Roger Ailes: The Bastard Behind It All

"Roger Ailes did more to degrade the tone of public life in America than anyone since Joseph McCarthy."

Click on the link below for a biography of the main influencer of forming the present Republican Party:

A short biography of a bully

A Major Reason Why Conservatives Are So Powerful

Ever wonder why Talk Radio is essentially void of progressive push-back against the lies of conservatives? Or, why Faux News is so powerful? Click on the link below for why the truth of the progressive point of view is largely absent to the typical middle/lower-class voter who generally lacks critical thinking skills:

America’s Political System is Being Manipulated - but by who?

The History Of Trumpism

"Chris Hayes: 'There is no referee. Fox News and the conservative movement destroyed the conditions for that. So now, it is just a head-to-head battle of who you like more, who you believe, and who you trust more. They trust Donald Trump.'"

Click on the link below for a 10-min video of how conservatives have destroyed our society:

How The American Right Built Its Own Echo Chamber

A Look Under The Hood Of Fox News

The two most dangerous media outlets presently are Fox News and Talk Radio. Both have dominated mainstream news in terms of number of viewers/listeners for many years. Legitimate news outlets have been trying to understand how this could happen. Click on the link below for a 7-minute video from Beau of the Fifth Column giving insightful commentary on the problem, focusing on Fox News.

Let's talk about "just asking questions" 

The Battle Against Fake News

This post is presenting several links to information regarding what needs to occur to control fake news:

Fake news on social media: Whose responsibility is it?

Responsibility, Overconfidence, & Intervention Efforts in the Age of Fake News

Who’s ‘mainly’ responsible for curbing disinformation?

How to combat fake news and disinformation

Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news

How to Hold Social Media Accountable for Undermining Democracy

Hold tech companies accountable for fake news

Fighting Fake News

Where is the FCC?

The FCC (Federal Communication Commission) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. An independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the commission is the United States' primary authority for communications law, regulation, and technological innovation. IT IS NOT DOING ITS JOB!! Since the end of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, entities such as Fox News, Talk Radio, and conservative internet media have run amok with their disinformation, racism, fear, and other harms. Tucker Carson is the poster child for this blight on US society. This NYT expose says it all.

25 Years Of Lies And Propaganda

Anyone who knows me can vouch that I hold Fox News and Talk Radio as the most destructive instruments in promoting the evil that has hijacked representative democracy in the USA. What some of you may not know is that it has ALWAYS been so, it's not just since Trump became the main icon of the evil. Click on the link below to better understand what I mean:

25 Years Of Fox News Propaganda

Fox News Viewers Are Not Absorbing Real News

"Stereotypes aside, it's not that Fox News viewers live in a bubble and get all their news from that one source. The average Fox viewer listed 4.5 other source of news they regularly followed. Many also got news from the major broadcast networks, Facebook, and the liberal news channel MSNBC. Nevertheless, those who listed Fox News as one of their news sources had overall lower levels of knowledge on the factual questions. Fox viewers were less likely to know the capital of Canada, the religion of the Dalai Lama, or the size of the Federal budget. They couldn't find South Carolina on map or name the second digit of pi."

Fox News is like an all-you-can-eat buffet, serving up red meat. A more balanced diet might be healthier in the long run.

 

How Are YOU Informed

This is really horrible in the worst sense of the word.

 The horror of being governed by "Fox and Friends."

News Media Under Attack By Republicans

" - - - The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them."

~ Thomas Jefferson (link)
 
In the Founding Father's time, the only media were essentially newspapers and the above quote indicates the precious nature of media as it relates to government.  As all can clearly see presently, the Republicans routinely attack the press indiscriminately.  However, in recent years, this problem has expanded to include television, with Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group being two prominent offenders.  I hope you are at least as angry at this as I am.

(Crux Now)