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Showing Original Post only (View all)Fox News Fails To Persuade Enough Suckers To Vote For Romney [View all]
http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=8377Fox News Fails To Persuade Enough Suckers To Vote For Romney
Posted by Mark on November 7, 2012 at 11:32 am.
Despite their best efforts, Fox News is the biggest loser this morning, having utterly failed in their crusade to advance the prospects of their primary client, the Republican Party. Their sacred mission of partisan deception was proven to be impotent and ineffective.
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The Fox News campaign effort relied conspicuously on false themes that never took hold outside the confines of the Fox bubble. They accused Obama of going on an apology tour; of disparaging small business owners by saying that they didnt build that; of weakening welfare by removing work requirements; of plotting to ship Jeep production to China. None of it was true, and none of it was accepted by a public who is smarter than Fox thinks they are.
Nevertheless, Fox persisted in forcing their pre-masticated bullshit down the throats of American voters. They featured a parade of Republican politicians and pundits to pound their message into the already mushy brains of their viewers. Among their most brazenly partisan escapades was the broadcast of a four minute anti-Obama campaign-style video that was so egregiously inappropriate that they later pulled it from the air and their web site.
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Wrap all of that into a package that also included a War on Women, an aversion to fact-checkers, and his now-famous Etch-a-Sketching of his prior positions, and you have a recipe for electoral disaster. Not even the unprecedented presence of Super PACS dumping unheard of millions into the GOP effort could rescue Romney from defeat. Although it is heartening to know that folks like Sheldon Adelson, Karl Rove, and the Koch brothers wasted so much money and have nothing to show for it.
This morning Fox News is scrambling to make excuses for coming up short. However, they refuse to take any responsibility for the electoral outcome. In many ways they seem to refuse to even admit defeat. Every story begins with the observation that the Republicans retained control of the House, and ends by saying that the losses were not the fault of the conservative agenda, but the strength of a powerful Obama campaign team and the bias on all the other media outlets.
That sense of denial is what defines the character of Fox News. And it may harden as they dig in to oppose Obamas next four years. Their purpose for the next week or so will be to absolve themselves of any guilt, and to comfort their shocked audience who, because of Foxs single-minded partisanship, never saw this coming. But judging from the reactions this morning, it is clear that Fox intends to continue to lie to their glassy-eyed disciples and to lie about their ideological adversaries. So strap yourselves in its gonna be a bumpy four years.
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Fox News is more about making money off Repug suckers than actually getting Repugs elected.
reformist2
Nov 2012
#2
"Baaaaaaaa. Tell us what to think. Baaaaa." - The Faithful Flock of RepuliProles (R)
Berlum
Nov 2012
#7
Fox is the sole reason why so many on the right are declaring this a stolen election
justiceischeap
Nov 2012
#11
We need a GROUP LAWSUIT against FAUX News by THE PEOPLE for their constant slander and liable.
Tigress DEM
Nov 2012
#17
Depends on the day and how tired someone is. We are ALL tired, but thanks for being helpful!!
Tigress DEM
Nov 2012
#30
I'd love it if the board of directors at FOX said, "Enough is enough",....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#27