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To: Kevin in California
That harkens back to the coverage of Nixon during Watergate. He was doing OK until the conservatives swung against him because of the constant negative bombardment of the "news".

If the social media we have now was available then, the obvious bias of the media would have been questioned like in this matter.

5 posted on 10/10/2019 9:22:06 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

It’s worked well for us and that is a HUGE blow to the companies, who wanted the opposite.

Me, I think fox did it to get a boost in ratings for a night or so.

People tune in out of fear. Not people here maybe, but many others


25 posted on 10/10/2019 9:48:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: pfflier

It took a year and a half of constant negative news coverage with no answer and the 55 MPH speed limit he enacted to bring down Nixon.


40 posted on 10/11/2019 12:15:27 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: pfflier

There also were many “pocketbook issues” going on, IIRC. Arab Embargo, inflation.


57 posted on 10/11/2019 5:31:17 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: pfflier

I recall those days. What Nixon was accused of is essentially choir boy practice compared to what the rats are getting by with today. And yes, the news hammered him to death.

The result was the rats gaining much power over our country that helped enable our cultural change.

Nixon’s war efforts led to a negotiated settlement in Vietnam where we won militarily. Once these asshats got rid of Nixon they defunded the South enabling the North to overrun them. In the meantime the lefties were joyed that we lost our first war, when in reality it was lost politically, not militarily.

In the meantime the rats gave us Roe Vs Wade.

And we go on and on with their victories, especially due to fake news of the era.

You are so correct about the internet media we have now. Just think that if the truth got out back in the 60’s how much better our country would be today.


58 posted on 10/11/2019 5:40:09 AM PDT by redfreedom
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