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Originally Posted by DTK
Their products are fear and anger, and (credit where it's due) they sell them amazingly, incredibly well to a listenership/viewership that is largely ignorant of the big picture.
Then they fill their brains with whatever their paymasters tell them to.
They're so good at it that documented facts contradicting their claims almost never pierce that bubble in their dupes' minds.
World class brainwashing.
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Don't give their product too much credit...the people they sell to are generally retarded.
But my father-in-law, who is an otherwise very intelligent guy watches Fox News exclusively and lives in that bubble. Any political talk sounds directly out of the Bill O Reilly playbook, and he's so under-informed. I can't even have a discussion with the guy. I remember telling him what a scumbag Romney was, and describing all of the reasons to back up my opinion -- but it didn't get through because he was the great white hope to get Obama out of the White House. My argument was vindicated in a pretty solid way when the 47% video came out the very next day, and then there was all of the other Romney douche-chill moments for the next few months.
The thing that finally convinced him Romney was slime, was hearing news that all of the campaign staffers credit cards were cancelled moments after the concession speech. I facepalmed.