Vladimir Putin was “channeling his inner Trump” when he staged a huge rally in Moscow to trumpet his invasion of Ukraine, Sean Hannity said on Friday.
On a day when the Russian foreign minister praised Fox News for “trying to present some alternative point of view”, and amid controversy over Fox News hosts and guests repeating Russian disinformation, Hannity also mocked Joe Biden and read out a Kremlin statement attacking the US president. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/19/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-rally-sean-hannity
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism
Wallace has shared new details about his reason for leaving Fox, and the revelations sharpen this point considerably. It turns out Wallace quit in part because of Fox host Tucker Carlson’s depiction of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt as a “false flag” operation, creating a situation Wallace describes as “unsustainable.”
We should be clear on what this means. Wallace seems to have decided he could no longer credibly practice journalism on Fox in part because, increasingly, the only acceptable narrative at Fox about Trump’s effort to overturn U.S. democracy to remain in power illegitimately is one that falsifies it entirely. (Washington Post) https://thenationview.com/world-news/12606.html
“Fox News anchor John Roberts defended network White House correspondent Peter Doocy after White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized Doocy’s questions during a recent podcast episode.
In a live episode of “Pod Save America” on Friday, Psaki was asked if Doocy was a “stupid son of a bitch” or if he played one on TV. President Biden had been caught on a hot mic using the phrase to describe Doocy.
“OK, um, well. He works for a network,” Psaki started, “that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual, including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a bitch.”
Roberts, a former White House correspondent for the network, pushed back against Psaki’s assertion, saying that Doocy came up with his own questions and made his own decisions on what he wanted to raise during the briefings.” https://thehill.com/news/media/3269755-foxs-john-roberts-defends-peter-doocy-after-psaki-comment/
Russian satellite television broadcasts were altered on Monday to show viewers in Moscow messages about the war in Ukraine: “You have blood on your hands”, according to screenshots. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/blood-on-your-hands-anti-war-slogans-appear-on-russian-tv
The photographs showed Moscow satellite television menus on Victory Day, when Russia celebrated the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, with every channel showing anti-war slogans.
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Vladimir Putin was “channeling his inner Trump” when he staged a huge rally in Moscow to trumpet his invasion of Ukraine, Sean Hannity said on Friday.
On a day when the Russian foreign minister praised Fox News for “trying to present some alternative point of view”, and amid controversy over Fox News hosts and guests repeating Russian disinformation, Hannity also mocked Joe Biden and read out a Kremlin statement attacking the US president. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/19/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-rally-sean-hannity
Russian foreign minister praises Fox News for Ukraine coverage (3/18/22) https://news.yahoo.com/russian-foreign-minister-praises-fox-news-for-ukraine-coverage-184200756.html
Fox News Hosts Entertained Putin-Friendly Talking Points. Then Their Colleagues Were Killed in Ukraine. (3/17/22) https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/fox-news-hosts-putin-ukraine
Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is “Essential” to Feature Tucker Carlson : The Russian government has pressed outlets to highlight the Fox host’s Putin-helping broadcasts. (3/13/22) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/exclusive-kremlin-putin-russia-ukraine-war-memo-tucker-carlson-fox/
“Russia’s Top Five Persistent Disinformation Narratives” (U.S. Department of State January 20, 2022) https://www.state.gov/russias-top-five-persistent-disinformation-narratives/
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism
“Chris Wallace: working at Fox News became ‘unsustainable’ after election” https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/27/chris-wallace-fox-news-cnn
Wallace has shared new details about his reason for leaving Fox, and the revelations sharpen this point considerably. It turns out Wallace quit in part because of Fox host Tucker Carlson’s depiction of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt as a “false flag” operation, creating a situation Wallace describes as “unsustainable.”
We should be clear on what this means. Wallace seems to have decided he could no longer credibly practice journalism on Fox in part because, increasingly, the only acceptable narrative at Fox about Trump’s effort to overturn U.S. democracy to remain in power illegitimately is one that falsifies it entirely. (Washington Post) https://thenationview.com/world-news/12606.html
“Fox News anchor John Roberts defended network White House correspondent Peter Doocy after White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized Doocy’s questions during a recent podcast episode.
In a live episode of “Pod Save America” on Friday, Psaki was asked if Doocy was a “stupid son of a bitch” or if he played one on TV. President Biden had been caught on a hot mic using the phrase to describe Doocy.
“OK, um, well. He works for a network,” Psaki started, “that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual, including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a bitch.”
Roberts, a former White House correspondent for the network, pushed back against Psaki’s assertion, saying that Doocy came up with his own questions and made his own decisions on what he wanted to raise during the briefings.” https://thehill.com/news/media/3269755-foxs-john-roberts-defends-peter-doocy-after-psaki-comment/
Russian satellite television broadcasts were altered on Monday to show viewers in Moscow messages about the war in Ukraine: “You have blood on your hands”, according to screenshots. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/blood-on-your-hands-anti-war-slogans-appear-on-russian-tv
The photographs showed Moscow satellite television menus on Victory Day, when Russia celebrated the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, with every channel showing anti-war slogans.
Hundreds of videos expose the horrors of war in Ukraine : The Washington Post has been verifying and cataloguing war videos since the invasion began. They’re now searchable in a database that will be updated. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/ukraine-russia-war-videos-verified/
“Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda. So why not freeze Rupert Murdoch’s assets?
If NewsCorp’s owner were Russian, there would be no hesitation in applying sanctions” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/07/fox-new-deals-in-kremlin-propaganda-freeze-rupert-murdochs-assets