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It's by intention. I noticed that right wingers don't really talk about the economic equality but instead focus on culture wars.
That's why they came up with the culture wars in the first place.
It's cheaper than fixing a real problem, and much easier to sell.
Hey Fox News, it's bread and circus. If you're only doing circus and people get hungry you're still going to be in trouble. Groceries matter.
Love this guy. El-Sayed and Mamdani are really kicking ass! They are exactly what I want for my state (and the whole gd country too, but you know as well as I do that red states are hopeless and too brainwashed to ever do better).
Dr. El-Sayed was born in the US. Just saying. He is very qualified to run for president--- though the bar is so low right now it's a tripping hazard in hell...
Oh damn. That's why they're coming at him harder than Mamdani.
He's a threat to establishment careers.
They're focusing on the message.
Kamala was doing the right thing by laughing in their faces.
But we have to take it to the next step. Piss them off. Tell them to stop wasting everyone's time about which bathroom to use when people are dying because they're afraid of going to the hospital.
Spot on. Journalism today is a joke. They're owned by billionaires and mostly care about clicks and ad revenue, so they milk every stupid trend rather than go for the topics that really matter.
Politicians get too easily distracted. You don't have to answer every bullshit question or take a position on every stupid trend topic. If a journalist doesn't do his job properly, tell them off, or even address the viewers and their actual real-life struggles directly.
and then the party/msms put a muzzle on thier language, they knew it was hurting the Rs.
You can see by the expression on Watters's face the arm up his ass from below is moving his mouth
Yeah. That's FOX News. They tell their viewers what to think, and the viewers obey.
They have a very specific propaganda program. It draws people in with fear, outrage and bigotry...
Then it invites them to divest of all other information sources (except maybe approved ones like OANN or WSJ) the way that an abusive spouse gets their partner to disconnect from all other social relationships.
And then it pumps them with MAGA ideology. The culture war stuff.
It's literal mind control, but it's like a reverse hack (trying a common password on multiple accounts), in that it hits a lot of people and sucks in those who bite. Usually white uneducated men.
They have a very specific propaganda program. It draws people in with fear, outrage and bigotry...
It's the same one that's been around since the 1920's, they've all been cribbing from the same guy for over a hundred years.
The German jurist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt wrote about the inherent vulnerability of democracy in his book The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy in 1923. He basically wrote the playbook that every fascist still utilizes today.
Writing "Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal, but unequals will not be treated equally." Basically, you can tear apart any democracy by framing diversity and minority opinions as existential threats to the political community, by exploiting this you can lay the groundwork for majoritarian tyranny and state-sponsored exclusion.
I was on a 2.5 hour flight recently, and a guy a couple of rows up was watching Fox News. It just jumped from: Trans, Immigrants, Socialism, over and over and over the entire flight. It made me realize how fitting the term 'News Story' really is!
It identifies as news.
Under penalty of perjury, FOX News lawyers assures the court it is absolutely not a news channel but entertainment. Therefore should not be subject to news media regulations. During the 2020 election recount when they were lying about the integrity of Dominion Voting Systems election machines, the lawyers made it super clear now not news FOX is.
So FOX is not only a propaganda machine, but is deceptive at its core.
but... if it identifies as it, that kinda means we need to let it into the newsroom =(
Wait are you assuming it is journalism?
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And then El-Sayed asked Watters if he was circumcised, LMAO
Asking one of the most insecure men on tv about his dick
BOSS MOVE
Edit: sorry, here’s the link
gonna be more fun when they bring up the piker radicalisation pipeline's new statement supporting punishing jews for being ok with the existence of israel
Not being an American, I tend to have very little experience of Fox News, and that's how I like it.
But how do they keep replacing one shithouse with another?
Bill O'Reilly gave way to Glen Beck gave way to Fucker Carlson gave to whoever this barely-sentient pile of dog shit is. Is there a training school for ridiculous, puffed up white boys who make that stupid "I'm just asking questions" face that I'd never tire of hitting with a bat?
Transcript from the article:
“Sex change for minors. Do you support that?” Watters asked El-Sayed, to which the former public health official said, “I just think the government shouldn't tell you what kind of healthcare you should have.”
“So you think it's okay for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?” Watters asked.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan (Jesse Watters Primetime)
El-Sayed retorted: “Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?”
The shocked Fox News host said, “Yeah, but I mean that’s a personal question, doctor.”
Watters then said circumcision is “different than castration,” but El-Sayed argued, “I’m just saying that yes, circumcision is surgery on a kid’s ding-a-ling.”
I think something is lost in converting it to text. Something of the essence of the moment really… You have to see it and hear it.
But, here, we cans ee something important about both Watters and El-Sayed-- Watters fancies myself some newer, better Tucker Carlson, but isn't smart enough to realize that he has Carleson's same weaknesses and is not nearly as clever nor adroit as Carleson-- something El-Sayed is both clever and adroit enough o take advantage of in this moment, and does, both warning Watters of beforehand before baiting a trap and drawing Watters witlessly into it.
Carlson's dad ran Radio Free. He is generationally skilled at what he does.
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the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has raised eyebrows after asking Fox News’ Jesse Watters if he is circumcised during a combative prime-time interview.
Man fuck right off, that wasn't at all a weird question to ask in response to a fucking weird obsession Jesse has with children's "dingilings"
Jesse Watters is the one who brought it up, after all.
El-Sayed (a medical doctor, by the way) only responded in kind, and Watters - having brought it up as some kind of battle mark, some line that should never be crossed - immediately reversed course at brakeneck speed and attempted to dismiss it as if it were nothing, framing El-Sayed as an absurdist for even mentioning the subject that Watters himself raised in feigned outrage, despite El-Sayed’s repeated warnings that Watters would regret addressing the subject
If you ever believed that the manipulation stream media was on the right side of history. Then this whole interview plus the one Welker did with Angie Nixon should tell you that they never were.
These companies act like assholes to Progressives and DSA while throwing cotton candy at Pedophiles and Rapists.
hes also irl DENNIS, who slashed a fox womans news employee tires to try to get in her pants.
Watters is so grating in his speech, can't watch it, but it's impressive to see someone put up with him for a half hour
Things went off the rails when Watters asked the progressive if he supports gender-affirming surgery for those under 18 years old.
“Sex change for minors. Do you support that?” Watters asked El-Sayed, to which the former public health official said, “I just think the government shouldn't tell you what kind of healthcare you should have.”
“So you think it's okay for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?” Watters asked.
El-Sayed retorted: “Do you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised?”
The shocked Fox News host said, “Yeah, but I mean that’s a personal question, doctor.”
Watters then said circumcision is “different than castration,” but El-Sayed argued, “I’m just saying that yes, circumcision is surgery on a kid’s ding-a-ling.”
Watters called El-Sayed’s comment “wacky,” adding, “Abdul, Michigan’s not going for that. That is sick stuff.”
Holy shit what an inane hypocrite. I swear conservatives are going to give me an aneurysm
"No, we only cut the foreskin off, not the whole penis! We aren't crazy."
Sweet Satan, if only he could hear himself.
If he had any foreskin it was burnt! (I too lament a lack of foreskin, so whatever)
I find it darkly humorous that ribbed condoms are meant to simulate a foreskin. Yes, our culture removes the foreskin, but they'll sell you a fake one to replace it!
he supposed to be the replacement tucker carlson.
This was such a bizarre interaction.
El Sayed seems brilliant at responding to these gotcha questions.
I’m sure the guy like that has had a lifetime of practice
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I agree with this. They are always trying to drag in all this social minutia when we have a real problem with wealth disparity, our federal goverment being completely hollowed out, and of course healthcare. we have a lot of real problems to fix.
Many people who are benefitting from the status quo would prefer you to not pay too much attention to large scale systemic problems and would rather have you fight some stupid, meaningless side battle. Unfortunately, many of these people own the news outlets that are shaping the public discourse.
Journalism is interested in clicks and ad revenue. We can't rely on them to go for the real problems when their chasing trend topics like a meth addict chasing the next high.
I love how this frame captured them both so well. If you look into the candidate's eyes you see frustration. If you look into the Fox drone's eyes, you see a big smiling face on an inflatable clown punching bag that's about to tilt back to the right.
Thats the correct response.
And when asked about kids getting bottom surgery, buddy asked the host if he was circumcised.
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Men? No, Transgender Women? Yes, as long as they meet the hormone requirements.
Unfortunately there are plenty of idiots with propaganda brain willing to take the traitors at Fox seriously.
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