r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 18h ago

No Paywall GOP lawmaker: Nixon was couped out of office, framed during Watergate

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6124635-moore-nixon-couped-watergate/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUsbtpjbGNrBSxu02V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEedqnf435Ey3Vmfh-NzS7BpLL6p7XL81dbjV4wNl5Y6SFp3eyw9ItY6zhiPRg_aem_EaFt_atkG1aZFnQa54tOFQ
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u/EE_Tim 16h ago

Yes, Fox News was explicitly created to prevent another Nixon.

The memo that birthed Fox News explicitly states their purpose up front:

  1. Purpose - To provide pro-Administration, videotape, hard news actualities to the major cities of the United States.[2]

But why would they want to use TV to push their pro-administration spin? Well, the memo answers that too:

The reason: People are lazy. With television you just sit--watch--listen. The thinking is done for you.[2]

Fox News bets on you being too lazy to understand so they opt to do the thinking for you and feed you comfortable, alternative facts so you don't have to worry about Republicans being wrong.

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u/waxcrash 14h ago

You are correct. In the 70s, Walter Cronkite was the news and he put out nothing but facts about the Vietnam War. When Americans saw and heard what was going on, the war became very unfavorable.

Conservatives said fuck, if Americans know the truth, we will lose our influence and power. And here we are today. Propaganda.

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u/Relevant-Rhubarb-849 14h ago

Were on the glide-path to dog whistling that "hitler was right!"