I remember the first time I watched Fox News. I was a young man back then; I had recently graduated from college and had landed a job with a good salary. I was also engaged to my college sweetheart. Prior, I would only watch Fox News in passing. My friends and I would laugh at the mudslinging tactics from the news anchors and their vapid policies. I was also a registered Democrat.
One day...that all changed.
One night, I was flipping through the channels on the TV and I happened to stop on Fox News. The remote was suddenly out of batteries so I could not change the channel. Much as I regret to this day, I was lazy to turn off the TV and just sat back and imbibed the rhetoric from the Fox News. I laughed for the first few minutes, but slowly found myself nodding my head and my grin dissipated. Suddenly, the whole world changed for me. Different universes began to unfold before my very eyes. I became addicted to Fox News. In the days when my fiance was not home, I would clandestinely tune in to Fox and became brain washed. Increasingly, I started to have a more cynical outlook towards life and started to shun those closest to me. I took to cigarettes. I became increasingly short tempered and hostile towards my liberal friends and even my fiance. My performance at my job started to decline since instead of working, I would be listening to Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove.I would be printing Bush/Cheney posters from the office printer and posted them around the office. I started to share Alex Jone's conspiracy theories with my coworkers who were very much taken aback. Eventually, my boss told me he had to let me go.
My fiance left me. My friends deserted me. I lost my job. I could not afford to pay my mortgage and was left on the streets. Nonetheless, I would go by my local Sears everyday to the TV section and switch on Fox news. After a couple weeks, the salesman caught on to what I was doing and threatened to call security.
After many years of traveling the country and thinking over my life, I am frustrated at why this happened to me. I was in the prime of my youth and had everything: a home, a good job, and great friends, and was engaged to the love of my life. My former fiance has now moved far ahead in her life and is married with two kids. I had allowed Fox News to bring to surface the dark side of my subconscious and allowed me to become someone who I was not.
Today, I am proud to say that I have gone 37 months without watching Fox News or tuning into any right-wing propaganda for that matter. I relapsed initially, but it gradually got better overtime. I wanted to share my story so that none of you makes the mistake I regret to this day.
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https://youtu.be/C4CUvZF2YO8
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I remember the first time I
I remember the first time I watched Fox News. I was a young man back then; I had recently graduated from college and had landed a job with a good salary. I was also engaged to my college sweetheart. Prior, I would only watch Fox News in passing. My friends and I would laugh at the mudslinging tactics from the news anchors and their vapid policies. I was also a registered Democrat.
One day...that all changed.
One night, I was flipping through the channels on the TV and I happened to stop on Fox News. The remote was suddenly out of batteries so I could not change the channel. Much as I regret to this day, I was lazy to turn off the TV and just sat back and imbibed the rhetoric from the Fox News. I laughed for the first few minutes, but slowly found myself nodding my head and my grin dissipated. Suddenly, the whole world changed for me. Different universes began to unfold before my very eyes. I became addicted to Fox News. In the days when my fiance was not home, I would clandestinely tune in to Fox and became brain washed. Increasingly, I started to have a more cynical outlook towards life and started to shun those closest to me. I took to cigarettes. I became increasingly short tempered and hostile towards my liberal friends and even my fiance. My performance at my job started to decline since instead of working, I would be listening to Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove.I would be printing Bush/Cheney posters from the office printer and posted them around the office. I started to share Alex Jone's conspiracy theories with my coworkers who were very much taken aback. Eventually, my boss told me he had to let me go.
My fiance left me. My friends deserted me. I lost my job. I could not afford to pay my mortgage and was left on the streets. Nonetheless, I would go by my local Sears everyday to the TV section and switch on Fox news. After a couple weeks, the salesman caught on to what I was doing and threatened to call security.
After many years of traveling the country and thinking over my life, I am frustrated at why this happened to me. I was in the prime of my youth and had everything: a home, a good job, and great friends, and was engaged to the love of my life. My former fiance has now moved far ahead in her life and is married with two kids. I had allowed Fox News to bring to surface the dark side of my subconscious and allowed me to become someone who I was not.
Today, I am proud to say that I have gone 37 months without watching Fox News or tuning into any right-wing propaganda for that matter. I relapsed initially, but it gradually got better overtime. I wanted to share my story so that none of you makes the mistake I regret to this day.
God bless. .
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They were playing Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Fox News? On a continuous loop for days and weeks?
https://youtu.be/v_c9x7p44s4
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^ Redemption Song
Joy - Life's lessons can be a mutherfucker. Sounds like you found your ,,,
Redemption Song
May your rebound be higher than than you can imagine
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if that's sarcasm joy, it's
if that's sarcasm joy, it's strong work...
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https://youtu.be/wKCKaVn1v8A
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Joy, the ladies on that
Joy, the ladies on that channel look hot.
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The show from '79 was much
The show from '79 was much better.
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Have any of u burn outs even
Have any of u burnouts even read any le Carré?