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the world’s slackening grip on reality

Journal by c0lo

(in the loving memory of Runaway1956, who succumbed after a long battle to gatewaypundits. May his brain rest in peace, squeaky clean and smoothed over)

because "Doing your own research" is far easier nowadays than building the habit of thinking critically.
Add COVID-anxiety, a chaotic narcissistic Orange clown and compound with the lack of survival problems to solve for the everyday life in a westernized society and (where appropriate) a good dose of American exceptionalism.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:08PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:08PM (#1076283) Homepage Journal

    I just realized something. Some of you people are quite young. Over and over again, you make silly statements which imply that an old man like myself has formed his attitudes and opinions, all based on Fox News. You youngsters seem to believe that Fox is some kind of old establishment news source or something.

    The Fox News Channel (FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that was founded by media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996. In 2001 Roger Ailes appointed himself as permanent CEO of this news operation that was created as a Republican-centered alternative to CNN.

    Fox is only 24 years old. Did you realize that? And, additionally,

    Cable News Network (CNN), an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of WarnerMedia,[1] was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner and 300 other original employees,[2][3] who invested $20 million into the network.[4] Upon its launch, CNN became the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage,[5] and was the first all-news television network in the United States.[6] This article discusses the history of CNN, beginning with the June 1980 launch of the channel.

    CNN is only 40 years old.

    Me, stupid? If you say so. Then again, I formed my world view before there was a CNN, or a Fox, or even an internet. Each of those, in turn, has influenced my world view, of course. But, some of you younger people never even had to form a world view. Your world views have been spoon fed to you by the likes of CNN and all the rest of main stream media.

    Hearing you kids harping on Fox News is similar to - ohhhh - maybe being accused of forming a world view based on Uber press releases. It's just too damned silly to take seriously. The common refrain of "OK, Boomer" makes more sense than all the silly shit about Fox.

    Now, would you please get off the lawn?

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:27PM (#1076294)

    The overly ego-inflated youngsters don't read Fox news at all. If they did for 4 minutes, they'd realize all the shit they spout about Fox is, well, shit. They're suckling on the teets of liberal news media that tells them lies about Fox. Wanna get the most downmods the fastest? Say anything negative about their precious source of energy, strength, and hope: liberal news media.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:05PM (#1076322)

      ^ insanity

      *pads the room*

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:45PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:45PM (#1076308) Journal

    Fox is only 24 years old. Did you realize that?

    Interesting. Oxycontin is only 24 years old too.

    Coincidence? I think not!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:55PM (#1076315)

    I just realized something.

    Amazing when that happens, idn't it? Espeically to one so dense as Runaway.

    Me, stupid? If you say so.

    I thought that was the premise we were starting from, it having been proven time and time again on this site.

    The common refrain of "OK, Boomer" makes more sense

    OK, Boomer!

    *if all the things he's lost, Runaway misses his mind the most. Rupert Murdock took it.