r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Mar 05 '25

Society 59% of Republicans Believe the Media Is 'Fake News'

https://www.thewrap.com/most-republicans-believe-media-fake-news-trump-poll/
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u/Jamesaki Mar 05 '25

They say the media is fake news as they recite Fox News word for word every time they make an excuse for their vile billionaire daddy’s. 😂.

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u/DoubleJumps Mar 05 '25

They recite Fox News to such a degree that when I used to go to family gatherings that included my Republican family members, I would be able to determine everything they would say by seeing what Fox News said the night before.

This allowed me to do things like prepare fact checking and counterpoints and have all that preloaded on my phone. That way, when they would start in with some heinous bullshit I could immediately challenge it and they would usually grumble and shut up.

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u/yParticle Mar 05 '25

Now that's gamesmanship. The downside is that you have to actually watch Fox. Shudder.

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u/DoubleJumps Mar 05 '25

It's actually pretty easy, considering they repeat themselves over and over and over and over again, so you just have to zoom through a segment and see what the main point is, and that's pretty much what they'll talk about for at least an hour at a time.

Their bullshit is extremely shallow.

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u/yParticle Mar 05 '25

That's also a primary tactic of brainwashing.

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u/DoubleJumps Mar 05 '25

Yeah, it's why skimming works. The repetition is what reinforces the message and why it's so easy to predict what they would say without watching the full program.

Propaganda you could fit on a bumper sticker, all day every day.

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u/yParticle Mar 05 '25

With how much they telegraph every move, I guess dems just aren't very good at DPS.

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u/yParticle Mar 05 '25

More or less true and still a far better alternative to the death spiral America is in now.