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05-18-2017 , 08:50 AM

Riverman

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Hope there is a hell.

05-18-2017 , 08:56 AM

Mayo

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**** YEAH!!!

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05-18-2017 , 08:58 AM

SuperUberBob

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The world has lost little with his passing.

05-18-2017 , 09:03 AM

daca

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score one for the death panels

05-18-2017 , 09:05 AM

Huskalator

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Seems wrong to rejoice when someone dies. RIP

05-18-2017 , 09:08 AM

AussieJack

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He pulled a Joe Paterno, once they get exposed they end up dying not long after.

05-18-2017 , 09:11 AM

einbert

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https://twitter.com/ChloeAngyal/stat...88551092252672

05-18-2017 , 09:18 AM

Wooders0n

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Good news just keeps on coming in this week

05-18-2017 , 09:19 AM

einbert

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https://twitter.com/xeni/status/865189376195559424

05-18-2017 , 09:23 AM

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This is what freedom feels like ladies.

05-18-2017 , 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by AussieJack

He pulled a Joe Paterno, once they get exposed they end up dying not long after.

Someone should tell this to the scumbag Bill Cosby.

05-18-2017 , 09:25 AM

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He pulled a Joe Paterno, once they get exposed they end up dying not long after.

I remember when Bear Bryant died. I was a kid but I still remember it vividly. He had retired from coaching a mere four weeks earlier. Sometimes these guys just give up on life and pass on once the thing they love most is taken away from them.

Ailes probably preferred death to a meaningless long life of not forcing women to grant him sexual favors in exchange for employment. His heart, mind, body and soul relied on his ability to grab the asses of his female employees and force them to find others willing to acquiesce to his perverted demands. When there ain't no one left to rape, the rapist might as well be dead, Rock.

I hope he finds peace in the afterlife, preferably peace that may be delivered anally and at the end of a heated fireplace poker.

05-18-2017 , 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Huskalator

Seems wrong to rejoice when someone dies. RIP

It's weird but understandable at the same time. These people are pure scum and they get zero comeuppance in life, there's a certain class of people that are just apparently untouchable. They can be pure evil and face no consequences at all. Your only catharsis is to enjoy their final reckoning.

05-18-2017 , 09:28 AM

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For anyone who thinks we should be nice because the guy just died, I get where that instinct comes from. But just take a moment to remember he's the person who created the Fox News culture that has spent the last few days viciously attacking a DNC staffer who was murdered and making his death into some bizarre conspiracy theory that he would have been 100% opposed to in life.

05-18-2017 , 09:29 AM

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einbert

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He also created and built up the Fox News culture which helped get elected President a man who is a vicious sexual predator himself.

05-18-2017 , 09:30 AM

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https://twitter.com/leyawn/status/865194465400692736

05-18-2017 , 09:30 AM

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Given the way things are going, I fully expect to find out by the end of the week that he had extensive Russian ties.

05-18-2017 , 09:36 AM

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tomdemaine

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lol yvesaint wp

05-18-2017 , 09:42 AM

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In actual sad news, Chris Cornell passed away.

05-18-2017 , 09:46 AM

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Kafja

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If someone's life was a huge net negative on the world, I don't see why it would be wrong to be glad they're dead. **** him.

05-18-2017 , 09:51 AM

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Seems wrong to rejoice when someone dies. RIP

https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/865202337899466752

05-18-2017 , 09:53 AM

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This is his legacy, among other things:

How A Fox Affiliate And Contributor Fueled Fringe Conspiracy Theories About Murdered DNC Staffe
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/20...staffer/216478

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A Washington, D.C., Fox News affiliate’s shoddy reporting purposefully validated right-wing conspiracy theories about the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich when the station published unproven claims that Rich directly communicated with WikiLeaks regarding the leaked committee emails published on that site. Following the publication of the Fox 5 DC story, Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Sean Hannity further fueled the conspiracy theories when they retweeted new conspiracies about the Rich story, including a false claim that a Washington Post report on Trump sharing classified information with Russia was published to drown out Fox 5's story.

In a May 15 article and subsequent newscast, Fox 5 DC’s Marina Marraco quoted Rod Wheeler, a private investigator once hired to assist the Rich family’s search for Rich’s killer, who claimed that “a source inside the police department” told him that the department was “‘told to stand down on this case.’” Wheeler also said it was “confirmed” that Rich had links to WikiLeaks. Alex Griswold, a reporter for right-wing publication the Washington Free Beacon, pointed out that Fox 5’s story was “entirely hearsay” and chided the news station for failing to disclose that Wheeler is a vocal Trump supporter and a paid Fox News analyst.

The article was updated on May 16 to include a note that the station had spoken to D.C. police since publication and was told that Wheeler’s claim was false. The Rich family issued a statement saying family members had seen “no facts” and “no evidence” to suggest Rich had worked with WikiLeaks. It also noted that a “third party” paid Wheeler for his investigative work and that he was “contractually … barred from speaking to press.” But the updates came too late to prevent the unsubstantiated claims published in Fox 5 DC’s report from becoming fuel for the right-wing conspiracy theory machine. (Marraco’s article even acknowledged that the claims she was publishing “could prove these theorists right.”)

By the next morning, fringe right-wing media and conspiracy theory websites had run full speed with the false allegations made in the Fox 5 DC article. Breitbart.com ran an article on its home page claiming that Fox’s shoddily sourced article may prove that the hack of DNC emails was “an inside job.” The Drudge Report ran a screaming banner on its site claiming Rich “had contact” with WikiLeaks and linked to the Fox 5 DC article:
The Gateway Pundit published a “BREAKING” piece about the conspiracy theory linking to the Fox 5 DC article. Fringe conspiracy theory sites World News Daily and ZeroHedge also regurgitated the Fox 5 DC article to claim a conspiracy theory. The baseless speculation quickly jumped to more established outlets, as FoxNews.com made it the lead morning story on its website, and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Circa News and Fox News’ Fox & Friends also promoted the story:

Some conspiracy theorists, including InfoWars' Paul Joseph Watson, even spread claims that The Washington Post’s report about President Donald Trump sharing highly classified information with Russian officials was printed to drown out the “bombshell news” story reported by the Fox affiliate. Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Sean Hannity retweeted this false claim. But Washington Post political reporter Dave Weigel set the record straight, noting that the Washington Post story went up before the Fox 5 story was published.

This isn’t the first local news station to lend legitimacy to a fringe conspiracy theory that resembled fake news. In January, a CBS Atlanta affiliate ran a segment promoting the debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory that a Washington pizza parlor was the headquarters of a child sex-trafficking ring involving the Clinton family.

05-18-2017 , 11:02 AM

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Someone should link to the 2p2 thread where the local conservatives were dancing on a left-wing grave, just for comparison sake.

Kudos to the regulars who aren't taking part in the ****show that is this thread so far.

Speaking of people who use their position of power to obtain blowjobs from subordinates...

05-18-2017 , 11:03 AM

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I have never celebrated someone dying...

Until now

YES!

Rot in hell you piece of ****. You have left the world in a significantly worse place thanks to your actions.