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Short thread.
I said in 2009 Obama made a huge mistake not fighting Fox (he said Fox is not news, then backed down.)
As 2020 dawns, I’m equally sure abt this:
We must take on rightwing media *directly*—“Fox lies, to get votes for billionaires”—or we’ll never fix the country.
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If you think that’s right, that we’ll never have a functioning democracy if 40% of the country gets news from Fox, do the following three things.
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Read
This f&$king decade, by @joanwalsh.
Maybe the best single sentence written on the media this year:
“Fox is evil, but it sometimes succeeded because Democrats are cowards, and utterly unprepared to fight evil enemies.”
thenation.com/article/decade…
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Next, read @jayrosen_nyu ‘s recent piece.
Jay doesn’t focus on Fox’s evilness and Democrats’ failure to fight it, but on Joan’s second point: how rightwing distortions flow into mainstream debate via the bothsidesist centrist press.
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pressthink.org/2019/12/the-ch…
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Related: @gaywonk at Vox made a great video explainer of how Fox hacks the centrist press.
He builds on a concept from @mattyglesias: The “hack gap”, or how rightwing “journalists” willingness to lie breaks our media.
vox.com/2019/5/24/1863…
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Third, watch @BrainwashingDad movie.
GOP lies stand on a 3-leg “stool”.
Leg 1: Propaganda from Fox+rightwing media. Leg 2: Bothsidesist centrist media.
Leg 3: Our failure to grasp (and discuss!) Fox’s ability to brainwash viewers. Movie shows this well
thedailybeast.com/how-fox-news-a…
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Finally, what to do? This thread is not a depressing Fox thinkpiece without solutions. You can act.
Actions:
1. Don’t argue politics with GOPers, talk about Fox’s lies instead.
2. Object to Fox anywhere you see it: restaurants, etc.
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Actions:
3. Say “Rupert Murdoch” more. People need narratives. They need to hear _why_ Fox lies. “For Murdoch’s tax cuts.”
4. Share this thread with other Democrats. Perhaps the most important thing needed now is to educate Dems about why and how to fight for our media.
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One more thing: Democratic politicians and their surrogates need to start taking on Fox and rightwing media head-on. Call your Senators and Reps and tell them that; ask them in town halls about fighting Fox and fighting bothsideism.
And get Dems to watch @BrainwashingDad!
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Happy new year and here’s to fighting for victory for truth and democracy on 2020. 💪
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He backed down because the mainstream media attacked him and defended Fox.
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That is true.
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