TPM Reader CB shares his story …
I have to say, I’ve seen a noticeable shift in my parents’ views over the years as they’ve fallen deeper and deeper into Fox’s grip. Although much more so for my mother than my father. (In fact, virtually every time we talk on the phone, I hear Fox droning on in the background. And when I am home visiting, I make it point to put Fox on mute.)
TPM Reader CG shares his story …
My experiences are similar to the readers you have quoted. But in my experience people who get submersed in the right wing media don’t just become more racially and ethnically intolerant – they start buying into the whole package.
Illinois GOP votes to remove most of the officials who last year forced out the party chairman for statements in favor of gay marriage.
Boy Scouts shut down Seattle troop that refused to remove gay leader.
Sarah Erdreich argues that, no matter how pro-life legislatures try to paint anti-abortion laws that put burdensome requirements on abortion clinics, they are not at all about protecting women’s health.
Sharyl Attkisson is the former CBS News reporter who left the network over what she claimed was liberal bias. After her computer was allegedly hacked by someone in late 2012 (seemingly confirmed by a network investigation) she hinted that President Obama’s surveillance operatives might be behind it. Now she says Media Matters may have been paid to go after her because of her reporting on Benghazi and other rightwing bugaboos.
After 14 years in office could a grand jury investigation end Rick Perry’s 2016 campaign before it starts?
In case you’ve missed this study that’s been burning up the Internet since Friday: a new Princeton study purports to show through statistics that the US has ceased to be a democracy and become an oligarchy in which various structural factors make politicians only listen to the very wealthy.
The boxer who spent the better part of his life fighting a wrongful conviction for triple murder has died at the age of 76.
I’ve just launched a discussion in The Hive (sub req) about the transformation from reading paper books to digital books. Baffling as it is to me, since for decades I was not only a voracious reader but a devotee of the physical book itself, I made the transition about three years ago. I’m just not able to read paper books anymore. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that. But it’s true. Are you the same? Are you resisting? Can’t stand reading on a Kindle or other device? Join us for the discussion.