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> the channel that prominently includes news that, in the words of Sidney Powell’s counsel, “no reasonable person would believe.” This is a common legal defens
by amadeuspagel 3y ago
> the channel that prominently includes news that, in the words of Sidney Powell’s counsel, “no reasonable person would believe.”
This is a common legal defense that was also made by on Rachel Maddow's behalf[1].
[1]: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/a-court-ruled-rachel-maddows-viewers https://greenwald.substack.com/p/a-court-ruled-rachel-maddow...
- consumer451 3y agoTwo wrongs don't make a right.
- kmos17 3y agoyes both sides, etc. but the impact of fox news is far far worse, they have the largest share among cable news shows and they specifically build their shows around fomenting outrage and hate, yes this also happens on the left but again the reach is on a whole other level here, the scale and sheer shamelessness of lies and distortions and the damage fox has created in the loss of trust in institutions and social cohesion in this country is unparalleled. Also Maddow gets ridiculed on the left (Colbert has made fun of her bs), there is no such guardrail on the right. fox is a cancer on democracy.
- consumer451 3y ago> there is no such guardrail on the right. I am old enough to remember when Reagan made "Republicans don't criticize Republicans" a thing. That was the end of accountability on that side of the aisle. This is tragic in my view as "regular" conservatism certainly has value.
- lookalike74 3y agoRupert Murdoch popularized tabloid news as we know it today and Fox News is a reflection of that. They were always concerned more with ratings than facts, and whoever wrote this article is full of shit because the Rupert-Fox-tabloid connection started in the 70s.