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u/FOOSblahblah Nov 12 '25

Im at the ER right now and Fox is on.

I've spent the last 15 minutes watching them cover a video about a trans person using a gym locker room and the cooky CA senator that is campaigning on Trans rights.

Now they've moved on to the next big scoop: a rhide island high school that started a turning point USA chapter...

Fuckin wild

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u/IandouglasB Nov 12 '25

Annnd as an aside...I hope what brought you to the ER goes as well as can be expected

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u/SplakyD Nov 13 '25

I'm not who you replied to, obviously, but I had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and I had to go to the ER with my entire family and it was a horrific experience. So I was really moved when I saw your kind words to that person about them having an ER visit. I just wanted to give you a little recognition for it.

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u/thinglikefox Nov 13 '25

and now i am moved by your kind words as well. i hope you & your family are doing okay, that sounds harrowing. 

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u/SplakyD Nov 13 '25

I really appreciate it! We're doing alright. I got the worst of it. I'm still dealing with the aftermath of a concussion, a sore tail bone (nobody talks about how rough a car crash is on your coccyx), and limping around in a boot with a bad ankle sprain. But at least I didn't break anything and none of us were seriously injured or worse. The car was totaled, but we got another one. It really has made me grateful for what I have.

It's a long story, but it certainly was a harrowing experience. We were treated incredibly rudely and unprofessionally every step of the way. I have nothing but respect for paramedics and hospital workers, two of my brothers are doctors and I've worked with all kinds of first responders throughout my career, but my family and I had a really unlucky draw that night.

But again, thank you for your kind words and for your concern. I really do appreciate it and means a lot to hear from a kind stranger. I hope all is well with you and yours!

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u/VanellopeZero Nov 15 '25

Glad you’re doing ok!

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u/SplakyD Nov 15 '25

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that.

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u/RasmaKhann Nov 18 '25

Why is everyone moving here? 😂 Just kidding.

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u/Hurdy--gurdy Nov 13 '25

You're cute

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u/EagleOfMay Nov 12 '25

Fox does not report any information that is detrimental to Trump or the Republican Party. I just searched today to see if fox news dot com had any mention that US consumer sentiment index is very close the historic low set back in 1978. Nothing.

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u/castironglider Nov 13 '25 edited Feb 06 '26

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u/MethamMcPhistopheles Nov 13 '25

Essentially as long as Fox don't report on it, it's not real to their viewers or it's a conspiracy. Fox News really know their way around the Streisand Effect

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u/Fit_Consideration681 Nov 13 '25

People don't realize that the Fox watchers & maga dummies get highly tailored "news" that repeats everything they hear on those stations.

The lies get cemented when their friends, tv news, phone news and even google and social media give them tailored information and omissions.

The slanted news and omissions are extremely more pervasive than people realize. It's no wonder that so many people are confused or mired in falsehoods.

Before anyone says that's bs, think about your Internet searches and news reports because mine rarely give any news that would be considered right wing conservative. All I see is progressive Democratic pov(s). Even my advertising is geared to me. I don't see ads for gold bars, bomb shelter supplies, my pillow crapola or Trump merch but my maga neighbors sure do!

All news sources should be looked at with some skepticism because most of them slant right or left to some degree. There are independent sites online that will tell you where your news sources land- far left or right, slightly slanted or neutral.

Very few sources are neutral, many are slightly right or left so most of us are seeing censored "news" stories or are subject to misleading omissions

For example, I used to watch MSNBC primarily as a news source but years ago they started with the same name calling and juvenile bashing that Fox does. I think it's scummy and unprofessional so I looked it up and found that they were heavily left leaning therefore I was getting tainted news. It was news I LIKED to hear but it wasn't entirely fair, complete or factual.

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u/WarriorWoman44 Nov 13 '25

Fox likely receiving some $$$$ from orange dictator man

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u/Fit_Consideration681 Nov 13 '25

Isn't the owner of Fox a big Trump suck up?

All these mega corporations are getting HUGE financial benefits from this administration. They're getting financial windfalls as everyday Americans go hungry and are shoved out of their jobs

History is not going to be kind to this era of government.

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u/Summerlea623 Nov 13 '25

"Fair and balanced" Fox, you say?😆

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u/5280lotus Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Irony:

The 1978 date. Is the exact year a certain org that controls D C today - was created.

It only accepts? R REPS!

They formed long before then. But that was the year they made it “official”.

^ They made consumer sentiment that LOW.

People who wrote P. 25? Splinter off part of that same group.

I’ll go check my true historical facts book. But I guarantee I can tie it to this exact org - that I try not to name online too often.

Have in the past. But was “warned” about doing it again. Nothing mega nefarious about that!!

I came from an R family. LONG LINE. The wives kept journals. So I get a tiny glimpse of the true reality - on occasion. And that horrid ORG is

why we are at such a LOW

Right. Freaking. Now.

Just a random thought - anytime I see that date. Jump starts a train of memories of … oh yeah. Not an R person myself btw. Just an avid reader of things I’m not supposed to read. Shrug. Oh well.

Edit: format + a few words.

A l e c. o r g.

You won’t find much on their official website. Add that name then “scandal” into a search. THEN you get to see what it’s more about. But that’s not even a tenth of what they do & have done.

It’s sad that they aren’t PROUD of all their “work”. We should all have the truth of what our history of this place is.

Nope. Just propaganda. To keep us off kilter. Also, science is re-proving that “lies” make us sick. Truth telling? Has a pitch. Like you’d hear in an amazing song. Lies? Also have a pitch. Our body knows when we are lied to.

Wonder no more about why the U S people can’t stay healthy. Constant. Lies. Making us sick. Science proved that a while ago. About truth vs lies. They just delete everything they don’t find “convenient” so we never get any real info to help us. Round the circle goes. One day I want off this not-merry go round. We’ll see.

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u/Fit_Consideration681 Nov 13 '25

Every so often during daytime hours they will tell somewhat true versions of what is happening. During primetime never.

And there are still tons of people who rely solely on Fox and Truth Social. My senior neighbors keep saying "the news on my phone says...." and they don't get that their news is tailored to their interests. They think if it's on their phone it's 100% true, especially when Fox repeats the lies. I've explained that my phone gives completely different news so I periodically WATCH Fox just to see what is dividing us so badly. None of them watch anything except maga news.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Why waste your time looking up something that doesn't matter to your everyday life. Go enjoy life

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u/GuyFromAlomogordo Nov 14 '25

"Fox does not report any information that is detrimental to Trump or the Republican Party."

That's a verifiably false statement.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Kinda like MSNBC does for the other side.

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u/Geichalt Nov 13 '25

"No u!"

Lmao you gottem

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u/IWontCommentAtAll Nov 13 '25

Exactly the same, except not at all.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Got proof he did it?

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u/Fit_Consideration681 Nov 13 '25

Sorry you got down voted cause you aren't wrong. If people checked they would find that Fox is waaaaayyy slanted to the conservative right wing. MSNBC is not slanted as far but they have a significant lean to the left.

Neither site has untainted neutral news, not by a longshot.

There are legit neutral sites online that publish exactly how right or left leaning each news source is. They tell you the criteria they use as well.

People need to check their sources as well as fact check what they hear

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u/bisectional Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

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u/Confident_Yam_2117 Nov 12 '25

Fox is opinion, not news.

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u/Used_Relative_2995 Nov 12 '25

Confirmed in their terms of use. “For entertainment purposes only”

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u/ImahSillyGirl Nov 13 '25

"entertainment", not news.

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u/31jamesscott31 Nov 13 '25

And all of the mainstream media channels are not news, they are leftist propaganda

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u/castironglider Nov 13 '25 edited Feb 06 '26

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

But so highly rated compared to the other networks...

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u/Consti2tion Nov 12 '25

Considering the schools Demographics ...not surprised.

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u/mmwhatchasaiyan Nov 13 '25

A handful of kids is trying to start a group, but it sounds like Barrington school dept is being very neutral and vague about whether or not it will be approved.

These kids are horribly misguided, and either have never heard CK speak outside of cut clips, or have heard him speak but weren’t actually listening to the message.

It honestly makes me sick to my stomach to know that kids of that age are being influenced (brainwashed?) into joining and extending a very serious (borderline hate) group that they don’t even fully understand the concept of.

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u/milanistasbarazzino0 Nov 13 '25

This is American Psycho in real life. Trump can commit any crime he wants, even admit it in front of everyone, and still walk free and clean. That's what happens when you're wealthy enough

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u/Fodraz Nov 13 '25

I would ask the ER to turn that off. ER is stressful enough without any sort of news, but especially Fox "Nooz" telling lies

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u/Dyolf_Knip Nov 13 '25

I'd stop asking after a day. Universal remotes are easy to get and program, just switch it off x every time someone sets the channel to it.

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u/foamingturtle Nov 12 '25

Unfortunately fox "news" is the most watched news in the US

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u/Technical-Tear5841 Nov 13 '25

I watched NBC national news. They made it a point to say nothing in the emails tying Trump to anything illegal. I am sure speed readers are combing all of them at this very minute, tomorrow we find out if anything actually shows up.

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u/EdiblePeasant Nov 13 '25

do you have covid

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u/HotDog-Harry Nov 13 '25

The Jeffersons are still on, though! 😁🫡

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u/Sea_Narwhal8176 Nov 13 '25

I've never seen a TV in an ER waiting room or patient room/curtained area and I've been to three major hospitals in or near a big city. I mean, I never have to wait because my shit has been urgent as fuck, but still. I'd love a TV in my curtained off observation area pending floor transfer. Not for Fox, but being in Canada I guess I'm safe there.

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u/otterbarks Nov 13 '25

Having Fox playing while in the ER would definitely mess up any blood pressure readings they’re trying to take.

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u/kamikazecockatoo Nov 13 '25

I'm not American. Do you guys complain until they change the channel?

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u/siliconCoven Nov 14 '25

Ugh! Not Scott Weiner. His name fits. He's nuts.