05-14-2022, 10:08 PM
(05-14-2022, 04:32 PM)Dill Wrote:
But in a nutshell, yes, I am going to pretend CNN, MSNBC and Rachel Maddow are not the equivalent of Fox, if we are talking about the evening commentators. I can do that if I show that I am drawing logically consistent, falsifiable-in-principle conclusions from facts and data, can’t I? And I am even going so far as to say Maddow is a good journalist/commentator, who serves the public interest well.*
Can you think of a Maddow episode similarly stoking emotions beyond any factual warrant or promoting a conspiracy theory? Once she claimed to have a Trump tax return for one year, but it turned to be only partial and uninteresting. People cite that one instance sometimes to prove she is no different from Fox. People who have succumbed to Hannity sometimes offer the "Russia hoax" (i.e., the Russia investigation) as an example of Maddow malfeasence, which she covered closely, placing the texts before us as she read and interpreted them, sometimes alongside Barr's version.
See, this is your blind spot.
The "Russian Hoax" is just that, a hoax. The media fell for it hook, line, and sinker. And Maddow was probably the biggest fish to take the bait. Everyone who gets their information from somewhere other than MSNBC knows this.
But not only do you still not realize that it was a big nothing-berger, you label anyone who knows the truth as having "succumbed to Hannity."
The implication being that if you think that Russia-gate wasn't true and that Trump didn't collude with the Russians, you're a right-wing FOX viewing nut job.
It's not just FOX News viewers. I personally don't like Tucker (see above post), can't watch Hannity more than 5 minutes, and can't watch Angry Laura more than 3. So outside of Gutfeld, I DON'T WATCH FOX. Yet here I am, fully aware that Russia-gate was a farce.
Saagar Engeti, Krystal Ball, and Kyle Kulinski are about the furthest you can get from right wing FOX viewers (spoiler...they hate FOX). Pay close attention to the first video and what Kyle says about FOX and Republicans.
And I've barely touched on CNN
