Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[grumbler]

Who knew that Newt Gingrich was an Obama?

[Zoupa]

In a way they were.  Having a black man as a president definitely brought things to a head for a lot of people.

He still won a second term.

[Syt]

[Josquius]

Its funny they keep trying to paint Biden as anti-military. You'd think that would be a topic Trump supporters would steer well clear of.

[Razgovory]

Its funny they keep trying to paint Biden as anti-military. You'd think that would be a topic Trump supporters would steer well clear of.

That does not seem to matter at all.  Trump's supporters are very interested in Biden's son possibly receiving favors from foreign companies.  They don't care if Trump's daughter received half a billion dollars in patents from China.  They are convinced that Biden won through fraud, but don't care if Trump explicitly called on his supporters to commit electoral fraud.

[Syt]

Is this true? I seem to recall he was criticized for his coverage of the Vietnam War.

[HVC]

so, they're anti fox news then?

[Admiral Yi]

I have read that when he finally delivered his negative opinion about the war it was a big mover of public opinion.  I also think he had the credibility he did at least in part because he didn't editoriialize much.

[Tonitrus]

As with many of these memes, it excels at bringing up a fair point (in this case, how national news coverage/delivery has changed over the years, probably not for the better), and then sabotage itself by doing so in a ridiculously stupid manner.

[Valmy]

Joe Biden saved many the lives of many brave soldiers by ending that endless war, the one that Trump promised to end but did not.

[Admiral Yi]

So quit your bitching and start another riot.

[Valmy]

I have read that when he finally delivered his negative opinion about the war it was a big mover of public opinion.  I also think he had the credibility he did at least in part because he didn't editoriialize much.

It is true.

He was quite a unicorn in the way he could serve as a respected news source for everybody across the political and social spectrum in this country. He had many imitators but they never really pulled it off as well as he did.

We seem to have smoothly gone back to the days of highly partisan news since. Maybe it was just a unique era after WWII where we all decided to agree to disagree in a common purpose for awhile.

[Oexmelin]

Reintroducing the FCC Fairness Doctrine - as was upheld during Walter Cronkite's time - would definitely spell the end of FoxNews. It is telling that people who peddle that meme have utterly fallen for Fox's "Fair and Balanced" spin.

[alfred russel]

Reintroducing the FCC Fairness Doctrine - as was upheld during Walter Cronkite's time - would definitely spell the end of FoxNews. It is telling that people who peddle that meme have utterly fallen for Fox's "Fair and Balanced" spin.

I think they would be exempt because they are on cable / not broadcast.

[grumbler]

Reintroducing the FCC Fairness Doctrine - as was upheld during Walter Cronkite's time - would definitely spell the end of FoxNews. It is telling that people who peddle that meme have utterly fallen for Fox's "Fair and Balanced" spin.

I think they would be exempt because they are on cable / not broadcast.

They are also exempt because they are not a news channel, but an entertainment channel, according to their own filings.