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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 00:10:38 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   For many older Americans, Fox has been a radicalizing force, leaving many younger folks feeling as if their parents have been stolen from them.

   While it is premature to write Fox’s obituary, we must acknowledge that the post-truth era of right-wing, racist grievance we are currently living through is a direct result of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox “News” Channel.

   So, how did we get here, and importantly how can we get out of this spiral? Read our thoughts over at The Big Picture. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/fox-news-fueled-family-divide

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     Darwin Woodka (darwinwoodka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 01:09:04 JST Darwin Woodka

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     @georgetakei parents, friends, half the voting population... yeah, I'm sick of people being poisoned by this crap.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 01:09:04 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Darwin Woodka

     @darwinwoodka It is frustrating...

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 01:09:45 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     @jrod3737 Something has got to change. 😪

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     Probably depressed (jrod3737@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 01:09:46 JST Probably depressed

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     @georgetakei
     Fox News stole my grandparents from me. This is not the first time I thought this. I’ve thought this for over a decade.

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     Judy Olo (judyolo@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 01:18:40 JST Judy Olo

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     @georgetakei Don't just blame old folks. Our military, young people, are force fed the lies, fascism, anti-America, pro-Putin Fox garbage, too.
     https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/votevets-fox-news-military-rcna73824

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     heather mcdaniels (no1realwolfy@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 01:03:01 JST heather mcdaniels

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     @georgetakei

     One of the main reason, I feel, that so many older & rural people in the country are turned by Fox & other extreme conservative "news" organizations is the freedom tfg gave to Sinclair Broadcasting just after he was foisted upon the country. Now, Sinclair is even larger & planning to change their name. You can read this article from 2017 (below) warning about Sinclair, but right now, they control about 70-some percent of small town & rural TV stations across the country.

     https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/17/sinclair-news-media-fox-trump-white-house-circa-breitbart-news

     Fox also gained a foothold in military organizations & bases, which many veterans & Democratic military personnel hope the Pentagon will pull the plug on Fox. Many of the Jan6 seditionists were military personnel, either active or veteran. All were subjected to the lies & (let's be honest here) brainwashing of Fox.

     https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/10/its-time-pentagon-pulled-plug-fox-news