I am more than disturbed by the amped-up hate rhetoric from the Fox "News" Network.
Sure, it gets ratings, revving up the right wing leaning folks, enraging the left wing leaning folks. It endlessly gets called out for lies, fabrications, racially inflammatory hate speech and plain craziness by the highly popular "Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
The "Tea Parties" that were sponsored and promoted by the Fox Commentary Network where covered as if they were news and not a sponsored event. Not as well attended as they hoped, but a great organizing tool for the reactionary folks.
Then, people were encouraged to act like Jerry Springer show wannabes at town hall meetings in order to get coverage and get on TV. Fox promised to cover it, and nothing else, and followed up with that. Shouting down and intimidating people with real concerns and questions was also encouraged. No First Amendment rights for anyone, but a great spectical!
Now there may be no public option to health care reform, taking care of some of the folks who have no care--like the idiot who tried to take up a collection for his medical bills after getting into a fight with someone at a town hall meeting because he was unemployed.
Beck and Hannity really seem to be digging this attention, but they have a tiger by the tail. There is a huge difference between catering to the lowest denominator for ratings and sound bites, and irresponsibly inciting them to violence, hatred, and crazy action.
The tabloid web site for Fox called "Fox Nation" goes all the way to crazytown and is commented on by some of the most vile and sick people who seem to be ready to go do civil war. They have their guns locked and loaded. They are ready to create one hell of a Fox News sponsored homegrown terror event.
Is it no wonder that I consider FOX the leading threat to our democracy?
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The amped-up hatred gets the best of me most of the time too. Just is beyond the pale, to say the least.
I will never again hear tea bags, tea bagging without ROTFLMAO. I'm sure the participants aren't aware of the silent porn message they are sending to the world.
Sarah Palin is on Facebook auctioning herself off to have dinner with five people for the price of $25,000. She just forgot to sign "Former" Gov. Sarah Palin.
Loved the "Tighty Whitey" ditty. Can we get one of the Tighty Whitey men? Do we get to make our own choice? LOL
Hope you are doing much better with the back and sciatica. That, my dear, can be a real bitch. I've had 24 years of it. Check out the "prolotherapy" site. That's the type of therapy I've been getting since June of 2003.
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