2016 Postmortem

duffyduff

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32. The blame lies squarely on the right.

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:52 AM

Dec 2016

The 24/7 propaganda began with the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987. Rush Limbaugh was a nobody before then.

Fox "News" would never have existed the way it did without that repeal.

I was horrified when Reagan did it. Right away I said it would allow outright propaganda on the public.

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Unbelievable!! Trump supporters' claim stuns CNN anchor [View all] mfcorey1 Dec 2016 OP

The time for the media to be smacking their heads Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #1

They believe whatever Fox News or Trump tells them. This country doc03 Dec 2016 #2

Alisyn Camerota is one of the very few anchors I like nowadays mtnsnake Dec 2016 #3

Stop interviewing these people. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #4

Exactly. The TV media is disgusting how they give equal time to liars and halfwits mtnsnake Dec 2016 #7

No, you quit because you didn't like all of the "President elect" news CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #9

They interview these people to try to expose their stupidity...but hamsterjill Dec 2016 #12

That should have been the media reaction every single day throughout the campaign... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

I saw that - I couldn't believe that a seemingly bright person was that ill informed. CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #6

I've posted these before and I'll post them again: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #10

Wait. Scalia literally believed in the devil???? This needs to asked in the confirmation hearings JudyM Dec 2016 #19

Maybe that's why he was convinced the devil exists. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #36

Just incredible. And tRump is continuing to assault the media as liars. Which they often are, but JudyM Dec 2016 #38

We just have to outnumber them. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #40

Certainly true. The question will be whether he succeeds in dumbing everyone down more than JudyM Dec 2016 #41

They have been carefully taught, Garrett78. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #21

I think low information is the wrong term. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #11

yep. d_r Dec 2016 #20

I'm sorry..."seemingly bright"???? hamsterjill Dec 2016 #15

Liberals have allowed it for too long. I'll admit that I didn't make a big stink about... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #17

The blame lies squarely on the right. duffyduff Dec 2016 #32

The problem is tribalism in America. apnu Dec 2016 #18

You might be right. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #22

i don't see anything "seemingly bright" with that bunch JI7 Dec 2016 #33

was on the treadmill and saw this too jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #8

Waste of time. Mariana Dec 2016 #30

it's not really about convincing them but putting out the facts because they claim to be a news JI7 Dec 2016 #34

You can't fight ignorance. Stubborn ignorance. Lint Head Dec 2016 #13

The fox video versus the snopes video. Jim__ Dec 2016 #14

Wait until she meets the anti-vaxers and flat-earthers. TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #16

CNN fake news FrenchieCat Dec 2016 #23

There is NO outreach to the half-wit and the idiot. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #24

There is no substitute for a brain! Coyotl Dec 2016 #25

But we're not suppose to call them "stupid" SHRED Dec 2016 #26

Ah, and the problem in this country is that MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS don't know how to source material? LisaM Dec 2016 #27

People like this are a lost cause Lanius Dec 2016 #28

this is all just tea baggers all over again. ill informed economic twits. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #29

Why can't we say most of them are dumbfucks and/or bigots ? JI7 Dec 2016 #31

THIS is what our M$M has brought us to. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #35

As I suggested above, where was that sort of reaction during the campaign? Garrett78 Dec 2016 #37

Alisyn Camerota smacked the wrong head. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #39