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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,153 posts) Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:25 PM Jan 2014

Oh, dear Lord. Did anyone catch via TDS the latest Fox "News" graphic?

There's something so seriously wrong with this and yet I can't put my finger on it, other than perhaps that it's blatant poverty shaming?

And that it's on a so-called "news" network. Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow had to have turned over in their respective graves to see news reduced to such pathetic sensationalism.

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Oh, dear Lord. Did anyone catch via TDS the latest Fox "News" graphic? (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2014 OP

Is that a blood-soaked hand Sanity Claws Jan 2014 #1

I'm thinking The Walking Dead. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2014 #2

The hand is coming out of the red states, isn't it? Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #3

I thought the exact same thing. politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2014 #6

They need to shift it to the right a bit. Barack_America Jan 2014 #7

A huge proportion of the people looking at that on Fox are receiving Social Security payments enough Jan 2014 #4

To them, "entitlement" is code for "money given to scary nonwhite people". n/t winter is coming Jan 2014 #8

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Jan 2014 #11

That hand looks like it's coming out from Kansas KansDem Jan 2014 #5

+1. If the narrative flipped to "the rich want it all", they'd be in deep shit. n/t winter is coming Jan 2014 #9

Why does Foxnews hate Jesus so much? Rex Jan 2014 #10

"reduced to such pathetic sensationalism." is not accurate dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #12

Even better. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2014 #13

Perfect placement of hand. Farmers, oil corps, and poor white conservatives. JaneyVee Jan 2014 #14

Sanity Claws

(21,840 posts)

1. Is that a blood-soaked hand

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:27 PM

Jan 2014

jumping out of the heartland as the alien did in Aliens?

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,153 posts)

2. I'm thinking The Walking Dead. nt

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:27 PM

Jan 2014

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)

3. The hand is coming out of the red states, isn't it?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:28 PM

Jan 2014

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)

6. I thought the exact same thing.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:30 PM

Jan 2014

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

7. They need to shift it to the right a bit.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:51 PM

Jan 2014

Make sure to have Alabama and Mississippi be right in the palm.

enough

(13,254 posts)

4. A huge proportion of the people looking at that on Fox are receiving Social Security payments

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:29 PM

Jan 2014

and Medicare. For some reason they don't put themselves in the "entitlement" category. It's an amazing example of divide and conquer.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)

8. To them, "entitlement" is code for "money given to scary nonwhite people". n/t

Reply to enough (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:56 PM

Jan 2014

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

11. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

Reply to winter is coming (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 05:50 PM

Jan 2014

KansDem

(28,498 posts)

5. That hand looks like it's coming out from Kansas

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:29 PM

Jan 2014

Must be one of the Koch Brothers...

On edit: The Kochs want it all. They think it's only fair.

The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs accused Koch Oil of scheming to steal $31 million of crude oil from Native Americans. Although the company claimed it was accidental, a former executive in this operation said Charles Koch had known about it and had responded to the overages by saying, “I want my fair share, and that’s all of it.”

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