The evidence that Fox News is nothing but a conduit for pro-Trump propaganda with a blatantly conservative bias is voluminous and undeniable. Nevertheless, they continue to pretend that they are a legitimate news enterprise. Even though they abandoned their “fair and balanced” slogan, they replaced it with “Real News, Real Honest Opinion” in an attempt to mirror Trump’s anti-media rhetoric.
However, every now and then some truth from behind the Curtain of Lies seeps out. Sometimes it comes from Republicans who are too embarrassed to stand by some ludicraous claim by Fox News and/or Trump. Sometimes it comes from a network guest or host who has diverted from the mandatory talking points (i.e. Shepard Smith). And sometimes it comes from someone who has escaped the Fox gulag and become free to speak unencumbered by Fox’s forced doctrine and threats from their boss.
One of those refugees is Lt. Col. Ralph Peters. He is a staunch conservative who has had his share of repulsive commentaries while he was a Fox New military analyst. But on Wednesday Peters made his first non-Fox television appearance with an interview by Anderson Cooper on CNN. His unrepressed rage and disgust for his former employer was a startling thing to behold. So startling, in fact, that it needs no elaboration. Feast on these remarks by someone who once called President Obama a “pussy” on the air (video below):
“Robert Mueller is as noble — and I use that word carefully — as noble a public servant as you will find. And the assaults upon his character, upon his practices, upon his investigation just betray our fundamental principles.”
“I think [Fox News is] doing a great deal of damage still. We won’t know how bad for years to come when we see the ultimate results.”
“With the rise of Donald Trump, Fox did become a destructive propaganda machine, and I don’t do propaganda for anyone.”
“As a former military officer, you took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. And I saw, in my view, Fox, particularly the primetime hosts, attacking our constitutional order, the rule of law, the Justice Department, the FBI, Robert Mueller, and, oh, by the way, the intelligence agencies. And they’re doing it for ratings and profit. And they’re doing it knowingly, in my view, doing a grave, grave disservice to our country.”
“I suspect Sean Hannity really believes it. The others are smarter. They know what they’re doing. It’s — it’s bewildering to me. I mean I want to just cry out and say, how can you do this? How can you lie to our country?”
“I think we’re in a constitutional crisis right now. And we’ll end up either, barring unforeseen circumstances, either with impeachment or before the Supreme Court or both.”
“You have a president who believes he is above the law, who does not understand our system of government, does not respect our system of government, and willingly subverts our system of government.”
“I think a lot of Trump supporters are so embarrassed by how it’s all turned out that they just cling to him. They won’t let any facts penetrate their reality. [They insist that Trump] is some sort of messiah.”
“I am convinced that Vladimir Putin has a grip on President Trump. And, Anderson, when I first learned of the Steele dossier, it just rang true to me because that’s how the Russians do things. And before he became a candidate for president, Donald Trump was the perfect target for Russian intelligence. Here’s someone who has no self-control, a sense of sexual entitlement and intermittent financial crises. I mean that’s made to order for seduction by Russian intelligence.”
“When you look at Trump’s behavioral patterns, his unwillingness ever to criticize Vladimir Putin, his slow rolling sanctions, his unwillingness to create problems with Russia, even though, as he attacks NATO, disrupts relations with the E.U., how can you not draw the conclusions that Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is frightened of Vladimir Putin”
“The Mueller investigation is the most important of my lifetime. And I’m 66 years old. I lived through Watergate.”
Everyone will have their favorite quote from those displayed above. Maybe Peters’ characterization of Fox News as a “destructive propaganda machine.” Or perhaps that he thinks Sean Hannity is stupid enough to believe the crap he spews, and the rest are all liars. There is so much to choose from. Fox News was contacted for a comment on this righteous rant. They declined, saying that they stood by the brief statement they made when he left the network two months ago. They never refuted a single thing Peters said. You can watch the entire CNN segment here:
How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.
Available now at Amazon.
This guy is attempting to rehabilitate his image post/Fox, and is now admitting he was part of the propaganda machine called “fox news”. It’s owned by an Australian rabble rouser and his Saudi buddy, neither who have loyalty to our Nation. They make money no matter how much damage, they go for ratings and turmoil with their lies. They are protected from recourse against them since they are wealthy and can buy men to make threats against any critics.
This former military officer is so typical of conservatives who let themselves get blinded by their ideology and who do not listen to other people’s viewpoint despite the fact that many of them like this colonel are highly educated in many cases at taxpayer’s expense and have been in many countries.. No wonder why this country is doing downhill and the military has not won a war since World War II.
Meanwhile, Alex Jones just decided Anthony Bourdain has been murdered, because, something something Kanye something something.
But he has yet to accuse Hillary of killing Kate Spade.
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/06/08/alex-jones-anthony-bourdain-may-have-been-murdered-because-he-was-going-do-kanye-west/220403
Is there ANYTHING we can do to get this creature OFF THE FREAKING AIR?!!
OMG. When does it stop? And how long before Hannity picks it up?
Finally, this nincompoop says what we dems have been saying all along. I have to agree, with ppl like this running the military, no wonder we have not won a war since WWII. And, to top it off, no one is even discussing (in public, at least) that the next war for the soul of the planet will be against the combined forces of Russia and China, getting ready to take on a weakened USA, torn asunder by RW propaganda and hatreds. The mind boggles. I’m older than this brain dead former officer, and I remember WWII. Too bad he doesn’t. Then perhaps he would not have willingly been a tool of the rabid (wrong) RW.