• 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it
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    If you go back, I guess they haven’t had a conservative on in years or something, somebody said.

    So, he basically read some ragebait on Facebook

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    Fucking do it. When the only news feed people have access to is state sponsored Fox News and AI generated MAGA memes on Facebook maybe we’ll get enough people waking up to make a difference.

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      My brother in christ. They are pulling people from the streets. They are re-writing what schools have to teach. They are removing references to an inconvenient history (slavery). They are calling for civil uprising. They are denominating opposing political groups as terrorists.

      If people haven’t snapped out of it now, they definitely won’t when only state sponsored news is on the air.

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      Live in a right wing state…

      They’ll still call it the “Liberal media” any time it says ANYTHING against their world view. Fox is “liberal media” around here.

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      I am not 100% sure about that. I could see some growing quite bored with their options and maybe waking up. I can see some falling into The Algorithm and getting way, way radicalized into more Nazi stuff.

      But yeah, if Taco even takes away the soma, it might be that some people get well and truly pissed. At him. And the Republicans and the conservatives that are destroying this country.

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    One thing that has been an eye-opener about all of this is how much cowardice there is in the U.S… It’s easy to talk a big game about free speech and freedom of the press, but when push comes to shove, most buckle.

    “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

    • Benjamin Franklin
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    And this is why you never give these people what they want.

    Imagine the shitshow if the FCC pulled ABC’s broadcasting license for hurting the administrations feelings. They should have played hard ball.

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    Frankly, hardly any of them deserve broadcast rights anymore. They sold out decades ago and it will never be enough. We need ferocious, independent, professional journalists, not billionaire minions.

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    Who cares, only old people watch cable TV. Can they do the same to streaming services or youtube?