Frum noted the insurrection itself, while Kilgore detected such parallels to interwar fascism as a “foundational” lie (Nazi claims about German sellouts after World War I, Trump supporters’ claims about election theft) and alliances with “reactionary religious interests and radical elements among the police and military veterans.” The concern predates the RNC’s endorsement of violence. Bush speechwriter David Frum and Democratic journalist Ed Kilgore among them-agree that the Trump-appeasing GOP is akin to the European fascists who rose to power between the two world wars. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank dropped the f-word after the Republican National Committee (RNC) on February 4 declared the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol “legitimate political discourse.” The RNC also censured US Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for serving on the House committee investigating the Capitol attack. More accurate words exist for such a person.
While espousing this garbage is a business model for these channels, it has massive impacts on Americans – many of whom are living in a conspiracy theory that they have been tricked into thinking is the real world.“To call a person who endorses violence against the duly elected government a ‘Republican’ is itself Orwellian. The Point : The rise of far-right channels like OAN and Newsmax has led to a massive amount of disinformation flowing through American democracy.
(Overall, 15% of people believe the Satan-worshipping thing, 20% believe a storm is coming and 15% think violence may be necessary to save the country.) Still not great! But slightly less terrifying than the numbers among those who trust OAN and Newsmax most. One in 4 (27%) say violence may be necessary to save the country. Less than 1 in 5 (18%) say the government and media are “controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles.” One in 3 say a “storm” is coming to sweep out elites. Now compare the numbers on those same questions among people who say they trust Fox News most. Worth noting: QAnon has as its central tenet that Trump was installed as president by the military and would eventually arrest major Democratic figures for sex crimes. * More than 4 in 10 say they agree that “because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.”Īll three of those statements are beliefs held by the QAnon conspiracy movement, which has been completely and thoroughly debunked any number of times. * Almost half (48%) believe that “there is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” * Four in 10 (40%) agree with the statement that “the government, media, and financial worlds in the US are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation.” But a new PRRI national poll shows how corrosive the creation of a media subservient to Trump (and the various conspiracy theories that have grown up around him/he has helped stoke) is for the body politic.Īmong those respondents who say they most trust far-right news organizations: Trump, in his final year or so, would regularly call out Fox News for its lack of total fealty to him – and urge his supporters to go somewhere (like OAN and Newsmax) where they could get nothing but good news on him and his presidency.
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One of the many noxious developments of Donald Trump’s presidency was the rise of several cable TV outlets that aimed to out-Fox Fox News.Īs in, Fox News wasn’t Trump-y enough, so more pro-Trump alternatives were required, with Newsmax and OAN emerging as the preferred options.
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