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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:39 PM Nov 2016

Fox News Baselessly Credits Donald Trump With Low Gas Prices

Fox News Baselessly Credits Donald Trump With Low Gas Prices
Fox Reporter Claims Trump’s Victory Contributed To Gas Price Drop, But Expert Says It’s “Based On Market Fundamentals, Not Politics”
Blog ››› 2 hours 24 min ago ››› ANDREW SEIFTER

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States just ten days ago, and Fox News is already baselessly giving him credit for lowering gas prices.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/11/18/fox-news-baselessly-credits-donald-trump-low-gas-prices/214543

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Fox News Baselessly Credits Donald Trump With Low Gas Prices (Original Post) workinclasszero Nov 2016 OP

FOX News needs to be marginalized. Any source that cites them as reputable needs to be called out. TheBlackAdder Nov 2016 #1

By the time Fuhrer Trump is out of power (if ever) workinclasszero Nov 2016 #3

Lol MFM008 Nov 2016 #2

Funny how low gas prices were never discussed over the course of the Obama stopbush Nov 2016 #4

And Trump broke the Cubs curse MattP Nov 2016 #5

And now we'll have a liar (Trump) in the White House left-of-center2012 Nov 2016 #6

It's only a matter of time before the orange one walks on water. Vinca Nov 2016 #7

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)

1. FOX News needs to be marginalized. Any source that cites them as reputable needs to be called out.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:39 PM

Nov 2016

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This whole fairness in reporting thing is bullshit, especially when FOX News makes up stories that are incorporated in reports by ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and thousands of other smaller outlets.

Just because they are the contradicting position, they should not be cited in news reports. That gives them credibility.

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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

3. By the time Fuhrer Trump is out of power (if ever)

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:45 PM

Nov 2016

Gas will be 8 bucks a gallon or so and the democrats not locked up in concentration camps will get the blame from FoxCNNMSNBC etc.

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

2. Lol

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:40 PM

Nov 2016

So faux news.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)

4. Funny how low gas prices were never discussed over the course of the Obama

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:52 PM

Nov 2016

presidency.

Apparently, low gas prices are only an indicator of a consumer-friendly economy when they happen under an R administration. Of course, there is not yet an R administration.