# John Gibson fo Fox Nwes, a Class Act in the War on Christmas.

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**Created:** [December 22, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-gibson-fo-fox-nwes-a-class-act-in-the-war-on-christmas/336864 "2005-12-22T21:25:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-gibson-fo-fox-nwes-a-class-act-in-the-war-on-christmas/336864/101 "2005-12-26T02:33:52Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> For better or worse (_I am inclined to see it as the latter_), Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton long ago proved that there is no substance to that statement.

Hmmmm I see your point. Let’s say with a few qualifiers. The main one being that those listening have to want to hear the truth. In this case I was refering more specifically to journalists. If someone who presents themselves as some kind of reporter is caught lieing about details with no apology or correction several tmes. That’s gotta mean something. One thing I see now is that the White House and the media seem to rely on the fact that most people will never do any checking and will believe and be heavily influenced by anything they hear repeated a few times on TV.

Unfortunatly there is some factual basis for that belief.

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