President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.
I’m old enough to remember the early days of the internet, and I can tell you with 100% confidence that back in the late 90’s, old-school Republicans still knew the Constitution backwards and forwards, and could argue it with perfect comprehension. That was back when they really did care more about the facts, than your feelings. It didn’t matter why you wanted to do a thing, if it wasn’t expressly written in the Constitution, then as far as they were concerned…that shit was illegal. Arguing with them about it, is actually what led me to read the whole thing myself.
Now, it’s the exact opposite. None of them seem to have any clue what’s in it, let alone what it’s supposed to mean. Mind you, this was back when FOX News was actually still a “news” network, and not just some propaganda wing of the Republican party, bent on brainwashing their viewers into ignoring reality. That didn’t happen until after 9/11, when they had to really fuck with the public narrative in order to keep Republican voters from going AWOL over the Bush administration lying about the Iraq war. That very nearly broke the party.
Lucky for them, Obama got elected, and they could just turn the dial straight over to the racism setting, and they all just shut their brains off, and got angry. Before you knew it they stopped being rational altogether. Now, they’re basically living in an alternate universe.
they got sued in the 80s for pushing misinformation. they literally argued that they were just entertainment and that any well informed person would recognize that and the supreme court ruled in their favor.
also re: the constitution, just because the republicans knew the rules didn’t mean they gave a shit about following them. don’t let them fool you today, either. they know them, they feign ignorance for their base. this has been a progression since lee atwater adopted the southern strategy in the 1960s in a reactionary response to lyndon b johnson signing the civil rights act
Wut? Man, FOX News didn’t exist in the 80’s. It was launched in 1996, a few months after MSNBC was created. And the court case(s) you’re talking about, all took place in the last 5 to 10 years. With hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. I believe they both used that defense in court.
I think you need to do a bit more reading on US history. You seem to be a little confused.
i just looked it up. the fox news case i was thinking of was 2003, and the 80s case i was thinking of was rush limbaugh. you’ll have to forgive me i was extremely young in 2003
It was actually more recent than that.
I’m old enough to remember the early days of the internet, and I can tell you with 100% confidence that back in the late 90’s, old-school Republicans still knew the Constitution backwards and forwards, and could argue it with perfect comprehension. That was back when they really did care more about the facts, than your feelings. It didn’t matter why you wanted to do a thing, if it wasn’t expressly written in the Constitution, then as far as they were concerned…that shit was illegal. Arguing with them about it, is actually what led me to read the whole thing myself.
Now, it’s the exact opposite. None of them seem to have any clue what’s in it, let alone what it’s supposed to mean. Mind you, this was back when FOX News was actually still a “news” network, and not just some propaganda wing of the Republican party, bent on brainwashing their viewers into ignoring reality. That didn’t happen until after 9/11, when they had to really fuck with the public narrative in order to keep Republican voters from going AWOL over the Bush administration lying about the Iraq war. That very nearly broke the party.
Lucky for them, Obama got elected, and they could just turn the dial straight over to the racism setting, and they all just shut their brains off, and got angry. Before you knew it they stopped being rational altogether. Now, they’re basically living in an alternate universe.
fox news was always a propaganda network.
Not exactly. At least, not the same way it is today. It used to be far more moderate in the way it presented news, back when they first started out.
they got sued in the 80s for pushing misinformation. they literally argued that they were just entertainment and that any well informed person would recognize that and the supreme court ruled in their favor.
also re: the constitution, just because the republicans knew the rules didn’t mean they gave a shit about following them. don’t let them fool you today, either. they know them, they feign ignorance for their base. this has been a progression since lee atwater adopted the southern strategy in the 1960s in a reactionary response to lyndon b johnson signing the civil rights act
Wut? Man, FOX News didn’t exist in the 80’s. It was launched in 1996, a few months after MSNBC was created. And the court case(s) you’re talking about, all took place in the last 5 to 10 years. With hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. I believe they both used that defense in court.
I think you need to do a bit more reading on US history. You seem to be a little confused.
chatGPT hallucinating again
i just looked it up. the fox news case i was thinking of was 2003, and the 80s case i was thinking of was rush limbaugh. you’ll have to forgive me i was extremely young in 2003