Fox News is a Joke

@Zonuss A lot of the vieuwers that seek out a replacement for Fox, don't go to better alternatives though.

@SumKindaMunster America [i]has[/i] become a world-wide laughing stock

That’s separate from the single incident I described... although that incident depicts the way in which it has happened

A fish rots from the head

@newjaninev2 K. Well I'll be sure to treat all New Zealanders the way you act towards Americans.

Speaking of that, where do you guys get off jerking yourself off for your Covid rates????

You live on a fucking island in the most remote part of the world. Nobody goes there unless they live there or want to see where they filmed "Lord of the Rings" 😆

But somehow, you want to smugly put down everyone else for their rates?

Get the fuck outta here....

@BeachGirl47 come down to this this?

It was always like that!🤣

@newjaninev2 Janine, you have a bunch of opinion makers on FOX, that are just out there. Laura Ingraham is class A vomit material.

You can find her stuff on youtube, just watch some of her opinion pieces and try to keep your food inside. You also have fruitbaskets like: Judge Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. And they also have a radio stations with people like "Mark Levin".

It's all demonisation, cherry picking, nut picking, demagoguery, ... like every trick in the book to make their audience angry and scared of the great evil that is on the other side.

@newjaninev2 @Kwek00 30 years of right-wing hate radio and TV is a big reason why we have Trump right now in the US, and a large segment of the population that doesn't believe in science, math, or facts. Ingraham is just one of many examples.

@windinhishair Of course... because in the 80s all those ultra conservatives sold the idea that people are smart enough to go about their information in their own way. And when they cut regulations that pushed channels to at least show the other side of a story or invite someone of the opposition to the show, the US put the door wide open for demagogues that preyed on fears and angers and searched popular support trough emotional rhetoric.

Apperently this "we are smart enough" thing wasn't right. If annyone read Platos' republic, they might have figured out that the ancient Greeks already knew that the largest body of people don't have the education to evaluate information. But with liberalism came this new found idea about how great the individual was, and illiberal elements got all the forums they needed to rub that faerietale into the liberal faces and even turn it into a nightmare in the 30s. There is nothing new when it comes to this, because when it comes to education, we just don't invest in teaching children how to evaluate information because it doesn't really help in a work enviorement. But a democracy, can't really excist without at least a good bunch of people that are trained in critical thinking and understanding why certain sources aren't worth your time.

@carpediem Lots of folks are laughing at Amerifats these days, while New Zealand remains a well regarded country of sensible governance.

One with 25 total covid deaths.

@hippyjoe1955 I just popped down to the shops. I wasn’t required to wear a mask, I wasn’t required to socially distance, and I certainly didn’t need anyone’s permission.

That’s because we have no community transmission of covid-19. None. Zero.

We have several confirmed cases currently being isolated in our terrible death camps after arriving from overseas. They’re having to endure room service, a comfortable bed with fresh linen, free internet, and an [i]en suite[/i] bathroom!

How’re things in your country?

@newjaninev2 And if you were found to have covid where would your government place you? I suppose you missed the part about where I was talking about Canada.

@hippyjoe1955 If I were diagnosed with covid-19 I would be required to self-isolate in my home (where I’m pretty sure I would somehow manage to be comfortable)

@FreestyleArt I use my flat screen for a monitor and the sound bar is so much nicer than the tinny little speakers in my laptop. I watch a bit of Youtube. Mostly music or history or theology.

@hippyjoe1955 Nice! I only use my dual Monitors only two screens for m,y computer. My Laptop I just bought not too long ago shit itself all of sudden.

@FreestyleArt Technology is wonderful if and when it works.

@JaggedLittlePill Oh gosh, the horror of having to endure room service, a comfortable bed with fresh linen, free internet, and an [i]en suite[/i] bathroom!

My nephew is the General Manager of such a hotel in Christchurch. I rang him earlier and drew his attention to this pap. He was laughing so much he could barely speak... he now describes himself as the Commandant of a Death Camp 😂

@newjaninev2 So you don't know what your own government is doing? Now that is funny. Don't worry toots you can deny your ignorance in the morning. You do it all the time.

@hippyjoe1955 😂😂😂😂

@hippyjoe1955 if you arrive in NZ and are tested positive for Covid 19 and are allowed to roam free in the community then it’s guaranteed that our Covid infection numbers will spike once again and we will all be back in lockdown. This helps no body.
So yes, if you arrive in NZ you are required to spend the next two weeks in a hotel room socially distant from everyone else so as to avoid spreading Covid. You are allowed out once you return a positive test after two weeks.

I understand that this may be a hard concept for most Neanderthal brained Republicans to comprehend but it’s what keeps us Covid free.