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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. Fortunately he's got one foot in the grave and I don't think his
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 04:14 PM
Aug 2018

children plan to follow in his footsteps.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
14. Yep, I think he does. Via Fox News, he's really running the US. tRump the weakling is just his
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 05:18 PM
Aug 2018

mouthpiece via Fox and Friends. I think tRump is the weakest president we have ever had. He's pushed around by everyone to do their bidding.

malaise

(269,680 posts)
15. We were talking about this
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 05:25 PM
Aug 2018

Our parents faced Hitler et al in the prime of their lives- we have the Con for our senior years.
Thatcher and Blair are responsible for the spread of this vile racist, Murdoch.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
16. It is, it's really almost a repeat. And, tRump's using the same tactics! And Murdoch
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 05:59 PM
Aug 2018

is like a 21st century Joseph Goebbels. And many Americans are too F'en stupid and brainwashed to comprehend what's going on. And, the GOP today is a tRump cult with a 2016 coup with a foreign power.

lamsmy

(155 posts)
8. Fox would not be Fox if GOP hadn't eliminated Fairness Act
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 04:24 PM
Aug 2018

Yes Murdoch is a horrible greedy shit, but America (like most wealthy nations) used to guard against any one person controlling a narrative through the Fairness Act, in place since 1949. Broadcasters had to make a fair representation of all sides in all political debates. Presenting one-sided opinion pieces without rebuttal was specifically barred.

Once the GOP eliminated this rule under Reagan up sprang the hate machines of the far right on radio and tv. Murdoch was merely taking advantage an opening deliberately created by Republicans.

Farmer-Rick

(10,286 posts)
9. They are one and the same
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 04:29 PM
Aug 2018

No murdoch, no Traitor Trump. No Traitor Trump, then Traitor Bush, or Traitor Huckabee. Trump is a creation of Fox. Fox is a creation of capitalism gone wild.

Initech

(100,204 posts)
10. Conservative propaganda is like an octopus.
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 04:37 PM
Aug 2018

You cut one part off and it grows back somewhere else. It's going to take a lot to kill this beast, and it's not just Murdoch either.

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