Laura Ingraham: "They'll say this whole mask thing is 'settled science' just like they do with climate change, of course it is not and they know it."
2/ Laura Ingraham: "The science behind the mask mandates is shaky and that is putting it charitably”"
3/ Tucker Carlson: "This is what happens when science intersects with politics. Both lose, and the country loses most of all. [...] forcing everyone to wear a mask when there is no evidence that helps"
4/ Tucker Carlson guest Alex Berenson: "There’s not a lot of evidence that masks would help."
5/ Jeanine Pirro: "What is the point of the mask? The point of the mask is to basically kind of dehumanize, it's to frighten people. You don't know who's behind the mask."
6/ Fox regular Alex Berenson: "I think there is very, very little evidence that masks slow the community transition of SARS COVID-2 or any respiratory virus"
7/ Fox host Steve Hilton: "From a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks"
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1/ The right-wing noise machine has a disorienting effect.
Flooding the zone with lies, hate, conspiracies and intimidation. It distorts the conversation, tilts media narrative toward their nonsense, fosters fear and anxiety.
But recognize: this moment unlike any in decades…
2/ I am not sugar coating things. But, I also want to share some major considerations that many aren’t aware of. Considerations as to why this moment is so very unique.
3/ No 1 - recognize that this is the first presidential election in nearly 30 years where Rush Limbaugh is not the single largest get out the vote operation in the country.
The absence of Limbaugh is actually so much bigger than Limbaugh alone though.
2/ Project 2025 shutting down policy work isn't significant because: a) the bulk of the policy work is already done. The 900 page policy book is already written; and, b) the other 3 Project 2025 pilars remain in place -- especially the Playbook pilar.
3/ Project 2025 still plans on doing personnel work and still plans on doing the training work. Essentially, Project 2025 will still be the foundation of staffing a Trump admin should he get back into office.
1/ So this might partially help explain the delay: Last evening (4/16), Fox submitted a motion to the court. The motion asked the court to allow Fox to introduce as evidence that Donald Trump and others (Trump was the only one Fox named) made the same claims about others.
2/ A previous ruling said Fox wasn't really allowed to do this and they needed to keep focus on what they did. But, Fox is asking for the court to clarify and also approve this for 2 reasons (and this is kinda amusing)...
3/ First, basically to argue that because Trump was saying it, they had to cover it. I'm not sure they will prevail here. The judge has already said they don't get to use the neutral reportage defense and that's basically what this would be.
1/ There's something incredible in the background during this Dominion trial that is at least as significant (and possibly even more significant) as the trial itself for Fox News' bottom line.
My goodness is this a doozy...
2/ As the trial is happening, Fox News will be renegotiating or gearing up to renegotiate carriage renewal with 3 cable providers -- Xfinity, Chater and Cox.
It's hard to overstate how significant this and how potentially consequential this is for Fox News' future. Here's why...
3/ The dirty secret is that Fox News is the only commercial tv channel that actually doesn't need a single adl. They could have $0 in ad revenue and they'd still have more than a 35% profit margin.
That's cuz Fox is the 2nd most expensive channel on every cable bill (ESPN is #1)
1/ Judge issued ruling on the summary judgment motions in the Dominion v Fox News case.
Fox Corp and Fox News' motions for summary judgment to dismiss the case have been denied.
Domion's motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part.
Details to follow...
2/ In its partial ruling in favor of Dominion, the court did determine statements made by Fox were statements of fact and were not statements of opinion.
3/ The court ruled that Fox News is responsible for the claims made about Dominion; but, it left open the question for the jury as to whether Fox Corporation (Fox News' parent company) is responsible.
1/Some Dems are really gonna throw Fox a life raft just as it’s drowning, huh?
If you’re Dem leader, regardless what you think, recognize you don’t need to go on in this moment.
Better off saying nothing than criticize Fox while confirming you’ll treat them same as always.
2/Recognize that “should Democrats go on Fox” debate is actually 2 distinct questions.
1) Should Democrats go on Fox? 2) Should Democrats go on Fox right now?
I can make strong case for both. But I feel like 2 is obvious. There is no valid reason for going on Fox right now.
3/If a Democrat goes on Fox right now, given all that we have seen, they should be asked and forced to explain why they will go on Fox but won’t go on InfoWars or OAN. The deliberate deceit and extremism is the same. Why give Fox a pass?