My father changed his politics radically when his health declined and he had to stay home watching tv because of mobility issues. Fuck FOX. Assholes. One of the most harmful entities in the USA. I wish every one of them would drop dead.
I feel extremely lucky that my parents somehow avoided going down that rabbit hole. I’m sorry the hate-media got to your dad, that really sucks.
My dad used to watch it to laugh at it, but I think my mom took a lot of it seriously.
That shit is a cognitive hazard.
Everybody thinks they’re immune to propaganda themselves, that it only influences other dumber people.
It happened to my dad after a TBI in like 2015. Went full ancient aliens too.
Hey now. If it weren’t for Ancient Aliens I would probably never sleep. Have a little respect for my insomnia cure!
That really sucks. What’s weird with my parents is that they never watch Fox News ever, only NBC, and still they remain conservative AF. They actively reject any negative information about Republicans. Totally don’t care whatsoever, anything and everything is justified by “both sides, but abortion!!”.
Yeah, it definitely is (semi recently acquired), but they also watch the national NBC news every night
Tim Walz is the dad and grandpa that Rush and Rupert stole from us. He’s the family we lost when their personalities changed seemingly overnight.
If the right wing funded rage machine never existed, we would have had millions like him. They’ve broken so many families.
It should be illegal to present entertainment as news and opinion as fact to a global audience. There should be real life jail time (not fines that are only for the poor) for the business owners
When a society in the future figures this out, the world will be a better place.
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!!!
Fox giving “news” while legally not being news has led to crimes, that’s a fact. Maybe prosecutor Kamala could go for a bite but damn it’d be nice to have the news be true again
Another of the many sanity checks Ratass Reagan took from us after the GOP collectively shat itself over Nixon’s press reception.
So much of our nations 4 decades of struggle have come from this moment, and no one involved will ever face justice for degrading our nation so much for so little benefit for so few.
The “fairness doctrine” didn’t prevent news from being crazy entertainment. Watch the 1975 movie “Network”. Faye Dunaway runs part of a TV network that tries (among other things) to present videos from a terrorist organization as a weekly program. It was ridiculous, but plausible at the time.
Like reinstating the fairness doctrine.
I’d really like this, but I’d also be worried about it becoming a 1984 “ministry of Truth” so to speak if the Republicans gained enough power.
Just make independent fact checking organizations a requirement for every news organization.
My grandpa was an Army mook from 50s-70s, dude spent literally his entire time working on vehicles to fight the USSR while we had a third party fight in Korea and Vietnam.
Hearing this man suddenly defend Trump and the red caps hurts my heart. They say don’t meet your heroes but goddamn watching one turn into a cult member is worse.
Tim Walz is the Free Dad Hugs guy at Pride Marches
I’m an old man and I feel this way as well. My parents are a lost cause
Full populations of our society are a lost cause. There is a lot of work to do to undo the damage.
We need to hold media responsible for blatantly and intentionally deceiving viewers.
News ought to be a regulated word, if you put it on your show or paper or anything, anywhere, it means you can’t knowingly lie.
Politicians ought to be held to that same requirement, you aren’t allowed to knowingly lie.
You want your full first amendment rights (to lie and deceive) back? Stop being a politician or a “news” person.
Tim Walz is the masculine role model that we need.
Tim Walz is what a real patriot looks like. He loves his state, he loves his country, and he does everything he can to make life in both of them better for everyone.
He even helped make the flag not just better, but the best flag of any state.
Come fight me Marylanders
