Faking
It
 Some
of you may be too young to remember but there
was a time, only 15 years ago, when we actually
trusted the news. Oh, sure, we took issue with
the particular political slant of each media
organ but generally we took the information at
face value.
It was the government that we didn't trust back
then. Thank
you, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan for teaching
us what devious assholery can be. When Reagan
warned us about the government's "help", he really
meant people like himself.
Then along came Fox News Channel in 1996, headed
by Roger Aisles, the former political strategist
for Reagan. It quickly found it's
way into most households as Rupert Murdoch virtually
gave the content away for free. Now they charge,
by industry standards, a lofty stipend for their
content.
If that sounds familiar, that's how the
heroin industry
works.
By the way, Fox News doesn't warrant a higher
percentage of your cable bill simply because it's
in high demand, as most people rarely watch cable
news.
It's
because
all of
the cable companies are conservative butt-buddies
with Rupert Murdoch and, therefore, you'll pay
for Fox whether you watch it or not. Your kids
may want Spongebob but you're paying a $1.20
a month ransom to Rupert.
By the time George W. Bush ascended the throne by decree
of the Supreme Court in 2000 Fox News had
ripened
to full
redolent
flower. Now the Republicans
could lie their butts off (WMD's, anyone?) and Fox News could
be counted on to parrot the talking points just like it was
God's honest truth.
Many Americans now understand that Fox bends the truth like
so much taffy. Half of those
people don't complain because they benefit, or believe
they benefit, from the distortions. The other half, the reality-based
portion of the population, filters
out the dissonance and simply go about their business.
It's the remainder of the population that's most worrisome.
These are the people who make opinions based on ambient information.
Rumors, half-truths, scandalous allegations. That's Fox's
specialty and the low-information voter laps that crap
up like honey.
Now Fox News is trumpeting the Tea Party and the circle
jerk is finally complete. A fake political party is heavily
promoted by a fake news company in order to do real harm
to this country. That means you.
Stop watching Fox and tell your cable company you do not
wish to pay for it. It's really just that simple.
PS: Hey, what do you know? There are palm
trees in Wisconsin...
at least according to fucking Bill O'Reilly and Fox News.
=Lefty=
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