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Fox “News” vs Truth 02/22/2023 |
We are learning that while the Big Lie was being promulgated all over the country by Fox News, riling up the wrath of millions to protest the election, and while state legislators followed up by
passing numerous bills to subvert future elections and make it harder for the poor and minorities to vote, behind the scenes the Fox News Big Shots were actually mocking the very people they were reaching and making fun of the very people they put on air to “interview.” |
People like former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell the pillow guy — one of the biggest sponsors of the network — were mocked by these same interviewers and even by Rupert Murdoch, the man behind the throne of Fox News. | MSNBC analyst
Mehdi Hasan reports on Fox News anchors mocking operatives of the former White House tenant and his Big Lie. |
What are we tempted to sell truth for? Is it ever worth it to abandon Truth for other gods? Around the world, “Truth” is found to be a proper name for Divinity. Christ is said in John’s Gospel to speak thus: “I am the way, the truth and the life.” (The historical Jesus did not talk this way but the early Christians put these words
into his mouth.) The Bhagavad Gita declares that a world without truth is a world without God and in such a world desire alone will
rule. |
John Iadarola of The Damage Report recounts viewer stories of how Fox News conditioned their loved ones to hate. Further accounts follow in the comments. | The desires of Wall Street? And stockholders? Are they to determine for the rest of us what to accept as truth and what not to accept as truth? And such such spiritual heavyweights as Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, Maria
Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Laura Ingram, Tucker Carlson |
and Sean Hannity—are they our spiritual gurus preaching truth? Thomas Aquinas says that “the proper objects of the heart are truth and justice.” It follows that the selling of lies and untruths is bad for our hearts and bodies—just as selling injustice is bad for hearts, bodies, communities of people and other Earth creatures. Fox News is giving us heart-aches and maybe heart attacks and
heart failures. Perhaps Fox News should invite some teachers of the mystics to lead a retreat for all their news announcers on the value of truth. And the dangers of its opposite. And for the captains of other Wall
Street corporations as well. To be continued |
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See Matthew Fox, Naming the Unnameable: 89 Wonderful and Useful Names for God…including the Unnameable God, pp. 41f. And Fox, The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times, pp. 101-109, 65-70. Banner Image: “Separation of News and
Hate.” Poster at the Seattle Rally to Restore Sanity, 2010. Photo by Ali-V on Flickr. |
Queries for Contemplation “Desire alone will rule” when Truth is ignored say the Hindu Scriptures. Is that your experience too? It makes Truth important, doesn’t it? |
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Naming the Unnameable: 89 Wonderful and Useful Names for God
…Including the Unnameable God Too often, notions of God have been used as a means to control and to promote a narrow worldview. In Naming the Unnameable, renowned theologian and author Matthew Fox
ignites our imaginations by offering a colorful range of Divine Names gathered from scientists and poets and mystics past and present, inviting us to always begin where true spirituality begins: from experience. “This book is timely, important and admirably brief; it is also open ended—there are always more names to come, and none
can exhaust God’s nature.” -Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, author of Science Set Free and The Presence of the Past | |
The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard
Times A stunning spiritual handbook drawn from the substantive teachings of Aquinas’ mystical/prophetic genius, offering a sublime roadmap for spirituality and action. Foreword by Ilia Delio. “What a wonderful book! Only Matt Fox could bring to life the wisdom and brilliance of Aquinas with so much creativity. The Tao of Thomas Aquinas is a masterpiece.” –Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit | |
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