{"id":27870,"date":"2015-05-02T21:53:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T04:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=27870"},"modified":"2015-09-26T21:47:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T04:47:16","slug":"wonder-why-the-american-right-is-so-dumb-read-fox-nation-vs-reality-the-fox-news-cult-of-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=27870","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Why The American Right Is So Dumb? Read Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult Of Ignorance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks there have been some depressing examples of idiotic lunacy emanating from the ranks of conservative media and punditry. They include blaming gay marriage for the fall of Western civilization, accusing Hillary Clinton of being rich (which is now a bad thing), and taking anything Ted Cruz says seriously. Right-wingers still deny that Climate Change is real, despite the affirmation of 97% of scientists, but they believe that the federal government is plotting a hostile takeover of Texas and the EPA is planning to outlaw all ammunition. This does not bode well for the future of conservative politics. But there must be an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago News Corpse published a collection of articles that documented the deception, propaganda, and outright lies disseminated by the Fox News community website, Fox Nation. It was dubbed <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UPoI6a\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Community&#8217;s Assault On Truth.&#8221;<\/a> Every chapter was fully verified by reputable sources and exposed the website for its shameful dishonesty and lack of ethics. It is that sort of concerted effort by wealthy and powerful media fabulists that cripple the intelligence of the willfully dimwitted.<\/p>\n<p>Now a second volume is also available with more documented examples of Fox&#8217;s devotion to disinformation. It is titled <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1yAE9SX\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.&#8221;<\/a> If you purchased Volume I, you will want to add this to your library. It is a great resource for proving to your Fox-deluded friends and family what a den of deceit it is. And if you didn&#8217;t buy Volume I you can get Volume II and leap right into the fantastical world of Fox, then go back and read the first volume for additional chuckling and wincing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl? ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/FNvR-book-Vol2-550x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fox Nation vs. Reality\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23743\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Get the ALL NEW 2nd volume of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?\nie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt from the introduction:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two years ago the first volume of Fox Nation vs. Reality was published revealing an Internet operation that was dedicated to fiercely partisan, right-wing distortions of the truth. Its mission was, and remains, to construct a safe haven for the broader Fox News community to reinforce their preferred fantasies and unfounded preconceptions. The articles aggregated there were from the fringiest sources (i.e. Daily Caller, Alex Jones\u2019 Infowars, Breitbart News, etc.) and often contained nothing but easily disproven falsehoods and rank defamation of liberals.<\/p>\n<p>Since then Fox Nation has evolved into an even more sheltered environment that has taken on many characteristics of culthood. It is a pattern they adopted from their parent, Fox News, where the slogan \u201cfair and balanced\u201d was an implicit condemnation of all other news sources as being neither. Recognizing that the prime directive of a cult is to convince your followers that your version of reality is the only true version and that all others are agents of deception, Fox segregated their disciples to prevent them from being contaminated by impure thoughts, otherwise known as facts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the enlightening, infuriating, and entertaining chapters include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obama\u2019s Imaginary Foreign Fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Paranoid Gun Nuts Go Wild<\/li>\n<li>Night Of The Living Tea Party<\/li>\n<li>The Poor Have It Way Too Good<\/li>\n<li>Was Benghazi A Koch Brothers Plot?<\/li>\n<li>Zombie Reagan\u2019s Fake Declaration Of War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fox-Nation-vs-Reality-Communitys-ebook\/product-reviews\/B00A8PD694\/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&#038;showViewpoints=1\" target=\"_blank\">reviews on Amazon for Volume I<\/a> to get an idea of what previous readers have had to say. On a platform that is notorious for focused criticism it has maintained a 4-star average rating. And that 4-star average has also been maintained for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fox-Nation-vs-Reality-Ignorance-ebook\/product-reviews\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&#038;showViewpoints=1&#038;sortBy=byRankDescending\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon reviews for Volume II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Purchasing either or both volumes of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1yAE9SX\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality<\/a> is a great way to support this website and the work done here to reveal the malignancy of conservative media. Plus, it makes a wonderful Mother&#8217;s\/Father&#8217;s Day gift. And as always, your continued support and patronage is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks there have been some depressing examples of idiotic lunacy emanating from the ranks of conservative media and punditry. They include blaming gay marriage for the fall of Western civilization, accusing Hillary Clinton of being rich (which is now a bad thing), and taking anything Ted Cruz says seriously. Right-wingers still deny that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Wonder Why The American Right Is So Dumb? 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No further comment necessary. R.I.P.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4789,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4789","url_meta":{"origin":27870,"position":1},"title":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: On Israel","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/3\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the inaugural edition of a new feature: Fox Nation vs. Reality. There have so many incidents of the Fox Nationalists distorting stories from other sources that it warrants special attention to illustrate their relentless dishonesty. 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Now you have an opportunity to express your gratitude to News Corpse for saving you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10991,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10991","url_meta":{"origin":27870,"position":3},"title":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: The U.S. Closes Imaginary Vatican City Embassy","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/27\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In it's ongoing struggle to find evermore outrageous atrocities to attribute to President Obama, Fox Nation has reported that Catholic groups are appalled that the United States is planning to close its embassy in Vatican City. There is just one little problem. For more examples of Fox Nation's departures from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnation-reality-vatican.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5526,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5526","url_meta":{"origin":27870,"position":4},"title":"Fox Nation Desperately Seeking An #OccupyWallStreet Bogeyman","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/13\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"With the ongoing success of the Occupy Movement, Fox News is exhibiting their desperation and fear. They know that the American people are waking up and recognizing the dishonesty and corruption of the conservative media, big corporations, and kept politicians. That's why they are resorting to tactics like this nonsense\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9364,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9364","url_meta":{"origin":27870,"position":5},"title":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: A Revealing Look Into The Fox News Community\u2019s Assault On Truth","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/27\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This is an excerpt from the introduction to the book Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Community\u2019s Assault On Truth. The book contains more than fifty examples of Fox's rank dishonesty with verifiable documentation of the falsehoods. 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