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The Ten Most Egregious Fox News Distortions

POSTED BY: Niki2
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NIKI2

Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:08 AM

Fox News has defended itself against administration criticism by saying the White House has confused its pundit shows with its news programs. But the network constantly, misleadingly disparages Obama and his administration in its supposedly straight reporting. Here are the ten of the worst examples
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/the-ten-most-egregious-fo_n_3
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Have fun. If you want some more: http://mediamatters.org/research/200910130047

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GEEZER

Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:44 PM

And of course since Huffingtonpost and Mediamatters are completely, absolutely, totally unbiased...

"Keep the Shiny side up"

ANTHONYT

Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
And of course since Huffingtonpost and Mediamatters are completely, absolutely, totally unbiased...

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Hello Geezer,

Please post your top ten from those sources. I'm not familiar with them, but am interested to learn.

What channel are they on?

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

RIVERLOVE

Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:55 PM

Media Matters is a committed far-left smear group that has been outed and discredited more times than Marian Barry, unless you consider blatant distortion and mis-representation ok in an attempt to discredit your political and cultural enemies. Huffington Post is generally, well, worse. Arianna, dahling, is one smart lady. She's making mega-millions while she gets her hair & nails done. Zsa Zsa would be very proud.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:01 PM

Hey Geezer, what is "unbiased"?

A) Bush lied about the existence of WMD.
B) Bust was right about WMD, we just didn't find the REAL stash yet.
C) Bust didn't have enough reliable intel to make an intelligent decision in the matter.

A & B are clearly biased. Is C, in your opinion? If not, how would you re-write it to exclude bias? I'm really curious here.

The laughing Chrisisall

HKCAVALIER

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:17 PM

In this case, "biased" means "takes the time to find 10 egregious examples of Fox News distorting the facts to promote their right-wing political agenda in their so-called straight reporting." But "bias," Geezer, is not the issue. A purported "news" agency habitually and quite consistently lying to promote a political agenda, never even making a retraction to cover their ass, is.

Please, stay on topic.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

KWICKO

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:28 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
And of course since Huffingtonpost and Mediamatters are completely, absolutely, totally unbiased...

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Are those cable channels?

And I assume you mean that you'd have absolutely no problem with Huffpost or Mediamatters simply inventing "news" out of thin air, or reporting numbers that were off by a factor of anywhere from 10 to 25 times, as Faux did with the tea-bag march on 9/12. Official estimates from the Park Police who oversee such gatherings said that there were around 75,000 in attendance. FauxNews and Glenn Beck claimed TWO MILLION.

I'd say that's a bit beyond "biased", and well into just making shit up to support their interests.

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

KWICKO

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Riverlove:
Media Matters is a committed... smear group that has been outed and discredited more times than Marian Barry...

So you're saying that their standards are higher than Fox's, right?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:37 PM

To ME, "bias" means reporting the facts, and being publically happy or sad at how said facts support or do not support your political agenda(s).
To alter facts in any way for any purpose is just lying. To leave out facts is either unprofessional or LYING BY OMISSION.

Let's call it what it is, K?

The laughing Chrisisall

GEEZER

Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Please post your top ten from those sources. I'm not familiar with them, but am interested to learn.

What channel are they on?

Don't be disingenuous, Anthony.

Fox, Huffington Post and Media Matters are all media outlets. They all bias their coverage to appeal to their audience. If you believe the internet, they all also lie. Google "Fox News lies", "Huffington Post lies" or "Media Matters lies" And you can roll up your own top ten list for any or all of them.

Fox News fans choose to un-critically believe Fox news. From the response here, Huffington Post fans tend to un-critically believe Huffington Post. Both sides accuse the other of lying and being biased. I figure they're both lying and being biased until I convince myself otherwise. I have yet to see any convincing evidence.

"Keep the Shiny side up"