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In reply to the discussion: We must find a way to rid our society of Fox news. What to do? [View all]maxrandb
(15,748 posts)94. It's not just Faux News
It's the alphabet cable news networks that have been so cowed by bogus charges of liberal bias that they bend over backwards to normalize this abnormal shit.
We may be at gallows time for all of them.
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You cannot take Fox news away from people. You need to educate people to turn away from Fox.
Binkie The Clown
Feb 2018
#4
But many right wingers didn't see Colbert as a joke. They thought he was on their side. nt
tblue37
Feb 2018
#64
you're right about treating it like a joke. the more foxnews and their viewers are mocked and
unblock
Feb 2018
#102
What does the 1st amendment have to do with speech which has people, not the
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#137
I'm afraid there's no simple solution because there's fundamentally, genetically two 'types' ...
mr_lebowski
Feb 2018
#19
I've seen this: "Fox News Lies" on t-shirts/stickers in DC. Do something: wear these
sawasigndc
Feb 2018
#24
I can provide the stickers in bulk. Local democratic club want to buy 100 at $2/per?
sawasigndc
Feb 2018
#138
most of us don't watch it any way, and as long as murdochs don't care if foxnews makes money or not
beachbum bob
Feb 2018
#26
Gee, maybe we could put people we don't agree with in re-education camps too!
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#91
What can we do? Without making yourself look like an asshole to other people I don't
doc03
Feb 2018
#44
Boycott EVERYTHING FOX -- TV shows, movies, sports, EVERYTHING!!! Not just Faux Noos sponsors.
KPN
Feb 2018
#60
Yeah, it's absolutely daunting and unrealistic. What's your solution in the face of the outright
KPN
Feb 2018
#116
You're always a bright light of common sense when it starts to get silly. One of few.
7962
Feb 2018
#130
You were frightened by a decades-old hypothetical that's probably bullshit?
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2018
#61
Fox News doesn't change people's minds, it reinforces what they already believe...
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#72
If someone on the right decides to get rid of Pacifica Radio, that'll be okay with you?
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#73
We could infiltrate Fox News with people so bat shit insane nobody could possibly believe them...
hunter
Feb 2018
#79
Most of their targets are considered public figures and are generally immune from claiming slander.
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#96
I assume putting a ton of LSD in the nation's water supply is out of the question
jmowreader
Feb 2018
#85
I'm sure you won't mind THE DAILY SHOW or LAST WEEK TONIGHT to be censored?
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#111