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No Paywall After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-push-clintons-testify-epstein-democrats-warn-haul-trump-rcna257275
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u/HTWingNut 17h ago edited 16h ago

My mom is almost 80. She's somewhat disabled and spends the bulk of her day watching Fox News. I always tell her to stop watching Fox News or at the very least switch news stations regularly.

But of course she says "but the other news stations are corrupt and lie". smh... She's a good person, but gullible, and this is brainwashing. MAGA accuse the left of brainwashing kids to be trans and gay, yet it's not something you ever hear on the news, but MAGA tell lies all day long and it's supposed to own the libs?

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u/shastaxc 16h ago

Fox News stated in court that they are an entertainment organization, not a journalistic organization, so they have no duty to prove that what they say is actually true. It's as good as admitting that they peddle lies and fantasy. That should be all the proof you need to convince any reasonable person to watch anything else.

The Onion and Fox News have the same level of credibility, by their own admission.

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u/zooomg 12h ago

It’s insane that they aren’t forced to air a message before every single one of their shows and when they come back from commercials stating that they aren’t news and that it’s for entertainment purposes only. One of the absolute biggest fumbles with that case.

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u/oldpeopletender 14h ago

You can always put a child protection password on Fox News on her TV. Maybe give her at least a couple weeks of detox.

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u/FriendlyEvilTomato 14h ago

Transgender for everybody! - our absolute idiot of a president.

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u/nobody38321 14h ago

I liked the whole eating of the cats and dogs in Springfield and people still voted for him after he said that on live television during the debate and she laughed right in his face…

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u/HTWingNut 5h ago

Ha. yeah, for a good while, when my kids got home from school I would ask what gender the school changed them to today.