As everyone except the Fox News/QAnon crowd knows, Antifa is not an organization; it’s a philosophy. It has no leaders, headquarters, or funding/budget. Now, is this (at left) what I voted for? Well, I vote for honesty, logic, compassion and …
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Understanding Sanctuary Cities
Shortly before my mother passed away, she and I were talking about sanctuary cities. She had lived the last decade or so of her life on a steady diet of Fox News, and so when I asked her to tell …
Understanding “Sanctuary Cities”
I hope at least some Republican voters will look up “sanctuary city.” My Fox News-loving mom was convinced that an illegal alien could commit a violent crime like rape, robbery, or murder in a sanctuary city and the police couldn’t …
What’s HappeningToday?
At left is a reminder of how anxious Trump supporters are for a distraction from current events at the White House. If you were to flick on Fox News right now, there is an excellent chance you would be told …
Saying No to Fox News May Save Your Life
I have quite a few childhood friends who are now Fox News acolytes, and I’m convinced that Fox’s “alternative facts” have inflicted untold pain on this nation and the other nations around the globe. From their disinformation campaigns on COVID, …
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Anger Pervades America
Without a voter base that is either angry or frightened–or both — the Republicans don’t have a chance. That’s why we are here. If you want to perform an experiment, tune into Fox News for a few minutes and ask …
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Chris Murphy on Fox News: Why??
Chris Murphy, senator from Connecticut, is a progressive with a great future ahead of him, if we can prevent this country from slipping into autocracy. What on Earth was Fox News thinking when they decided to let Murphy come on …
When Will People Realize …. ?
At least in the U.S., this is going in the opposite direction, largely via disinformation campaigns. Now we have masses of people, supported by Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, believing that climate change is a hoax, that phasing …
A Cost of Doing Business
In a recent post, Mourning Lots of Unvaccinated Texans, I wrote about the people who died from COVID-19 because they refused vaccinations: maybe taking (one’s) medical advice from Fox News wasn’t such a great idea after all. But we live …
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What Happened to the “News?”
When it comes to the way the U.S. covers the news, what precisely has changed over the years? In a word, monetization. Until the late 20th Century, news was a service, offered to the American people 30 minutes each day …
