This is the END PRODUCT that fox/conservative "hate" radio creates

[Sprightly]

I think years of boozing and resentments against herself created that.

That would be my guess.

[Sprightly]

It's actually pretty sad. My dad, in particular, is a very bright, well educated individual...who use to be far more open and opjective on politics and current events. He was always a republican, but never was he this closed to new ideas.

He's become what Fox News helped him to become. And to a large extend, like all woman of that era, my mom has simply followed suite.

But I love them both, dearly.

Your father, who is "very bright and well educated" but isn't smart enough to arrive at his own opinions. Wow. Your parents should kick your butt for talking about them like that.

How about fixing all the issues with your post? Dad surely would not be proud.

[slapshot]

Your father, who is "very bright and well educated" but isn't smart enough to arrive at his own opinions. Wow. Your parents should kick your butt for talking about them like that.

How about fixing all the issues with your post? Dad surely would not be proud.

So you know my dad?

Got it.

I was there for only 10 days, and I came away thinking O'Reilly was a good guy.

Now just imagine what years and years, 24/7 of the same, narrowly focused propaganda will do to even the brightest 90 year old?

You apparently don't believe that concentrated, narrowly focused long term exposure can alter one's perspective....no matter how bright the individual may be? Ok, we're done.

[Sprightly]

So you know my dad?

Got it.

I was there for only 10 days, and I came away thinking O'Reilly was a good guy.

Now just imagine what years and years, 24/7 of the same, narrowly focused propaganda will do to even the brightest 90 year old?

You apparently don't believe that concentrated, narrowly focused long term exposure can alter one's perspective....no matter how bright the individual may be? Ok, we're done.

Your dad and your mom have been brainwashed. Got it.

[ms maggie]

It's actually pretty sad. My dad, in particular, is a very bright, well educated individual...who use to be far more open and opjective on politics and current events. He was always a republican, but never was he this closed to new ideas.

He's become what Fox News helped him to become. And to a large extend, like all woman of that era, my mom has simply followed
But I love them both, dearly.

Had a similar experience that still pisses me off. My sister listens only to Fox, Limbaugh etc. She has had a tough life--never finished her education, divorce etc. Raised 2 kids on her own, and just got bitter--that white working class person who the right targets. She was never an unkind person until she was poisoned by the right wing hate and filth.

2008 election my mother who was in her eighties mentions she will vote for Obama, how she never thought she would live to see a black candidate etc. This is I'm my sister's car, with the 3 of us driving somewhere. Well they drop me at my place and after I'm gone, my sister lights into Mum, telling her she is throwing away her grandkids' future etc and all this crap. Mum called me later in tears she was so upset.

[slapshot]

Your dad and your mom have been brainwashed. Got it.

Influenced. It happens.

We are ALL a product of our environment - ie, our friends, what we read, what we watch and where we live. People in their 80,s and 90's are even more vulnerable to the media, as their opportunities for encountering and learning about other points of view, narrows. This is true whether your parents are watching Fox or MSNBC. They live an insular life.

[veritas]

I'm wondering what "end product" conservative radio and Fox are supposed to have created when the GOP nominated a moderate centrist for president. If they had the power and influence that some fevered liberals are imagining, Romney would never have been the nominee. The fact is that the extreme far right people that the MSM likes to pretend represent rank and file Republicans are a tiny percentage of the total. Lets also remember that Romney still got 57 million votes.

[slapshot]

Had a similar experience that still pisses me off. My sister listens only to Fox, Limbaugh etc. She has had a tough life--never finished her education, divorce etc. Raised 2 kids on her own, and just got bitter--that white working class person who the right targets. She was never an unkind person until she was poisoned by the right wing hate and filth.

2008 election my mother who was in her eighties mentions she will vote for Obama, how she never thought she would live to see a black candidate etc. This is I'm my sister's car, with the 3 of us driving somewhere. Well they drop me at my place and after I'm gone, my sister lights into Mum, telling her she is throwing away her grandkids' future etc and all this crap. Mum called me later in tears she was so upset.

Unfortunately, some people treat politics like it's a religion, and feel the need to convert the non-believer. For the most part, I don't engage my parents in political issues. They have thir beliefs, and I respect their position. The only time I voice an opinion is when they say something that I know is not factually correct. They can say things like they don't like Obama, or think he's bad for the country. That's their opinion, and no point discussing. But if they say something I know to be untrue, a sometimes point out the error....but even that is il-advised.

[slapshot]

I'm wondering what "end product" conservative radio and Fox are supposed to have created when the GOP nominated a moderate centrist for president. If they had the power and influence that some fevered liberals are imagining, Romney would never have been the nominee. The fact is that the extreme far right people that the MSM likes to pretend represent rank and file Republicans are a tiny percentage of the total. Lets also remember that Romney still got 57 million votes.

Good points.

But I suspect that the political pundits that analyze probabilities, surmised that Romney, compared to the other choices, stood the best chance to beat Obma. And let's face it - any party, any biased media, would rather have someone in the White House, who is closer to their political ideology, than someone from the other side. It always boils own to "the lesser of two evils". If the GOP had nominated someone with extreme views....Obama would have won without even having to air one political ad. Landslide.

[ms maggie]

I'm wondering what "end product" conservative radio and Fox are supposed to have created when the GOP nominated a moderate centrist for president. If they had the power and influence that some fevered liberals are imagining, Romney would never have been the nominee. The fact is that the extreme far right people that the MSM likes to pretend represent rank and file Republicans are a tiny percentage of the total. Lets also remember that Romney still got 57 million votes.

The woman in that tape knew jack about Romney. She had plenty to say about Obama though. All hateful, all distortions. The wingnut media didn't care who was running against Obama, it was immaterial, just get Obama.

[Brohan]

So you know my dad?

Got it.

I was there for only 10 days, and I came away thinking O'Reilly was a good guy.

Now just imagine what years and years, 24/7 of the same, narrowly focused propaganda will do to even the brightest 90 year old?

You apparently don't believe that concentrated, narrowly focused long term exposure can alter one's perspective....no matter how bright the individual may be? Ok, we're done.

Yup, like the New York Times readers.

[Phoenix]

This is quite disturbing. This is the END product of what FOX News/Conservative "hate" radio creates.

When 290 shows out of the year is dedicated to hate, hate, hate day in and day out. This does wonders to an uneducated mind. Here you go:

Viewer discretion advised


https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...v=78cpieCcYtM#

I would tend to think that the Romney haters who posted/tweeted threats of outright rioting, death threats to candidate Romney and general mayhem upon the civilized sector of society [herein identified as non Obama supporters] bested the mild dissatisfaction aired on a talk show.

But of course since the disturbed Obama supporters again got their way, their very recent transgressions have dropped from your collective memory, no??


Obama supporters on Twitter threaten to riot if Romney wins election



Poll Watcher in Detroit Threatened With Gun, 911 Call Rejected

[Spot72]

This is the end product

[ms maggie]

Yup, like the New York Times readers.

Apparently not.

Thus, those who watched no news—answering questions by guessing or relying on existing knowledge—fared much better than those who watched the most popular 24-hour cable news network (i.e. Fox News).

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/study...#ixzz2CDWYO63n

Of course, this begs the question, do dumb people watch Fox News or does watchng Fox News make people dumb? Chicken, egg, chicken, egg???? To be fair, MSNBC doesn't fare a whole lot better. Your comment re NYT, pretty sure that newspaper readers in general tend to be consumers of lots of different media moreso than people who get their news electronically.

People who got their news from NPR fared best, no surprise. Talk radio without bombast, imagine.

[slapshot]

Apparently not.



Of course, this begs the question, do dumb people watch Fox News or does watchng Fox News make people dumb? Chicken, egg, chicken, egg???? To be fair, MSNBC doesn't fare a whole lot better. Your comment re NYT, pretty sure that newspaper readers in general tend to be consumers of lots of different media moreso than people who get their news electronically.

People who got their news from NPR fared best, no surprise. Talk radio without bombast, imagine.

Beat me to it.

[CajunRaven]

You're joking right? O'Reilly is a Class A a-hole.

No, SS is right about him.

[CajunRaven]

Some of his earlier stuff...but in all of the stuff I saw in August, he was pretty tame, IMO. But that's all relative to other's I listened to...

Maybe that's part of the strategy? They bombard you with true flames like Hannity, Rush and tht neo-Nazi chick...followed by O'Reilly. By that point, O'Reilly looks like a lib?

Rush isn't on Fox. And Special Report runs at 6, then Shep Smith, who isn't a conservative and then O'Reilly.