I’ve done it again so I’ll apologize ahead of time. I started out to write a comment and it morphed into a blog. When I finally realize what I had done I also realize that unless I post it as such it would wind up so far down the comments list that few if anyone would even read it. I guess you can blame Murfster35, as his enlightening blog concerning an alarming about face by Tucker Carlson got me started once again thinking about this odd phenomenon of individuals at Fox actually speaking, on rare occasion, truth to power……………………………………………of course it is still more often than not the same old BS, so it still requires a heavy investment of our thoughts and prayers, in hopes that more of them will finally wake up.
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Ever more frequently we are seeing members of the Fox News team make statements that make you wonder if they have possibly gone through some miraculous conversion and now fully embraced progressive ideals, or at the very least had come to realize the crazy crap that they had been spouting was bordering on completely delusional and unhinged and it might be time to stop reinforcing the image that at least in your professional role that your not totally nuts.
I have suggested this alternate version of reality in the past so I’ll just throw this out there again. As much as I hate to admit it, the talking heads on FOX are human, they do have lives of their own, and concerns for their futures once they have burned through the mountains of cash that Rupert Murdoch has thrown at them. What will they be faced with if somehow FOX is no more and the extremely out there right wing in this country can no longer afford their services spreading hostility, confusion, and propaganda ?
You might think that once a FOX drone, always a FOX drone, but lately we have begun to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Rupert has some serious health issues, with some more frequent indications that he no longer has control of his empire. His kids in no way present a unified front, they seem to be moving in different directions and doing everything possible to hang on to as much of the treasure as they can, as some try to shed the well deserved labels as the worst major media family on the planet, and all round soulless ghouls for their unrelenting embrace of any and all non-facts and outright lies that will allow them to corrupt and undermine whatever government on the world stage they feel are worthy of their underhanded efforts. You know the basic philosophy of whatever it takes to make as much money as possible, things like destroying public discourse and promoting the worst, most toxic, and least qualified candidates and policies available, as long as it gives them an advantage. It hardly matters that you already have more money than GOD, it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. That point when it’s critical to be able to twist arms at the top of the political food chain so that FOX and it’s subsidiaries can grow and consume other media outlets completely unimpeded and without the slightest concern for the damage it’s doing.
But the tide is turning, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that Rupert and his clan always had ill intent and an ambition that was just slightly short of world domination. Fortunately we are beginning to see some daylight force it’s way into this self serving organization. One that has always tried to pass itself off as a “fair and balanced news outlet” while being totally obvious about what it was they were trying to accomplish. As the unintended transparency grows the individuals who have for decades passed themselves off as noble defenders of conservatism and “my merica”, increasingly are realizing that even Trump’s base is becoming aware that they are lying their asses off. I guess it doesn’t take an advanced college degree ( which few if any FOX personalities have, let alone any degree at all) to realize the intense resentment that shortly begins to attach to individuals who are constantly trying to deceive you. Especially when it’s about the stupid stuff our President is constantly lying about. As daily his past supporters realize that they are the ones who are going to suffer due to his insistence on pursuing regressive policies like trade wars, stripping millions of Americans of health care, attacking and trying to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid just to name a few.
So the friendly folks at FOX are slowly beginning to wake up, more than a few of them at least the ones that are not completely clueless, thinking of you here Fox and Friends, most certainly do not want this to be the hill that they die on. They are beginning to realize several things, FOX is going to have to change if it is to survive, the network is gaining a well deserved reputation for not being a news outlet, they are known world wide for constantly lying, also for frequently advocating policies that are actually harmful to this nation, and quite notably for employing individuals who owing to their frequent absurd and conspiratorial pronouncements are increasingly looking like complete blithering idiots.
They have toed the FOX political and profit driven line as it was handed down to them by Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, and Bill Shine, but many see the handwriting on the wall and they still want a career, for some of them it’s very slow and deliberative but on occasion they just blurt out the all too obvious truth. Their compulsion for survival finally overrides the scripts handed to them by Trump’s propaganda squad and and overrides their rather odd non-disclosure agreements. You know the ones where upon penalty of salary and or position you are required to tell whatever stupid lie is necessary to support Trump and his minions.
And there you have it, despite what we have suspected, they are human, and on occasion they don’t actually buy this nonsense that they are forced to peddle and they want to have a life, after Trump, after FOX, and after the vast majority of this nations citizens realize that it’s been a political game all along and their deluded conspiracy theories are the real fake news that our President has been constantly warning us about. So prepare yourself for more actual truth and rational commonsense statements from more FOX on air personalities, incredible I know but at some point truth and self preservation is always the safest option instead of constantly parroting absurd half truths, misrepresentations, and flat out lies.
These two links and the one below my initial comments are some examples of these ‘thought reversals’ by various members of Fox’s News / Entertainment crew, another member pointed out I failed to provide examples. I was under the impression that as frequently as these non-standard comments were showing up as news items that many of us were aware of this trend. I stand corrected, thanks for the hint………………...lesson learned.
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