so much stupider than the other because you know the other side is corrupt, you just can't prove it lol.

 

[cytg111]

Those are fighting words. Surely you can label Fox a terror organization and stomp Rupert into the darkest hole in gitmo?

 

[igor_kavinski]

Gotta say I admire the free speech of a country that allows news networks to call their President a dictator

 

[kage69]

On one hand I think it's time to finally pull the plug on Fox. They are basically a treason and fascism production facility at this point.

On the other hand, watching magats absolutely lose their minds while rage shitting themselves, stooping this low, is proving to be quite therapeutic. 2024 is going to be such a slaughter, and that makes me happy.

 

[brycejones]

I am sure that our resident Modi lover who is very concerned about "defamation and labeling" will be along to agree that Fox is out of bounds and should be punished.

 

[dank69]

On one hand I think it's time to finally pull the plug on Fox. They are basically a treason and fascism enabler at this point.

On the other hand, watching magats absolutely lose their minds while rage shitting themselves, stooping this low, is proving to be quite therapeutic. 2024 is going to be such a slaughter, and that makes me happy.

I thought 2016 would be a slaughter. Never underestimate the power of the mind to rationalize last minute when staring at a ballot. "I know Republicans are a threat to my livelihood but my great-grandpappy told me Democrats are evil and he's watching me from heaven right now."

 

[cytg111]

Its straight up 5th column insurrectionist.

 

[HomerJS]

Fox lives off this bullshit. One of the ways they keep their lemmings brainwashed. I get sick and tired of watching these chyrons while at the gym because LA Fitness has a policy that required Fox be one of the 3 channels shown on their TVs. Can't look away while on the treadmill or elliptical.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Awww shucks, you went and made me post this ....

MSNBC Dethrones Fox News After Years-Long Ratings Dominance​

Fox lost the top spot in weekly primetime viewership for the first time in over two years.


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[JTsyo]

Was Biden commenting on Trump or was it about something else?

 

[soulcougher73]

And to think Trump could have avoided being the first ex president to ever be indicted on federal charges (37 of them at that) had he just done want Biden and Pence did.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Based on that caption and the pic, I'm assuming Turmp "citizen arrested" Biden by declaring it?

 

[HomerJS]

Awww shucks, you went and made me post this ....

MSNBC Dethrones Fox News After Years-Long Ratings Dominance​

Fox lost the top spot in weekly primetime viewership for the first time in over two years.


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Hmm, seems Fox's ratings were only supported by outright lying to their peeps. Anyone surprised?

 

[mikeymikec]

Those are fighting words. Surely you can label Fox a terror organization and stomp Rupert into the darkest hole in gitmo?

Poor little Rupert? I think you'll find that he wasn't explicitly involved in that decision, and there was probably an error in the on-screen text output. Oh, the presenter said it as well? In that case, the editor might have to be a sacrificial lamb.

Unless there's a paper trail showing that the instruction for that headline came straight from Murdoch, there's no chance on the planet that he'll be culpable for anything.

 

[mikeymikec]

Gotta say I admire the free speech of a country that allows news networks to call their President a dictator

<insert "I am being silenced!" meme, yadda yadda yadda>

 

[HomerJS]

Poor little Rupert? I think you'll find that he wasn't explicitly involved in that decision, and there was probably an error in the on-screen text output. Oh, the presenter said it as well? In that case, the editor might have to be a sacrificial lamb.

Unless there's a paper trail showing that the instruction for that headline came straight from Murdoch, there's no chance on the planet that he'll be culpable for anything.

Fox is supposed to be more subtle about their gaslighting. Kinda like when that Fox host called Obama a defacto terrorist with her "terrorist fist jab" accusation.

Fox News anchor ED HIll taken off air after Barack Obama 'terrorist fist jab' gaffe

ED Hill has lost her show a week after suggesting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's victory gesture could be a 'terrorist fist jab'. By Mark Sweney

www.theguardian.com

 

[cytg111]

Descending into Alex Jones territory ... any time now Fox will be peddling boner pills.

 

[Jaskalas]

^^^ This is simply beyond the pale. My jaw has hit the floor. I didn't know where else to put this. It kind of deserves its own thread, methinks.

The depravity to which mankind stoops?
We know NO bounds. There are no limits. Mankind is a violent, tribal, beast.

We can do better, like tamed animals behave better once trained.
To achieve this, we built institutions to secure and teach our people. How to be people.
To maintain it, these learned men used information and the control of information.
Failing that, what are we?

You have my answer, and history only echoes it time and again.
Modern communication has set information free, without filter, and broken our institutions.
Information in the form of propaganda, of hated and anger, runs wild. Our people learn NOT to be civil or law abiding.
You know where that leads, I trust?

This only gets worse, before it gets better. If we can even survive it. I suspect most of us will not.
Civil discourse has run its course. We are poised for something far worse. And it is all normal human behavior.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Gotta say I admire the free speech of a country that allows news networks to call their President a dictator

And that is kind of the whole of it isn't it? If Biden was really a dictator they would not be able to say that freely. If you feel so free as to be able to publicly denounce a leader as a dictator without fear of repercussions, then you are definitely wrong.

 

[Vic]

So weird how the people who have been demanding to have their political rivals locked up for 8 years are now outraged by this.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Belongs in the "every accusation is a confession" thread 🤣

 

[Jaskalas]

So weird how the people who have been demanding to have their political rivals locked up for 8 years are now outraged by this.

If they won't accept election results, they sure as hell will not respect the other aspects of law and order.
They do not seek justice, rather, Republicans want the use of force against their enemies.
Fox News's propaganda is to prepare their base for wanting said violence.

 

[eelw]

And that is kind of the whole of it isn't it? If Biden was really a dictator they would not be able to say that freely. If you feel so free as to be able to publicly denounce a leader as a dictator without fear of repercussions, then you are definitely wrong.

Logic? It doesn’t exist in MAGAland

 

[BurnItDwn]

Do they qualify as satire yet? or still just boring old propaganda?