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(01-13-2017, 01:57 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: The first step to any good fascist state is to control the media........
There are several political scientists that study these sorts of things that have been talking about the similarities. It won't happen here because, at least as of right now, Trump doesn't have the support in the legislature, but it is still interesting to read about.
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The lines are blurred between news and entertainment. While It's hard to disagree with what Shep Smith said it's ignoring the fact that the "news" organization he works for has only encouraged this toxic environment were the news caters to your point of view to inflate your ego rather than telling you the news.
Americans have a hard time dealing with being wrong so why would you even bother tuning into news that doesn't confirm your intelligence instead of news encouraging you to face the truth.
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(01-13-2017, 12:10 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: I'm surprised this hadn't been posted earlier.
Maybe there's hope for mainstream journalism.
Maybe Trump will unite them, by demonizing them ?
Trump isn't a Repub, so Fox isn't going to airbrush him [at least until they get a sense for how the trend plays out]
Also, Fox outside of Hannity isn't nearly as bad as most think. They are more or less a mirror image of CNN.
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(01-15-2017, 04:53 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Trump isn't a Repub, so Fox isn't going to airbrush him [at least until they get a sense for how the trend plays out]
Also, Fox outside of Hannity isn't nearly as bad as most think. They are more or less a mirror image of CNN.
That last bit is very true. MSNBC is much more biased than FNC is. FNC/CNN is definitely a good comparison.
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