06-09-2016, 07:42 PM
axle2152 Wrote:If you read some of the comments on Fox News every 4th word is liberal
That reminds me of my cousin who asked why I got into an argument with his dad about FOX News (as his dad was really mad at me over it). So I described how I learned about FOX News and was forced to listen to it for a long while. Among the many unprofessional things they did, I mentioned the use of "weasel words" and insults masquerading as news (when it doesn't even deserve to be called an editorial), including the use of disparaging words with every breath to create a narrative of saints vs. sinners, and added that it should be a drinking game, though the danger of alcohol poisoning would be too real.
The next morning (as I found out later) he walked into his parent's home (in sight of his own, they all work the same farmland together) and found Bill O'Reilly was on, and he said it was just too perfect as he referred to Obama as "the anointed one" (dripping with sarcasm) over and over again. He took out a bottle of whiskey and started taking shots every time O'Reilly said that phrase.
His mother asked him why he was drinking so much so early in the day and he described the drinking game I came up with the previous day--and having to stop for a moment over and over again as it was time to take another shot--and his dad (listening to O'Reilly) came into the kitchen and told him to leave until he could show "proper respect" for FOX News.
They also said that this shows how I'm a bad influence on him, which made Granny roll her eyes (back when my cousin and I were kids she left me in charge despite that I was 3 years younger because I "had better sense").