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ificandream

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5. There are some really good books on what shit Fox does ...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:10 PM
Feb 2022

One, and maybe the most focused, is "Hoax" by Brian Stelter of CNN. A lot of the information about the intertwining of Trump and Fox won't be much of a surprise since we could see it every night. But there is information in there that is very disturbing. The book builds on the evidence that Fox is nothing more than a mountain of bullshit 24 hours a day. Even the so-called liberals (mostly B- and C-level celebs) are feeding into the Fox washing machine.

Another is Gabriel Sherman's "The Loudest Voice In the Room," which was the basis for the Emmy-winning TV miniseries of the same name. Sherman discusses the rise of Roger Ailes, from "The Mike Douglas Show" to Fox and his downfall.

"Naked Launch," by Dan Cooper is a short but very interesting look at the start of the channel.

One I haven't read but would like to is "Foxocracy" by Tobin Smith. Smith, a former Fox contributor and guest anchor, who shows the formula that Fox uses to brainwash its viewers.

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