
Years of falsehoods from Fox News helped solidify offshore wind as a prime target for Trump | Against all evidence, right-wing media insist Trump is “saving the whales” and reducing energy costs through his nonsensical executive orders
https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/years-falsehoods-fox-news-helped-solidify-offshore-wind-prime-target-trump
by crustose_lichen
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Disinformation is a powerful force we don’t know how to reckon with as a society.
The fact that the Dominion Lawsuit led Fox News to legally classify itself as Entertainment shows despite its influence as a news network, cements that it is okay to lie and misinform on purpose.
The first amendment argument is abused to allow news networks to say and do what they want.
There is stupid, where people are just stupid. These folks are often embarrassed that they’re stupid .And then there is “chosen stupidity”, when people simply decide to believe the unbelievable because they’re in a cult. These folks are proud of their stupidity. When these folks can put one of theirs in power……..
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