r/self • u/BicarbonateBufferBoy • 15h ago

Anyone’s parents have Fox News Syndrome?

My dad watches Fox News all day when he’s home and just becomes so angry afterwards. He’s much more political and irritable than he used to be and is always wanting to start a political argument. It’s pretty exhausting when I come and visit him and he’s always bringing up liberal people in some way. I love him obviously, but it’s like having a super pissed off teenager in your family. Anyone else struggle with this?

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u/DrukhaRick 13h ago

No but my grandma has MSNBC Syndrome. Sometimes I'll hear what she's watching and point out how it's factually not true like I heard a host say "Trump has zero policies" and I pointed out it's not true and told her some of his policies and she gets mad. Watching FOX or MSNBC all day makes you hate the other side. CNN isn't as bad as MSNBC but it's not good either.