My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't exist.
This was from a short story by the French poet Charles Baudelaire. And it was never more true than today, although not quite the way he meant it in that story.
In 1985, Rupert Murdoch became a US Citizen. He was not an immigrant in the traditional sense, coming to the United States to forge a new life for himself. There was no loyalty or patriotism involved. This was a business decision, as US law dictated that only citizens could own television stations.
Back in 1996, Rupert Murdoch offered cable operators $11 per subscriber, to place his soon to be launched Fox News Network onto basic cable. He understood that getting his station on basic cable gave him a wider audience. Over the course of time he has also entered into contracts with hotels, trucks stops, etc, paying to have Fox News on the TV's playing behind the counter, in lobbies, wherever there was a captive audience.
So it should come as no surprise when the emails revealed that news reporters have been directed to slant the news, regardless of the facts. It does put a lie to his 'fair and balanced' slogan, and shows that the network is what many have been saying for years. It is not a news network, but a propaganda machine. Opinion, or in the case of climate change, outright lies, have become a substitute for information and news.
So the devil is revealed for what he really is. Fox News exists for the sole purpose of molding America into Rupert Murdoch's idea of what America should be. And no, it is not conservatism he espouses. It is feudalism.
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