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underpants

(182,273 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:42 AM Feb 2019

This just in.....

Got to the gym at 6am. On the TV's there's CNN ESPN and Fox.
6:00-6:15 lifting - Fox is all Smollett. White people talking about Smollett. White People talking to a black lady about Smollet. Etc.
6:15-6:35 swim
6:35-6:50 lifting again. Fox ... Smollet. This time there's a black guy talking about Smollet and white people talking about him talking about Smollet.

No sound so I just caught some of the closed captioning.

It's THE only thing happening in Foxworld. This is GOLD for Fox News.

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This just in..... (Original Post) underpants Feb 2019 OP
Not a word about the domestic terrorist going after Ilsa Feb 2019 #1
Not a word from any republican politician about the domestic terrorist. mucifer Feb 2019 #2
In fairness, what did you expect ? It's an open goal. OnDoutside Feb 2019 #3
an open goal underpants Feb 2019 #9
This is exactly the kind of story they love The Genealogist Feb 2019 #4
Smollet doesn't scare them HopeAgain Feb 2019 #5
It's Mueller time orangecrush Feb 2019 #6
They're reminding the cult that hate crimes are fake dalton99a Feb 2019 #7
Doctor office, gym or any public tv on FOX, only $19.99 safeinOhio Feb 2019 #8
And this is why I change the channel FoxNewsSucks Feb 2019 #10

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
1. Not a word about the domestic terrorist going after
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:59 AM
Feb 2019

trump critics, I bet. No condemnation from IQ45, the justice dept, McTurtle, Scalise (for whom a prayer meeting was called by democrats immediately after he was shot), or any other GOPer when top democrats are threatened.

mucifer

(23,373 posts)
2. Not a word from any republican politician about the domestic terrorist.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:12 AM
Feb 2019

Remember Bernie immediately denouncing the congressional baseball terrorist? I know lots of people here hate Bernie. He did the right thing to try to stop his people from doing it again.

The republicans now? Crickets! It almost seems like they wish the terrorist killed people.

Yeah and AP radio news top story yesterday all day Jussie

At least NPR gave the domestic terrorist the top story and the Jussie story was actually the third or fourth.

OnDoutside

(19,906 posts)
3. In fairness, what did you expect ? It's an open goal.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:18 AM
Feb 2019

IF this is true, Smollett would be an utterly selfish, self absorbed asshole. However, we must let justice take its course.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. This is exactly the kind of story they love
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:18 AM
Feb 2019

Smollett is a doubly scary man in the eyes of their audience (black and gay) who behaved badly. This is ratings gold for them. I doubt most of their audience cares a whit that a white guy was found plotting a huge terror attack, because he was targeting Democrats and journalists.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
5. Smollet doesn't scare them
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:44 AM
Feb 2019

Smollet is the isolated case that they can harp on ad infitum to create a false generalization about the all the left, about all the gays and about sll black men. They LOVE Smollet, the one example out of millions of non-examples is all they need.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,375 posts)
10. And this is why I change the channel
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:28 AM
Feb 2019

of any public TV tuned to the Fox "news" Sewer.

We here see that crap and know that channel lies. But the average person going about their day who pays little attention to politics will walk by, and think they're 'catching a little news' . But it's really just another little bit of propaganda programming. That's why so much of the public goes along with rightwing policy and normalizing of MF45. Also, that contributes to the general ignorance.

I have one of these:

http://www.smartconnectedproducts.com/smart-ir-remote-control-adapt-for-android-smart-phonehaoweiming-mini-smart-home-infrared-universal-control-huball-in-one-for-air-conditionertvdvdstb-micro-usb/

I tried the TV-B-Gone, it wasn't bad, but someone will usually turn it back on. Changing the channel, especially if done during a commercial, seems more effective at keeping the Fox Sewer off a public tv.

I got mine at Amazon, but just now when I went to get the link, it stated it was currently unavailable.

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