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Midnight Writer

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3. I'm afraid FOX was not the only news org that decided fact-checking Trump was bad for business.

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2023, 05:23 PM

Mar 2023

If Biden or Obama were caught in even 1/100 of the lies Trump told, it would make headlines for weeks.

Instead, it became the new normal. Not worthy of headlines. That is, the new normal for Republicans.

Now the fact that they are lying gets an occasional mention that passes by like a playful breeze.

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Fox News CEO: Fact-Checking Trump Election Lies "Bad for Business." [View all] Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 OP

It was never a news media. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #1

It's the propaganda arm of global fascism. Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #2

I'm afraid FOX was not the only news org that decided fact-checking Trump was bad for business. Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #3

Absolutely. At the rate they were committing crime... Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #5

And, how is the Dominion suit Cha Mar 2023 #4

Maybe they can still make hay with the MyPillow guy. Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #6