Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s essay adapted from his new memoir has a fascinating anecdote that shows why Fox News turned toward conspiracies after Barack Obama was elected. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains how Fox News’ stranglehold on the GOP has fundamentally transformed Republican politics.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a powerhouse, dies at 77
Trump’s Best Buddy in Congress Wants Sessions to Fire Mueller
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Why do you think Fox News is so powerful? – Chris
@Tommy Thompson why you watching their videos then? If they are such a unreliable source they why bother to watch the video or even comment?
@Lee Morton mission accomplished ? I think you fail to recognize the current state of our country 😂 and its not getting any better. Actually, its getting worse. So yes. Be proud trump is gone, but can you say it was the beat for our country so far with the way the country is going ? If so you’re ignorant and cant see the pure incompetence going on with the administration. Literally what all of this comes down to is people wanting to admit whether they were wrong or not, yall have been lied to for years about one damn person and have believed every single bit of it!!! Id be pretty embarrassed to admit something like that too. Cause honestly, all of the signs of corruption and power grabbing are in front of your face, but trumps been shoved in front of yours for way to long clearly.
@HonorsAncora I But sir? If you can’t answer a simple question like what does your party stand for doesn’t that make you a little on the slow side? I hear rumors of Trump Supporters being dumb, but not dumb enough to answer a simple question? Can you answer it? I really want to know!
@derek sambrick To inform those who are to stupid to know.
Because the propaganda works perfectly so the base is wrapped up in a fever of anger.
@Aaron Thomas lolllolololololololol
@Ryan Rickaby You’re just jealous of anyone who is more blessed than you.
@Jerel Boza I’m sure people burning down their own communities also contracted covid. I just hope we can blame Trump up until the day I die. It’s easy to have all the answers when you only need one answer: Orange Man Bad.
Both sides are dumb af
Fox is having major hissy fits because they no longer run the Oval Office.
“mostly peaceful protests”
@Anti Factoid 👈🏼😂 so you’re ok with amoral liars beholden to China as long as they’re democrat amoral liars beholden to China, huh? Ok, got it.
Triggered Brad still at it ☝ 😆
Most of it is own by Disney which are a lot of woke owners
@Brad Jennings Why are you keep on calling Trump a leftist? He is a Republican… Republicans are the right. Get your story straight troll.
The truth to conservatives now is like sunlight to vampires. They hate it with all their being, and when exposed to it, they burn.
I can relate!
@dark14life It also didn’t find anything to incriminate him.
@TRUMP 2024 Perhaps Biden would have lost, if Trump hadn’t done such a terrible job of handling the pandemic. We know that Trump wouldn’t have won, without all the disinformation and espionage assistance from Russia. The past is the past. You can’t undo it.
Says the guy watching CNN’s fake news .. lol
“Mostly peaceful protests”
“Roger Ailes resigned in July 2016 after allegations of sexual harassment were made by 23 women.” What was Bachman willing to do, huh?
@String Bean Cuomo is hardly out of the political “woods”
@String Bean mmm
Do you mean, “What was Roger Aisles’ demanding that people do to win his approval?” Bachman is a terrible person, but careful how you phrase things. We shouldn’t put it all on women who have to make their way through obstacles men create
@Zen Quantum I heartily concur with your sentiment and I’ve always respected Women. I come from a family of highly educated and accomplished strong Women. However, I believe Women should be treated equally when they behave terribly, then they’ve earned the right to be insulted just like any Man does when they cross the line. Not physically, but mentally; absolutely!
@Michael Ulbricht if there is one thing that is totally clear, it’s that Bachman and the late Ailes are prime examples of terrible people
Because one day Fox News is going to crash and burn and they did it to themselves LMAO😆😂🤣😂😆
Meanwhile fox news ratings are steady and CNN is a sinking ship.
@Machu4
It’s like people are reading other comments.
I don’t think I could explain it to you, as you already have your mind made up despite any meaning.
@Joshua Sullivan Steady? Not really NewMax, and ect are chipping away. Give it another 5 years Fox will be down by half. Also Fox will do something very soon and be sued and change their tune very soon.
@Uncomfortable Truth If you’re trying to explain why you think Fox should be taken off the air then yeah, my mind is made up. My goal with my comment was to illustrate how the left loves to silence and they are actually mirroring real world fascist movements. Silencing opposition IS fascistic.
@Machu4
Wrong again.
I am a moderate libertarian without party leanings.
Though I do believe media should be held to a higher standard of integrity.
By this I mean, no lies and anything that is opinion, should be presented with a disclaimer.
Just like we had prior to Reagan, opinionated pieces were shown as that and both perspectives were
Given.
Today media is half truths, misrepresented context, lies and lies of omission.
Presented as such to make us hate one another, as well as dividing the population.
The agenda is to maintain the status quo, keep the citizenry fighting and funnel wealth and power to
The hegemony.
I think people are starting to see the futility of sectarian strife, but most people are not ready to abandon
The fruitless pursuit of identity politics.
An excellent post, thank you!
brilliantly said and explained, ty mr cillizza!
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You’re videos are awesome mate. 👌
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Auto correct mate
Damn Chris good job bro thnx learning more and more
Learning about what? Becoming more uninformed? Can’t you do some assignment of your own rather than take every thing Mr Chris says as in the infallible truth! What’s wrong with you people?!
Did you happen to learn that Trump was right ?? The wall works so biden wants to finish it now 🤣😂😆 I guess walls aren’t so racist after all huh lmfao
Republicans: “Keep Corporations out of our politics!”
Fox News: *literally creates their own President*
@M TM Like the Postmaster General in his corporate life , ‘ encouraging ‘ his employees to make political donations and attend indoctrination sessions on where those donations should go … is that the sort of bad corporate behaviour you mean ?
@george broff I am confused o.o why did you link me a Saturday Night Live sketch?
If the media wasn’t so biased against him he never would have gotten as far as he did
@NUCLEAR PUGG What are you talking about ? The media gave him a free ride , no deep interviews , no editing , no nothing , it wasn’t only Fox that broadcast the rallies … it was a big joke , right up until it wasn’t . The rest of the world’s media were gobsmacked . They all knew about the double dealing , the tax cheating , the huge intel chatter over the Russians , the whole big lie that donnie was back then . US media ignored it all for the clicks and likes .
Lol I haven’t seen Fox in years. It’s like the right wing CNN. CNN is more useful though, because watching it tells you what the radicals think. Although I see they aren’t talking about Baltimore, or those 2 girls that murdered that Asian man in Seattle.
As Mitch described, “Scorched earth”.
I recently saw Michelle Bachman on a Saturday afternoon infomercial hawking home warranties. The reality show circuit will chew you up and spit you out.
I wish I could find that
What happened to her family farm and it’s government handouts ? What happened to her husband’s ‘ Pray away the Gay ‘ counselling business ? What of the hordes of ‘ foster children ‘ that passed through the Bachman’s demented clutches ? Are the seven mountains still standing ?
Fyi, my dear Americans: Having freedom of speech doesn’t have to necessarily mean the creation of a Fox-News like network
We have free speech in Europe, and there is no news-network that’s crazy yet so influential as Fox is in America.
@Slay Mack In a civilized discussion I would ask you to point out what specifically I said that is wrong (“misinformation”) but I have no interest in a conversation with someone with your attitude.
@Jens Raab translation- you have no arguement and you know I’m right. Glad we sorted that out! Bye bye liar.
@Jens Raab civilized? What have I said that’s uncivilized? I called you out on your comment. How’s that uncivilized? Oh because nobody is supposed to question or counter you people with facts and therefore you deem it uncivil…. because that makes sense. Really though you’re just making bs excuses for your gullibility. Be proud!
@Slay Mack which “you people”?
Lots of Dunning-Kruger Effect here … 🙂
Never engage in a discussion with those people!
People who think twice about visited a friend in a hospital , for example ,may dread+or feel extremely embarrassed about visiting the same friend in a psychiatric hospital
Excellent Video I may even read Boehner’s book instead of dismissing it as self serving rewriting of history
thanks Chris you da man
Give your sound guy a raise. He deserves it.
“Fed red meat for breakfast, lunch & dinner”
AMEN!
It’s just because hate sells better and more as compared to love and peace.
The GOP has basically decided that the ‘kinder, gentler nation’ they once advocated for is now an acceptable loss.