Murdoch’s vast empire of toxic right-wing propaganda, from the British tabloids to the Wall Street Journal to Fox News, has poisoned the brains of millions and made the world dramatically worse.

  •  memfree   ( @memfree@beehaw.org ) 
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    1210 months ago

    Fox news started in 1996. Before that, such drek was limited to tabloids and AM radio. To be clear, Rush Limbaugh started HIS show in 1984, and he just the most refined version of right wing hate to date – there were more before him. The strange thing to me is how by putting it all on TV, Fox got the general public move from largely ignoring lie-filled vitriol to embracing it as truth.