“I know I’m preaching to the choir when it comes to noting the factual shortcomings of Fox…”
“I know I’m preaching to the choir when it comes to noting the factual shortcomings of Fox News. But this is why this isn’t really about Trump. Trump’s genius – and I don’t use that word loosely – is that he is an intuitive. He can feel the public mood in ways that none of these others can. I don’t think Trump began his campaign with really any of this. “Mexicans” were his thing. But even that was I think largely shtick. Terrorism and Muslim-hating wasn’t his thing. But like a gifted jazz musician he can pick up the rhythms of whatever group he’s sitting in with, adapt, improvise and take them further. Yes, he’s almost a Coltrane of hate and incitement. But it’s not about Trump. It’s about his supporters. A big chunk of the Republican base is awash in racism and xenophobic hysteria. And this is the food that they feed on every day. It’s a societal sickness and we can’t ignore it.”
– Josh Marshall, Trump Has His Riefenstahl
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Tags: the whole thing is worth reading, i've been thinking about this a fair amount the last few days, like a lot of people i guess, it's really scary to see it happening, the lies and hysteria, the ginning up of fear, as a means of control, i don't think fox news has an agenda of building a new nazi party in amerca, i think they just want an audience, and ratings, and money, but it turns out, that pursuing that, absent any ethical constraints, and in the context of a talented and unscrupulous egotist willing to exploit it, is all you need.
