I always wonder what they're thinking. Does it feel like you're surrounded by snarlinf predators? Because real human communities aren't supposed to be like that. Do they think their deeds will spare them when it comes time to enact the white supremacy? History shows it never does.
"Better to be the right hand of the devil, than in his path."
If we're to assume rational behavior, this is about resignation and making the most about (what is believed to be) an impossible situation. So, cynicism and pessimism. But yeah, simple greed and sheer stupidity could also be the case.
There is a semantic difference between “untruth” (or “falsity”), and “lie”. Lies are intentional, so untruths are the bigger category. Obviously, in the case of Trump, most of the untrue things he says are intentional, but I’m sure a lot are also just garden variety ignorance.
Man, those lawsuits must have really traumatized them for them to have changed their behavior this much. Love to see it though maybe Faux will be slightly less trash now.
The difference will be that they'll put more effort into this. More "Wow. There is a lot to unpack there. Here is what The President is teaching us when he says this". Spin it as 4D chess where lowly peasants can't truly understand the wisdom.
If you think the main goal of FOX News is money, you're missing the point. If FOX really cared about money, they wouldn't have folded so easily w/ Dominion.
The money is just a nice side-effect of the disinformation.