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9. Fox 🦊 News

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:06 AM

Mar 25

Rush Limbaugh and that ilk..

📺 Why think critically when Fox 🦊 snooze can do that for me

Is there nothing Fox can't Spin

Fox News host Will Cain says Americans should be "proud" of leaders' open discussions, even after accidental leak of Yemen strike plans to a journalist.

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How Did Americans Lose Critical Thinking [View all] gab13by13 Mar 25 OP

Not if it's prefaced by some inanity EYESORE 9001 Mar 25 #1

the signs were there for years? I mean, who is driving teslers, or shopping at walmart Nimble_Idea Mar 25 #2

Wait a minute... Gimpyknee Mar 25 #31

Not sure if it has ever been fully practiced. cachukis Mar 25 #3

My grandson has been involved gab13by13 Mar 25 #6

Of course and you should be very proud. cachukis Mar 25 #10

I coached my daughter's team back in the day bif Mar 25 #11

Same way Germans did during WWII SocialDemocrat61 Mar 25 #4

THIS hadEnuf Mar 25 #32

It's been a long time coming Bettie Mar 25 #5

That's what I think also. gab13by13 Mar 25 #7

Tribalism Sympthsical Mar 25 #8

Nice post gab13by13 Mar 25 #12

I still read almost every single day Sympthsical Mar 25 #18

Fox 🦊 News LessAspin Mar 25 #9

Nailed it bif Mar 25 #13

Americans didn't have critical thinking skills before Fox Kaleva Mar 25 #15

Is there evidence that Americans ever had it? Kaleva Mar 25 #14

It's amazing how critical thinking is always related to EdmondDantes_ Mar 25 #40

I was just thinking about this last night Johnny2X2X Mar 25 #16

I think a look at one religion goes a long way toward answering your question: Scrivener7 Mar 25 #17

Yep. If you believe that shit, you'll believe pretty much anything . . . . hatrack Mar 25 #20

And there is a built in indoctrination mechanism in these increasingly popular high-demand congregations. Scrivener7 Mar 25 #23

And it starts with brainwashing children. GreenWave Mar 25 #42

Social Media. nt. William769 Mar 25 #19

A way to shorten everyone's attention spans, and to make concentration harder . . . hatrack Mar 25 #22

We never had it... JCMach1 Mar 25 #21

During the pandemic, I watched people die because they refused treatment because of MAGA disinformation. Midnight Writer Mar 25 #24

Same DaBronx Mar 25 #27

by using non-critical thinking--they get to believe in the reality they want vs. the reality that is cadoman Mar 25 #25

The majority of Americans never had it. Sneederbunk Mar 25 #26

Amusing ourselves to death dedl67 Mar 25 #28

Republicans started to gut education funding in the 70s. Basso8vb Mar 25 #29

Two culprits undermining the country: The Wizard Mar 25 #30

There's always been a strong anti-intellectual bias among a certain segment of the American population, along with a Martin68 Mar 25 #33

I don't see it as a "loss of critical thinking." The reality is that people have always been drawn to populist promises* Oopsie Daisy Mar 25 #34

Simple. The GOP has been dismantling public education since the 1960s. n/t TygrBright Mar 25 #35

Right Wing Media... Happy Hoosier Mar 25 #36

Carl Sagan talked quite a bit about critical thinking and its lack thereof. erronis Mar 25 #37

Television, "smart" phones, and substance abuse. Kid Berwyn Mar 25 #38

Education Jrsygrl96 Mar 25 #39

Reagan changed the education system. Blue Full Moon Mar 25 #41

MAGA believes both: J6 was a day of tourism & love; it was a false flag op by antifa & FBI Martin Eden Mar 25 #43

If most of them are like my sister . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 25 #44

NCLB was the beginning of the dumb-down. maveric Mar 25 #45