1.0 link 191771 <![CDATA[Fear-Mongering and the 'Fox Effect']]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/modern-mccarthyism-and-th_b_191771.html Last week, conservative factions within the Republican National Committee circulated an e-mail urging party leadership to brand as a "socialist" anyone who advocates even moderate changes to the government's role in society.

It's clear that the overlords at Fox News Channel already got that memo and decided to ratchet the volume up a notch -- to 11.

According to Politico, RNC member James Bopp Jr. proposed a resolution that would acknowledge that President Obama wants "to restructure American society along...

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