My father changed his politics radically when his health declined and he had to stay home watching tv because of mobility issues. Fuck FOX. Assholes. One of the most harmful entities in the USA. I wish every one of them would drop dead.
I feel extremely lucky that my parents somehow avoided going down that rabbit hole. I’m sorry the hate-media got to your dad, that really sucks.
My dad used to watch it to laugh at it, but I think my mom took a lot of it seriously.
That shit is a cognitive hazard.
Everybody thinks they’re immune to propaganda themselves, that it only influences other dumber people.
I listened to Infowars for fun for years. Surely it’s possible to listen to something and not start believing it. Maybe you’re right in general though.
You also don’t have to be dumb to fall for scams. (Though it certainly makes it easier.)
If they hit the right timing and get lucky with circumstances, they can get just about anyone.
Also most scams have been aimed at boomers. They’ll look different when they’re aimed at millennials.
It happened to my dad after a TBI in like 2015. Went full ancient aliens too.
Tim Walz is the dad and grandpa that Rush and Rupert stole from us. He’s the family we lost when their personalities changed seemingly overnight.
If the right wing funded rage machine never existed, we would have had millions like him. They’ve broken so many families.
This is exactly it. Fake news should have a regulatory body.
It should be illegal to present entertainment as news and opinion as fact to a global audience. There should be real life jail time (not fines that are only for the poor) for the business owners
When a society in the future figures this out, the world will be a better place.
Who gets to decide what’s fact?
Evidence backing it up
Whatever Newsmax thinks is evidence?
I’d really like this, but I’d also be worried about it becoming a 1984 “ministry of Truth” so to speak if the Republicans gained enough power.
Just make independent fact checking organizations a requirement for every news organization.
What makes a fact checking organization independent? Could Fox News be checked by independent organization Fox Checking? What about by Newsmax Fact Checking?
I’m an old man and I feel this way as well. My parents are a lost cause
Full populations of our society are a lost cause. There is a lot of work to do to undo the damage.
We need to hold media responsible for blatantly and intentionally deceiving viewers.
Tim Walz is the Free Dad Hugs guy at Pride Marches
Tim Walz is the masculine role model that we need.
Tim Walz is what a real patriot looks like. He loves his state, he loves his country, and he does everything he can to make life in both of them better for everyone.
It’s almost weird how not-creepy he is, in this day and age
He’s so normal seeming.
Hid the bodies good.
Cynical take but okay
I was just talking to a coworker about how Walz being a daughter father is a great look for the campaign trail. No nonsense campaign dad who calls out creeps is going to play well with a lot of people especially women.
