CNN’s Brian Stelter takes on Foxitis. (via Susie Madrak at C&L):
“Is the USA suffering from a bad case of Foxitis? And is it hurting America’s pandemic recovery? That word, Foxitis, it was coined by a lawyer defending one of the suspects in the pro-Trump riot. It’s almost a ‘Fox News made me do it’ kind of defense. Fox-mania, the lawyer said. He said his clients lost his job due to the pandemic and then watched Fox constantly for next six months,” Stelter said.
“ ‘He believed what was being fed to him.’ Indeed many Fox viewers came away with a distinct impression that President Trump was robbed, that the election was rigged. But that is just one of the symptoms of Foxitis.
Other possible symptoms are fear of the unknown, fear of a diversifying America, anger about cancel culture, but only when conservatives are affected, belief that news outlets and tech firms are all radical villains. Perhaps one of the symptoms is even the ablity to forget what you’ve seen with your own eyes.”
Carlson should be writing grade C horror movies instead of purporting to inform viewers.
“When I’ve tuned in, I’ve heard complains about triple masking, “three masks!” even though that’s not a real thing. And we’re told that we’re well past herd immunity even though most experts say the opposite.
He said worst of all, he’s heard Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson repeatedly say that many Americans are dying after getting the shot.
“And he said it with the implication that the shots are to blame with no evidence at all. He’s scaring his audience so recklessly that even some of his own colleagues called him out for it on Twitter.
“Carlson acts like he knows some secret truth that’s been covered up by some shadowy enterprise. You know what? Maybe you should be writing some junk movie of the week for Netflix or Tubi, or write horror novels for a living, because he’s clearly not responsible enough to have a show that purports or pretends to be news.
A lot of people say there is one born every minute. A lot of them were raised conservative 65 years or so ago.