• Asafum@feddit.nl
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        They have a news side and an entertainment side to their business. The primetime Nazi shows are all on the entertainment side so when they get sued they just say “we’re not news, we’re entertainment we don’t need to adhere to reality! It’s actually your fault for believing us!” Their polling comes from the other side.

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          I still look back fondly of the time Obama beat Romney and the Fox News entertainers (Karl Rove and Megan Kelly) just couldn’t believe it, so they marched down to the polling office to demand answers

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          ROFL their “News” side (even local) is just as bad, just more coy about it. In this case, they gain nothing from fudging the numbers.

          In fact, it is a way to attack the old guard Democrats who hate the young brown guy.

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        Fox News as live news is thrash, but Fox News’ online page is surprisingly good. But it has been years since I went to their website.

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        Easier to design propaganda when you understand what the people you want to propagandize think