"Even though he’s entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts"

“Even though he’s entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts”

During a broadcast of Donald Trump’s speech at a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Friday evening, Fox News host Neil Cavuto cut into the footage to point out inaccuracies in what was being said by the former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner.

Taking issue with Trump claiming credit for the market going up while, in the same breath, blaming Biden for inflated gas prices and whatever else, Cavuto said, “We’ll continue monitoring the president’s remarks and I mean no offense to him or some of you who might want to continue to hear him, but I did have to say that even though the former president is entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts.”

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    Yeah, good luck with that.

    Once you radicalize someone, it’s not always so easy to bring them back. They can just migrate to even more hardcore Russian propaganda outlets.

    • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
      21·
      9 months ago

      It’s true. Time and time again these fools are radicalizing their base, and then when it gets out of hand they can’t rein it in and it bites them.

      Fox and a handful of right-wing politicians made radicalizing into a profitable business that’s not regulated and freely available to anyone with no scruples and an imagination.

      • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        Let’s not forget social media companies and their algorithms that take advantage of human psychology to drive profits. Not helping.

    • xantoxis@lemmy.world
      111·
      9 months ago

      The people that far gone started pissing on Fox News the day they said Biden won the election. Maybe even a little before that.

      I get the distinct impression Fox thinks it can pivot to a different set of subscribers as its armchair-bound geriatric viewers die of Covid and old age.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        7·
        9 months ago

        Maybe. We’ll have to see if this is a one time thing where the anchor is going to get yelled at and never done again, or if it flags a new editorial direction.

    • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
      9·
      9 months ago

      As [email protected] pointed out, Tucker leaving Fox has done wonders for Fox, but ended up creating that more hardcore Russian propaganda outlet you are talking about. I mean, an interview with Putin, how much more Russian propaganda can it get?

    • uis@lemm.ee
      2·
      9 months ago

      They can just migrate to even more hardcore Russian propaganda outlets.

      RT?