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8. Fox News* was created to serve ONE purpose...

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 01:36 PM

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Fox News was created to serve ONE purpose: To advance the conservative Republican agenda, and ]ONLY the conservative Republican agenda.*

Quotes I saved:

"Fox News, the first deliberately and unapologetically biased and partisan network in American history. You disagree? Be my guest." - Roger Ebert referring to Rupert Murdoch, 12 July 2011.

“The question is no longer whether Fox News is an arm of the GOP, but whether it’s becoming the torso instead.” - Eric Burns, Fox News' former media critic, Rolling Stone magazine, 25 May 2011.

"I declined to renew my contract as Fox News’s strategic analyst because of the network’s propagandizing for the Trump administration. Today’s Fox prime-time lineup preaches paranoia, attacking processes and institutions vital to our republic, and challenging the rule of law. ...Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration. Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association. Now I am ashamed." - LTC (U.S. Army, Ret'd) Ralph Peters, on why he quit Fox News after 10-years, 30 March 2018.

* And so was the Heritage Foundation! To only advance Reich-wing conservatives and conservatism. No other voices allowed! That is specifically stated in their founding documents.

"We're not here to be some kind of Ph.D. committee giving equal time. Our role is to provide conservative policy-makers with arguments to bolster our side." - Burton Pines, then Vice President for Research for the Reich-wing Heritage Foundation, 1986.

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The perils of unfettered Fox News propaganda -- Sabrina Haake [View all] erronis Saturday OP

For the life of me, I will never understand the failure of Biden, as Commander-in-Chief, ariadne0614 Saturday #1

I'm guessing because they believe deeply in the principle of individual freedom of speech and thought. KPN Saturday #5

If the troops are being fed a constant stream of lies and Russian propaganda, ariadne0614 Saturday #17

It is hard to accept. I'm with you on that. KPN Sunday #18

Yea, they are basically having Russian propaganda shoved down their throats. travelingthrulife Sunday #23

This is a depressing thought. ariadne0614 Sunday #28

Fauxnews and other RWmedia sources are to blame for where we are right now. yellow dahlia Saturday #2

Thank you. Sabrina Haake has some great insights. I hope DUers read this whole article. erronis Saturday #3

I read the whole thing, and I subscribed. yellow dahlia Saturday #6

They should be banned from the White House RainCaster Saturday #9

I agree. yellow dahlia Saturday #16

Then they should not be allowed to call themselves "Fox News" robbob Saturday #14

i agree. yellow dahlia Saturday #15

They're on cable, not public airwaves, so not much affected by FCC regs. eppur_se_muova Sunday #22

All cable news is entertainment Kaleva Sunday #21

Limbaugh started the lies; Fox spread them wide 31st Street Bridge Sunday #26

It's actually a very simple answer: The First Amendment. tritsofme Saturday #4

Yes Kaleva Sunday #20

I'm very afraid that America is IRRECONCILABLY divided... William Seger Saturday #7

And then tax MAGA churches back under their rocks travelingthrulife Sunday #24

Fox News* was created to serve ONE purpose... Grins Saturday #8

Thank you for that collection of quotes. The Murdoch's wouldn't disagree with them erronis Saturday #10

So WHY is Heritage Foundation granted tax free status? travelingthrulife Sunday #25

For The Life Of Me Mr.Bee Saturday #11

Hatred of others clouds their minds. erronis Saturday #12

In practice, the theoretical benefits of free speech have been eclipsed by the hazards of unfettered propaganda. hay rick Saturday #13

That's the bottom line Mysterian Sunday #31

Fox News puts out what their audience wants to hear Kaleva Sunday #19

Fox News is the middle of a feedback loop. hay rick Sunday #32

We can thank Reagan for getting rid of the fairness doctrine. Borogove Sunday #27

Some myths never die. The fairness doctrine never applied to cable networks like Fox News. tritsofme Sunday #29

JHC, this crap again? MarineCombatEngineer Sunday #30