The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiences.
Throughout the duration of the Manhattan hush-money trial, Fox News and the rest of MAGA Media have set the stage to absolve Trump in the historic case. Day after day, week after week, popular personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Steve Bannon have lampooned the judicial system, portraying Trump as an innocent victim of political persecution.
Inside this alternate media universe, the actual facts of the case never penetrate the bubble that shields its audiences from detrimental developments for Trump. Instead, alternate dishonest storylines are disseminated as the gospel truth.
Not only is Trump entirely innocent of any and allwrongdoing in the MAGA Media world, but President Joe Biden is guilty of nefariously weaponizing government to wage “lawfare” on his political opponent. Audiences are told that Biden cannot win a fair fight with Trump, so he has resorted to illegal “election interference” by rigging the judicial system against Trump.
“Fox News knowingly lies to its viewers to undermine the legal system in the hopes that people will vote for that criminal orange cunt.” FTFY
Edit: “Fox News knowingly lies to its viewers to undermine the legal system in the hopes that people will vote for that convicted felon orange cunt.”
It really sucks that their viewership is so stupid that they think Biden has any influence whatsoever on a state-level trial.
What aggravates me about all of Trump and his allies going on and on about how this is a rigged trial, is that if the jury finds him not guilty then their tune will suddenly change. And none is his base will care about the inconsistency there.
Same as other cults…
If the world doesn’t end, it’s not because you’re wrong, it’s because you triumphed over evil due to your loyalty being tested.
But only for a while, here’s the new apocalypse date and youre gonna have to be even more loyal for the next test.
Same with asking a group to ignore little things like a bj from an intern, than 30 years later they’ve got you defending the funding of a genocide. Both because the other team does something worse.
Everytime it happens, the cult members excuse more and more. When the only two options in town are both doing it, everything constantly gets worse. It doesn’t take long till voters refuse to hold the person they voted accountable for absolutely anything.
We’re already more than halfway there…
Everybody knows Faux is bullshit…
But it’s real frustrating everyone forgot the multi-billionaire who bought CNN explicitly said he was doing it to make it like Faux…
And man, I don’t think I give that piece of shit enough credit when I’m trying to figure out why “moderates” are acting more and more like trumpets.
If you’re still getting your news from CNN, it’s designed to make you just as rage addicted as the people who never turn off Faux. That’s why they keep telling you what Faux is saying, and Faux is always talking about CNN.
It’s just a slow boil so you don’t see it happening.
But you’re gonna get there eventually.
They’ve been implying this throughout the whole trial. It’s unreal that they would state this as fact. Either this should fall under the FCC’s definition of broadcast news distortion, or they should update their definition.
They don’t have to because they aren’t legally a news network. They are legally Fox Entertainment. There was a whole lawsuit about that.
I’ve been aware. I actively report deliberately false information, and am encouraging others to do so as well. Opinions are not a breach of FCC regulations. These claims appear to have been stated as facts.
I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you’re wrong.
First, the regulation applies only to the broadcast medium, which means that the FCC has no power to enforce it against cable news networks
Fox News isn’t broadcast, so the FCC doesn’t have purview to regulate it.
That’s false. Fox News is available as a television network over VHF, as well as an AM radio station. They are regulated by the FCC. I’ve received responses to my reports to the FCC in the past.
https://www.fox10tv.com/page/a-note-for-our-viewers-who-watch-with-an-antenna/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks