The Republican Propaganda Talk Show Hosts Create New History

One of the tools the right wing talk show hosts and writers use it to inject a little fiction into fact, and/or try to make fiction fact. They do this by trying to pass opinions off as fact, and to convince the public they are experts in areas they clearly have no expertise. The result is, after they generate enough force behind their opinions they become in a way factual to the public. Look at what has happened to the word liberal. It has become a bad word. Nobody wants to be called a liberal anymore because it carries such negative connotation.

Here is a link to a video of Ann Coulter getting a history lesson. Very funny.

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I think it is very typical of the Republican right wing to want to rewrite history the way they think it should be.

The former history teacher Bill O'Reilly wants to rewrite our perspective on Thomas Jefferson to better fit the Republican agenda of mixing religion and politics.

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The Republican right has had success speaking as figures of authority on matters they have little knowledge or authority and the public seems to accept what they say. Americans have lost their ability to objectively view anything. Instead they tend to look for people who can "create" at atmosphere, a history, and a culture which completely supports and justifies their point of view.