IQ Test

“Fox News’ greatest achievement is also its most despicable: it pioneered modern fear-mongering, leveraging bloviation, false equivalencies, reverse-spin, and plain ol’ lying to Keep America Stupid and scared of everything from gays to Muslims, feminism to gun control, a black president to improved women’s rights. It’s the ‘Sharknado’ of media, the shiv in the gut of intellectual curiosity. Its demise would raise the national IQ 50 points, instantly.”

—Mark Morford, columnist, “Good riddance, Confederate flag. Now here’s five more toxic symbols America can do without,” SFGate.com, June 26, 2015.

• Editorial Comment: Must be a Rachel Maddow fan.

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