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Another half truth report by the weak, leeadershipless left. I watch Fox news. I'm aware that hosts have shows( including those on the left leaning CNN & MSNBC). There is a certain entertainment value that these hosts have to supply to Their audience. Fair enough. This article is an example adjust how ridiculous and out-of-touch this journalist is. Everyone calls it like it is from their vantage point. Strong leaders don't always make the right decisions immediately, but they eventually do. The left is cluttered it's worthless leadership. Don't let this journalist fool you. Put your thinking cap on and listen to the news that makes the most sense.

I can tell you that what he said about Tucker Carlson's broadcast is absolutely false. Not in reporting exactly what Carlson said but in interpreting it. Don't take directions from someone who can't read a map.

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I quote Carlson directly, of course

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I'm not convinced. You're agenda is bigger than Tucker's. As the reporter that apparently supports the losing team, of course you've got to take every cheap shot you can to try and put a different spin on the truth

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Perfect! Thanks for providing an example of what the author was describing - your stupidity is spot on!

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You mean not as honest as the news stations that called Trump a Russian agent for 3 years?

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I think an argument can be made that Fox News was established by a foreign actor to undermine and ultimately destroy American democracy (for profit) with disinformation, propaganda and the fomenting of a malignant cohort of retrograde, low-information zombies ripe for a monster like Trump. Fox News is not a news organization. It is an ongoing attack on America. There should be consequences, but their evil is of course shielded by the First Amendment.

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it’s amazing portions of DC press still clings to idea it’s just a “conservative” news org

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It's patriotic...at worst nationalistic, which I don't have a problem with. Sure beats globalism for which you can thank many of today's problems.

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MSM seems to operate under the same delusion that Trump supporters can be 'won ' back, either by praising Fox opinion hosts, playing incoherent Trump press conferences, or interview Trump talking heads. These are absurdist fantasies. Fox's opinion hosts and Trump core supporters have shown us who they are and what they value...we should all believe them.

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completely agree. MSM needs to accept dark reality of Fox News

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The mayhem of the 60s ruined our belief in our philosophies

and country. Today's weak minded "Americant " is a direct result of being raised by hippies.

They had a right to protest the mayhem, the assasinations, the war. They were so impacted that the generation that they raised were raised by people themselves who were psychologically traumatized. Children who are raised by such are what we have today.

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It doesn’t make much sense to me from a business standpoint. Trump supporters are not exactly the desired demographic. A better explanation is that the media jumps on any semblance of sanity that they can tout so that they can appear to be balanced.

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agree. the hunt for sanity at Fox News is so MSM can say, see we like them when they behave

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But 'balance' isn't a tenet of the 4th Estate...truth is the entire raison d'etre of the press. Balance is a concept promoted and perverted by Fox News.

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I can think of one longtime critic of the mainstream media who disagrees with you :

“In all, the mainstream media cringes in terror before Trump and his supporters’ threats of violence and other and acts of intimidation. It all too often defaults to “fairness” and “balance” and both-sides-ism, elevating Trump’s most outrageous lies into reasonable opinions about “alternative facts.”” Eric Boehlert

https://www.salon.com/2019/12/13/eric-boehlert-on-how-the-liberal-media-put-trump-in-the-white-house/

In fact there are many media critics who agree with him. The media is really intimidated by right wing bullying and that has been the situation for a very long time.

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But that IS my point...balance is a fallacy. It may be the rationale used by MSM, but it's not their job to be provide some arbitrary balance. It's their job to provide truthful coverage and facts. At any rate, much of MSM has devolved into entertainment and ratings, to the detriment of the country.

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Yes but it’s a fallacy the a lot of the mainstream media have bought into. That results in them holding Democrats to a normal but therefore much higher standard than they hold Republicans to.

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(By Eric Boehlert, article)And that's why Rule No. 1 is so important and foolproof: Never give Fox News credit for doing the right thing.

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When I'm calling you stupid, I am complementing you....

You're to kind.

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People subscribe just to be trolls? I sincerely hope these folks are safe from the virus. With cases doubling every one to two days, that's unlikely. Will they feel the same way when they feel like they are drowning and can't breathe? Maybe someone they love? My oldest daughter is has been ill for days and couldn't get a test. Someone in her husband's office tested +. Now he, and my two preteen grandchildren have a cough. She is so fatigued she can barely get out of bed. Thankfully DeWine is making good choices based in science, which is atypical of him.

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Looks like this column got posted on a right-wing site, so yes there was influx of trolls;)

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As just another American in New York,

I am worried about this pandemic and more terrified by the ineptitude of our President and his chorus of enablers. When will this country stop allowing this to continue and insist that more qualified people take over. There have already been too many deaths and many more infected to close our eyes and leave the current blatant mishandling of this global crisis to go on anymore.

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There are too many deaths from the seasonal flu each year, but you don't see anyone up in arms about that now do you? Think on that for awhile.

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US has gone from 650 virus deaths to 1,800 deaths....in two days. buy sure, this is just like seasonal flu

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I'm curious - if Tucker told you that eating your own poop was good for you, would you believe that too? Or how about the widely-reported internal Fox memo to employees describing their efforts to combat the virus? Guess Tucker didn't mention that - or maybe it only went to the "news" side of the organization - the one not composed of wackos who are incredibly successful in scamming people like yourself.

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I an so glad I don't have to be around you so day. Would love to send you and everyone who thinks like you to China so that you can be taken care of properly.

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You can relax - you've successfully established both your point of view and 'intelligence' level. Maybe take the time to wash the sweatband in your MAGA hat - many people are saying the virus breeds there.

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Peter Pandemic...

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Too bad you can't make an intelligent or respectful contribution here. You are the very epitome of a troll.

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Tucker’s a charlatan and a professional fabricator

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"you can be so hateful"

Maybe he learned by watching Laura Ingraham?

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