Fox's Fake News Contagion
Interesting article that reminds me of my own experiences dealing with elderly family members who are plugged into Fox News.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-fox-news.amp.html
Some people are suggesting that there might be grounds for legal action against the cable network that you pretty much rule — Fox News — because you and your colleagues dished out dangerous misinformation about the virus in the early days of the crisis in the United States. Some might allege that they have lost loved ones because of what was broadcast by your news organization.
But lawsuits are a bad idea. Here’s why: I believe in Fox News’s First Amendment right as a press organization, even if some of its on-air talent did not mind being egregiously bad at their jobs when it came to giving out accurate health data.
And, more to the point, when all is said and done, my Mom will listen to her children over Fox News. One of us — my brother — is an actual doctor and knows what he is talking about. And the other is a persistent annoyance — that would be me.
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You helped me realize something something that I missed earlier.
When the author’s mom questions her about Biden - “don’t you think he’s addled?” AHA! My poor misguided best friend came up with that same observation. “He’s so addled.” Guess I know where she got that. But then again, I’ve known that for awhile. She’d stay with us when she was in town on business and when I’d stroll in to share some evening gossip, sure enough she’d have the TV on Pox Noise. And she’d always deny that she watched that much Pox Noise. But shit, every evening, that’s what would be on. “Oh I watch everything,” she’d insist. I guess so, girlfriend. Everything on Pox Noise that is.
