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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Friday, November 5, 2010

5 November - Faux News

www.truth-out.org
David Korten: "It is now the morning after. Republicans, as expected, are celebrating a sweeping victory. Democrats are licking their wounds. Meanwhile, record numbers of people are still contending with the hardships of unemployment and foreclosure with no relief in sight. And the nation braces for...
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From The Real News Network
www.commondreams.org

 

Media Matters

( Apologies for the mess at the bottom. My limited capacities - including time constraints -  don't include sorting it out. Not that Fox is the only party practicing deception. 'Leftie' is the new handy-dandy word to exploit instead of 'communist' : scare-phrase proof against libel because it is meaningless. Seriously. 'Left-Right' means nothing in the context of controlled media : it's all 'far right' ... meaning bought wrong.

And the quipsters ignore the 'conservation' in conservative even more than the 'liberate' in liberal. Two sides of the same coin - as natural as magnetism - phrased as antagonistic rather than complementary.  )

"Voice of the opposition": How Fox News won the 2010 election

During the 2010 election cycle, Fox News, its employees, and its parent company engaged in an unprecedented campaign in support of the Republican Party. The network served as the communications and fundraising wing of the GOP while fervently promoting -- and sometimes creating -- the party's candidates.

the party's candidates.

Fox News execs declared network the "voice of opposition," "the Alamo"
Fox parent company donates $2.25 million to GOP-linked groups
FoxPAC: Fox News figures raise big bucks for GOP
Karl Rove's shadow Republican National Committee
Dick Morris' one-man campaign for the GOP -- and for Dick Morris
GOP candidates "speak through Fox News"
2010 election features Fox News candidates
Network heavily promoted, took ownership of tea parties
Tea Party Express: Fox News' very own Tea Party affiliate
Beck uses Tea Party credibility to guide them toward the GOP
More than 30 Fox Newsers support GOP in 600-plus instances during midterms
Looking forward: The 2012 Fox News presidential primary
 
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