The Real Deep State (Part 3/7)
How The Right-Wing Captured America
At the request of several readers, this article is part of a multi-part series exposing the real deep state—the corporate-theocratic machine that has quietly reshaped America for decades. Each part breaks down a different aspect of its power structure, revealing how it operates and how we can dismantle it. This is Part [3/7]
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The Right-Wing Reality Machine: Controlling Perception, Manufacturing Consent
Right-wing dominance isn’t just about courts and legislation—it requires total control of information.
Rush Limbaugh pioneered the formula of rage-based right-wing propaganda, but Fox News, Sinclair Broadcasting, the social media ecosystem, and microbloggers perfected it.
Limbaugh radicalized conservatives through AM radio, training them to reject facts, mock the oppressed, and see every issue as an existential war.
Fox News took that model national, using television, social media, and online platforms to amplify those messages to millions.
Sinclair Broadcasting took it local, ensuring that even small-town news stations became vehicles for right-wing disinformation.
Social media influencers and pseudo-independent networks now customize right-wing propaganda to reach every demographic, disguising their agenda behind different aesthetics, formats, and rhetorical styles.
Microbloggers flood platforms like X (Twitter) with real-time propaganda, manufacturing outrage, flooding feeds with misinformation, and setting the daily talking points for the broader ecosystem.
Together, these forces transformed conservatism from a political movement into a cult of paranoia, resentment, and blind loyalty to power.
Fox News and the Rise of the Extreme Propaganda Networks
Fox News isn’t a news outlet—it’s a political weapon. Launched in 1996 by Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes, Fox was designed from the start to be the media arm of the Republican Party.
For decades, Fox was the undisputed king of right-wing media, dictating conservative narratives, shielding Republican corruption, and ensuring that millions of Americans remained trapped in an alternate reality.
But in recent years, new challengers have emerged—OANN (One America News Network) and Newsmax—pushing Fox even further to the extreme. These networks feed off the most radical factions of the right, serving as an even more unhinged alternative to Fox, ensuring that no lie is too outrageous, no conspiracy too absurd, no rhetoric too dangerous.
Fox’s Lasting Impact:
The Trump Cult: Fox News convinced millions that Trump was infallible, making it impossible for conservatives to question his crimes.
Election Denialism: Fox spread the "Big Lie" about voter fraud, fueling the January 6 insurrection and paving the way for permanent election sabotage.
COVID-19 Disinformation: Fox anchors pushed anti-mask and anti-vaccine hysteria, ridiculed scientists, and spread deadly conspiracy theories—resulting in hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths.
Normalizing Fascism: Fox mainstreamed white nationalist talking points, promoting replacement theory, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and fear-based culture wars—ensuring the radical right now controls the GOP.
Defending Corporate Power: While distracting viewers with culture war outrage, Fox quietly protects billionaires, big business, and Wall Street interests, ensuring that working-class conservatives never question who’s really rigging the system against them.
OANN and Newsmax: The New Extremes of Right-Wing Media
After the 2020 election, Fox faced backlash from its own audience for failing to go far enough in pushing Trump's election fraud lies. Sensing an opportunity, OANN and Newsmax seized the moment—positioning themselves as Fox’s even more extreme alternatives.
Both networks embrace unfiltered conspiracy theories, far-right extremism, and outright propaganda, rejecting even the slightest pretense of journalistic integrity.
OANN (One America News Network):
Amplified QAnon conspiracies, "Big Lie" election fraud claims, and Trump’s most extreme rhetoric.
Became a direct mouthpiece for Trump, even airing speeches that Fox refused to broadcast.
Pushed pro-Putin propaganda and Russian disinformation, going so far that it was removed from DirecTV for spreading too much misinformation.
Newsmax:
Positioned itself as the home for conservatives who believed Fox had "betrayed" Trump.
Promoted election fraud lies with even less restraint than Fox, leading to massive defamation lawsuits.
Became a go-to outlet for disgraced Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, and Sidney Powell to spread unchecked propaganda.
The Radicalization Spiral
The rise of OANN and Newsmax has forced Fox even further right.
Instead of pushing back against these extremists, Fox embraced their radical messaging to avoid losing viewers.
Now, Fox constantly competes with these networks to be the most extreme, the most outrageous, the most unhinged.
The result? A right-wing media ecosystem where the Overton window keeps shifting toward fascism—with no limit on how extreme conservative narratives can become.
Fox created the propaganda machine, but now it’s being outflanked by the monsters it helped create.
Sinclair Broadcasting: The Local Disinformation Machine
While Fox operates at the national level, Sinclair infiltrates local communities.
Sinclair Broadcasting isn’t just another news outlet—it’s a right-wing propaganda syndicate disguised as local journalism.
Sinclair owns or operates nearly 200 local TV stations, reaching 40% of American households. This means that in many areas, people have no alternative to right-wing propaganda on their local news.
Sinclair’s Lasting Impact:
Coordinated Right-Wing Messaging: Sinclair forces all its stations to air corporate-scripted right-wing editorials, even in blue states.
Election Interference: Sinclair stations aired segments defending Trump’s corruption while pushing disinformation about Biden during the 2020 election.
Mandatory Propaganda Segments: In 2018, Sinclair forced all its news anchors to read the exact same script, warning about the dangers of “fake news”—a direct echo of Trump’s talking points. The result was a viral supercut of local stations across the country reciting the same propaganda verbatim, exposing Sinclair’s national control over local newsrooms.
Eliminating Local Journalism: By buying out local TV stations, Sinclair destroys independent reporting and replaces it with corporate-controlled narratives.
Sinclair’s strength is subtlety. Unlike Fox, which openly caters to the right, Sinclair masquerades as neutral, objective local news, making its propaganda far more insidious.
Right-Wing Social Media: Propaganda for Every Audience
In the digital age, propaganda isn’t one-size-fits-all. The right-wing machine understands that different audiences require different packaging, so it has custom-built social media influencers and networks to target every demographic and personality type.
While Fox and Sinclair dominate traditional TV, the right has created a social media empire that covertly pushes the same talking points under different branding.
The Many Faces of Right-Wing Online Propaganda:
The "Well-Groomed" Independent Media Figures (Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Matt Walsh, etc.)
These figures present themselves as rational, intellectual “truth-tellers” who claim to offer independent analysis.
Their content is framed as anti-woke, pro-“facts,” and grounded in logic, but in reality, they’re just Fox News with better production quality and a younger audience.
The Extremist Conspiracists (Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, etc.)
These propagandists push outright conspiracies, from COVID hoaxes to the “Great Replacement” theory.
Their job is to spread extreme ideas first, so that more “respectable” right-wing figures can later mainstream them in watered-down form.
The Fake Centrist "Liberals" (Tim Pool, Jimmy Dore, Glenn Greenwald, etc.)
They pretend to be centrists or even left-leaning but conveniently spend 99% of their time attacking progressives while excusing or downplaying right-wing corruption.
The Microbloggers: The Digital Attack Dogs (Laura Loomer, Catturd2, Jack Posobiec, LibsofTikTok, etc.)
Unlike major social media influencers, these figures primarily operate on X (Twitter) and other microblogging sites, setting daily outrage cycles and flooding feeds with right-wing narratives.
Their role is to amplify GOP messaging in real-time, attack left-wing figures, and manufacture viral disinformation.
The Youth Outreach Wing (Charlie Kirk, TPUSA, PragerU, etc.)
Their job is to recruit young people into right-wing ideology, often by injecting conservative talking points into pop culture, gaming, and social media trends.
The "Diversity Shields" (Candace Owens, Jesse Lee Peterson, etc.)
Their role is to give conservatives cover against accusations of racism or misogyny by having Black, female, or minority figures repeat the same right-wing messaging.
The Casual “I’m Just Asking Questions” Types (Joe Rogan, Russell Brand, etc.)
These figures avoid openly identifying as conservatives but platform far-right talking points and conspiracy theorists under the guise of “just exploring ideas.”
Despite their different aesthetics and rhetorical styles, they all push the same underlying messages:
The left is dangerous and authoritarian.
The right is fighting for freedom and common sense.
Diversity and progressivism are corrupting society.
Conservatives are the real victims.
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A Four-Pronged Strategy for Disinformation and Control
Together, Fox News/OANN/NewsMax, Sinclair Broadcasting, the right-wing social media ecosystem, and microbloggers ensure that propaganda reaches every level of society.
Fox radicalizes the national conservative base, ensuring they’re loyal, outraged, and disconnected from reality.
Sinclair reinforces those same narratives locally, making sure even communities without Fox are still fed right-wing disinformation.
Social media influencers distribute the same messages in different flavors, ensuring that every demographic—from young gamers to suburban moms—gets propaganda tailored to their preferences.
Microbloggers flood real-time platforms, setting daily outrage cycles, testing new narratives, and attacking political opponents.
From Microbloggers to the National Stage: How Lies Are Scaled Up
The right-wing disinformation machine doesn’t just spread lies—it carefully nurtures and amplifies them, testing their effectiveness before pushing them to a national audience.
Many of the biggest right-wing conspiracies don’t start on Fox News—they begin with microbloggers on platforms like X (Twitter), Truth Social, and Telegram. These low-level propagandists test new narratives, gauging engagement, and seeing which lies resonate the most.
Step 1: The Microbloggers Test the Waters
Figures like Laura Loomer, Jack Posobiec, and Catturd2 flood platforms with new conspiracy theories, fake news, and disinformation.
They monitor engagement, retweets, and influencer uptake, seeing which falsehoods gain traction.
If a narrative fails, they drop it and move on. If it catches on, it moves up the chain.
Step 2: Social Media Influencers Pick It Up
Once a narrative has been tested at the microblogger level, it is picked up by YouTube personalities, podcasters, and social media influencers.
Figures like Tim Pool, Charlie Kirk, and Candace Owens start framing the lie as a “controversial but important discussion.”
This legitimizes the falsehood, allowing a wider audience to engage with it without realizing they’re being manipulated.
Step 3: The Lie Goes Mainstream
Once it reaches Daily Wire pundits, Steve Bannon, and the wider right-wing media ecosystem, the lie becomes a “major story” in the conservative bubble.
At this stage, it’s no longer presented as a fringe theory—it’s “breaking news.”
Sinclair stations run local news segments repeating the talking points, reinforcing the narrative across hundreds of U.S. communities.
Step 4: Fox News and Elected Officials Give It Full Legitimacy
By the time Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson (formerly), Sean Hannity, and Jesse Watters pick it up, the story is fully laundered into mainstream conservative discourse.
Republican lawmakers start repeating it on the House floor.
Trump or other top Republicans amplify it in speeches, interviews, or on Truth Social.
At this point, the lie has become “fact” in the conservative universe—it no longer matters whether it’s debunked or disproven, because Fox, Sinclair, and GOP politicians treat it as established truth.
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