Good morning, PLAYING US FOR FOOLS If it wasn’t already clear, Fox News and its fellow-travelers have been playing the Republican base, and anyone else crazy enough to watch, for fools. Recent revelations in the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox for defamation uncovered what we probably all knew about the Fox News entertainers in the prime time block. Emails and texts from Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity confirm that they didn’t believe the ridiculous, unfounded claims of former President Trump regarding the purported “stolen” election. Yet, they continued to spew what they knew were lies, in the hopes of maintaining their ratings. Here’s what Laura Ingraham said, “No serious lawyer could believe what they were saying.” Or how about Tucker Carlson on the claims against Dominion Voting Systems: “The software shit is absurd.” And Carlson’s producer to him: “I don’t think there is evidence of voter fraud that swung the election.”
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