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applegrove

(118,767 posts) Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:13 PM Jul 2019

Fox News Falsely Blames Obama For Jeffrey Epstein's Plea Deal

BY JASON EASLEY

Fox News Falsely Blames Obama For Jeffrey Epstein’s Plea Deal

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/07/09/fox-news-epstein-obama.html

"SNIP.....

JONES: Exactly. Well, this was in 2008 under a Democratic administration.

FAULKNER: Right.

JONES: So it’s not just [Alex] Acosta making a decision like this. Other factors go — and if there was corruption, then every investigative agency that was involved with it, including the attorney general’s office, knew something about it.

A Democrat Wasn’t President During The Epstein Plea Deal

The decision to let a child sex trafficker walk wasn’t made during a Democratic administration. George W. Bush was president when Epstein got his free pass to abuse and traffic underage girls.

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Fox News Falsely Blames Obama For Jeffrey Epstein's Plea Deal (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2019 OP

Has the Truth got its pants on yet? maxsolomon Jul 2019 #1

'Misstating' facts/lying is gonna take us all down. elleng Jul 2019 #2

Obama didn't actually become president 'til 2009. You'd think fox could get that right. Jim__ Jul 2019 #3

That would be data. Fox is more interested in creating 'feelings' in their audience.n/t applegrove Jul 2019 #4

I agree. They know that they are telling a baldfaced lie, they don't care. Blue_true Jul 2019 #14

They certainly have the ability, just not the motivation to get it correct. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #12

This needs a Shepard Smith correction of his channel muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #5

They lie constantly Andy823 Jul 2019 #6

If their viewers can count, then they can figure out how stoopid Fux news is donkeypoofed Jul 2019 #7

They can't count. Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 #17

OMG, that's hilarious ! donkeypoofed Jul 2019 #19

Yeah ... well they blame Iraq ver. 1.0 on clinton UpInArms Jul 2019 #8

Their listeners still blame Obama for the 2008 stock market crash Maeve Jul 2019 #9

+1 Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 #18

A lot of the misinformed seem to think that Obama was prez in 2008. maveric Jul 2019 #10

There's google, there's bing, there's ask Jeeves, there's your local librarian who can look stuff up Leghorn21 Jul 2019 #11

Almost 1/2 of Louisiana republicans blame Obama for the poor federal response to Katrina. catbyte Jul 2019 #13

Wow. Blue_true Jul 2019 #15

Alternative facts keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #16

Well, they're just stupid Leith Jul 2019 #20

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)

1. Has the Truth got its pants on yet?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:15 PM

Jul 2019

Typical Fox propaganda. Always deflect, always whatabout.

elleng

(131,077 posts)

2. 'Misstating' facts/lying is gonna take us all down.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:15 PM

Jul 2019

Jim__

(14,083 posts)

3. Obama didn't actually become president 'til 2009. You'd think fox could get that right.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:15 PM

Jul 2019

applegrove

(118,767 posts)

4. That would be data. Fox is more interested in creating 'feelings' in their audience.n/t

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:18 PM

Jul 2019

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

14. I agree. They know that they are telling a baldfaced lie, they don't care.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:47 PM

Jul 2019

All they want of for their stupid viewers to bite on the lie and it's off to the races.

This should give an idea of what the 2020 election will be like. Trump can be seen on video raping a teen and Fox will try to blame that on democrats, while the assassinate the character of the now thirty something woman.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)

12. They certainly have the ability, just not the motivation to get it correct.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:41 PM

Jul 2019

That is why saying "falsely" is too soft. They are LYING. Deliberately saying false things is LYING and that is what Fox does all the time. They have fact checkers. They have staff that reviews information. They also have a clear agenda about what they want to present as news.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,357 posts)

5. This needs a Shepard Smith correction of his channel

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:21 PM

Jul 2019

Do you think it's worth emailing him about it?

Andy823

(11,495 posts)

6. They lie constantly

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:21 PM

Jul 2019

And their regular viewers "always" accept whatever they are told as the "truth"!

All you have to do is lie over and over and over, day after day, and pretty soon you are indoctrinated into believing the lies. That's why their loyal viewers vote for people like trump, and they are very gullible, which also helps fox push the lies.