Roger Ailes’ Limp Dictum: Keep Flinging Scandals Until Something Sticks

[babylonsister]

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Roger Ailes’ Limp Dictum: Keep Flinging Scandals Until Something Sticks
Posted by Mark on May 19, 2013 at 5:00 pm.


Last week has been described by many in the press as the worst week yet for the Obama presidency. It was a week that saw purported scandals hyped furiously by Fox News and other right-wing media. They almost cheerfully segued from Benghazi to the IRS to the Associated Press, and then looped back for more of the same.

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Ever since these stories emerged, Republicans have been spinning with feverish glee in the expectation that they might bring down this president that they hate with such vicious intensity. And as an added bonus, refocusing attention on manufactured melodramas allows them to avoid doing any actual work for the people they supposedly represent. The GOP House has voted 38 times to repeal ObamaCare, but not once for a jobs bill.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the witch hunt. Obama’s approval rating has risen 6 points since March in a new CNN poll. And majorities say that they believe Obama’s statements about Benghazi and the IRS. So despite the aggravated bluster of the right, Obama’s fortunes have been faring well.

So how does Fox News react to a scenario wherein they have flung virtually all of the feces they could gather and none if it sticks to their target? Being Fox News they simply get dirtier and more insane as their desperation builds.



Each of the headlines in these stories were built from scratch to disparage the President. And each has not even a smidgen of truth.

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This is the kind of nuttiness that ensues when liars become increasingly desperate as they see their lies falling flat. They get more and more surreal as they strain to have an effect. And when the effect turns out to be the opposite of what they hoped (i.e. Obama’s approval rising), they keep walking down that dead-end path, accelerating their pace, until it leads to a cliff. In the next few days and weeks we will see if Fox and the GOP are crazy enough to keep walking right over the edge. This should be fun.

[Thinkingabout]

1. The one scandal which will stick is Faux is full of lies they are trying to create to make a scandal

of their own undoing and will not have anyone to blame it on. The lies told by Faux employees was successful in getting Romney's chops busted in the Prease Proceed Governor moment. They should be proud he repeated the Faux spin.

[tanyev]

2. One should always consider blowback before embarking on a poo-flinging frenzy.

[Pragdem]

3. Precisely what the DOJ should do in return. nt

[corkhead]

4. They'll never learn. 1998 comes to mind.

[arcane1]

5. Even if nothing sticks, their talking heads can chatter about all the "investigations"

giving the impression (to the easily impressionable) that the mere presence of an investigation = wrongdoing.

It's the ONLY TRICK THEY HAVE!!! Frankly, I'm surprised it has managed to last this long.

[Iliyah]

7. Yeah, but GOPers are only spewing lies to their

ever shrinking base inside their tiny little bubble which will include the corporate media - tv, print, sites, and social media because majority of Americans are starting to avoid and ignore them and therefore the informed will be informed by actual people who still believe in journalism such as many internet sites some shows on MSNBC and CURRENT. This is why GOPers/RWers are trying to take voting rights away, gerrymandering, redistricting, and praying that most people will not come out to vote.

[Cha]

6. How Long has it been and How Much Money have

they SPENT?! What has Stuck? 000000 How's that Birther thing goin' for them? Trump? Anyone?