Maleficence
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batbeg said:
The BNP have much less influence than the Republicans.
Oh yes, I went there. 
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Fox News sees muslim crescent moon in Obama nuclear summit logo
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The BNP have much less influence than the Republicans.
dark_chris
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Fox is really desperate for idiotic attention huh?
Dabookerman
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So what we're essentially doing is making a fairly accurate comparison with the BNP and the Republican party.
The only difference is, very very few people give a shit about the BNP, whilst half of America care about the republicans.
Also I thought of this.
The only difference is, very very few people give a shit about the BNP, whilst half of America care about the republicans.
Also I thought of this.
CharlieDigital
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Dabookerman said:
Am I the only one that thought "electron in orbit"?
Dabookerman
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CharlieDigital said:
Well there's no Neutron (right?) and the circle isn't complete.
turnbuckle
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CharlieDigital said:
:lol he's the first person I thought of as well
Maleficence
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Well I was semi-joking, but Dabookerman and SmokeyDave seem completely serious.
CharlieDigital
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turnbuckle said:
This will surely be a 5 page thread by the lunch if nyong and quad ever catch on :lol
innervision961
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I want to laugh at this, it should be funny... But honestly its more scary than anything, when you put it in context and realize how many people are foaming at the mouth for this bullshit. Its blatantly racist and the people who watch this crap get off on it. Disgusting.
CharlieDigital
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innervision961 said:
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Stupid? Yes. Racist...eh; I'm not seeing it.
Maleficence
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CharlieDigital said:
It's certainly bigoted, and clearly trying to feed off of feelings of Islamophobia, and maybe even provoke them.
Dabookerman
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Oh I'm dead serious.
CharlieDigital said:
Not racist but like... Islamacist. That's my new word. Essentially, had that been some sort of Celtic imagery they associated it with, they would have been fine with it. Heck, if it looked exactly like some Celtic icon, no one would give two shits. The fact that they are going out of their way to extrapolate that Islam has some sort of influence on that symbol, is not as bad as the heavier implication that it is a bad thing.
innervision961
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Yeah racist may not have been the right term here, I like islamist, I think we should go with that. :lol
I guess it just feel "racist" to me because I live in the south, I live and work around the people that fox is pandering to, and I can attest to the fact that the grand majority of these people are in fact racist, but um "they all have black/arab friends" etc. etc.
I guess it just feel "racist" to me because I live in the south, I live and work around the people that fox is pandering to, and I can attest to the fact that the grand majority of these people are in fact racist, but um "they all have black/arab friends" etc. etc.
Outdoor Miner
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Fox News is a joke, but so is every other American media outlet. Seems kind of silly to always just single out the one, but I suppose they are the "loudest".
CharlieDigital
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Outdoor Miner said:
NPR? PBS?
mckmas8808
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Kinitari said:
I agree. Shows how much FoxNews doesn't like Islam.
CharlieDigital
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I don't see it so much as promoting a fear of Muslims so much as trying to feed into the image that Obama is somehow "illegitimate". Obviously, the goal being to stoke the imagination of their viewership and contribute to dumbing down the conversation (from an entertainment perspective, I could see how this would sell better than say NPR or News Hour with Jim Lehrer).
Souldriver
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I suggest people start posting all the blunders from other news outlets too instead of just not posting anything because "everyone" is guilty of stupid, shitty or propaganda journalism.Outdoor Miner said:
Fact of the matter is, that gaf posts a lot of media blunders all the time, so all the Fox News threads has less to do with singling out as it has to do with the amount of retarded bullshit they spew (possible important note: ...amount of retarded bullshit they spew, for such a big, powerful and respected media outlet).
archnemesis
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levious said:
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fox news should die in a fire. fucking idiots.
Sickboy007
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verbum said:I watched the movies "V" and "Children of Men", I know what the UK will be like.
Well in both movies the USA were spoken to be in even worse situations with rioting/nuclear war!
what bothers me the most with regards to that clip ( other than that mentally challenged lady ) is the fact that it seems like the guy to the right tries to be open about US - Muslim nations relationships. Which is all good and all but then the guy to the left starts laughing in the end and says something like
" Hahaha, yea we've tried to be friends with them before hahaha not gonna work this time either hohoho "
" Hahaha, yea we've tried to be friends with them before hahaha not gonna work this time either hohoho "
CharlieDigital
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Kinitari said:
I'm not saying that there isn't a degree of that involved, but I think what it really boils down to is that they're still playing this "can we really trust Obama" line that they're feeding to their viewership who are more than willing to gobble it up and come back for seconds.
Maleficence
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CharlieDigital said:
But they're using the Islamophobic fear of their viewership to promote that idea. The whole basis of the idea is that Islam is bad, therefore something that looks Islamic is bad, and if it's intentional it is very bad.
Islam = bad
Crescent = Islamic symbol
Obama using Crescent symbol = Islam = Bad (and therefore untrustworthy)
Get it?
CharlieDigital said:
I think I see what you are saying, this ties in with the "Is Obama a secret Muslim" propaganda, which strives to delegitimize Obama because he 'lies about his Religion'. But the reality is in the eyes of the people who are outraged that Obama is lying to the American people about his religion, it's not the fact that he hides his religion that is so upsetting, but the religion he is hiding is Islam. But of course they wont admit to that "Oh I would have no problem if he was Muslim, I just don't think he should be lying to the American people".
Bullshit. And while this may be an attempt to dredge up the "Obama is lying to his people" crap, the reason that has any weight is because of the people who 'don't want no Moslems in the white house'.
CharlieDigital
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Maleficence said:
I get it, of course, and I've said, there is that element to it. However, I am of the belief that the motivation of the producers or editors or whomever comes up with the talking points for the day are more interested in simply raising questions about Obama's legitimacy than they are about denouncing or slandering Islam. In reality, I think they could care less about Islam; they are more interested in how it can be used as a tool to stir up anti-Obama viewership, which they've cornered the network television market on.
Dabookerman
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archnemesis said:
I am sorry!
But that shit is comparable to Nazi propaganda. What the fuck! Giving Steinberg a massive nose!? Why not stick flies flying around his head and stick the star of David on his forehead while we're at it!
Maleficence
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CharlieDigital said:
Fair enough, what they're doing is clearly misleading, and fearmongering regardless of their motivations (which seem to be immoral at best).
mckmas8808
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CharlieDigital said:
Actually I do think they are trying to say being Muslim is bad. If being Muslim in this country was a net positive for a politician then these sort of stories wouldn't mean anything to FoxNews' viewers.
CharlieDigital
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Seriously, whenever someone like ToxicAdam gives me shit for not giving American's enough credit for their independent thinking and general grasp of policy and government, I think to myself "Fox News".
Maleficence
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Shanadeus said:
This is America, dude.
If they were to regulate news channels, they'd be labelled communists, socialists, and totalitarians.
I think the idea that the President designs logos is absurd.
I think finding a crescent moon in that logo is ridiculous.
But I think Fox news literally blanketing all Muslim nations as an alien threat and nakedly presenting that to their viewers as fact "Aaah, we'll try that one..." is an abomination.
I think finding a crescent moon in that logo is ridiculous.
But I think Fox news literally blanketing all Muslim nations as an alien threat and nakedly presenting that to their viewers as fact "Aaah, we'll try that one..." is an abomination.
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