snip: okay, Star i see every now and then you don't try to steal someone else's quote. What genius said all this?

This serves to (partially) explain why people who get their "news" from Fox are more ignorant about current events than people who don't follow the news at all. Were Fox compelled to be truthful, they'd be forced into silence.

Arizuno wrote on 11/25/12 at 08:19:20:




I used to visit the neighbors. Fox was almost always on. They changed channel when G.Beck came on somewhere else, then, Straight back to Fox.,. Yes, theyre terrifyingly ignorant of what reality is,



Were Fox compelled to be truthful, they'd be forced into silence. [/quote]


No, not at all,, a lot of what they SAY, in the Reporting of Fact  IS factually correct. They get dangerous in their Commentary, where they tell people Why that happened, or How it will play out & why they should be Terrified. We have spec ops teams antagonizing Iran & any time Iran farts or the Palestinians/Hamas lobs a missile at Israel, theyre a Proxy arm of Iran,, OUr media is working overtime to con the sheeple into supporting another "Preemptive strike" to "Protect ahr fraydoms" some more,, & these rubes eat it up..

Must

Fight
Must Protect
Peace..

The Nation needs some UNbiased new reporting, None offer that on TV. Its left or right, none is w/o bias, an agenda driven "news" provider..
The globalists took control of the media decades before any of us were born.

Study shows Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News.

(They needed a "study" to come to this conclusion?)

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Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.

Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government.

Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."

This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics."

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The viewers of Fox "News" are intentionally being misinformed. It is challenge enough to be well informed without being intentionally misled. The nation has been harmed in a tangible way through this right wing propaganda.

Just how bad is it? These Fox dummies are SURE that Obama is going to try to take their guns away. You know, just like Bill and Hillary did. Munitions manufacturers made ginormous profits through a misinformation campaign. I understand there was a second huge surge in ammunition and gun sales after Obama was reelected because he was sure to try to take their guns away in a second term. It's a great gig!

Now they have created a wild conspiracy theory that Obama is going to change the law so he can be elected to a third term. They do not suspect for one moment that they could be the victims of a ruse. Teh stupid, it hurts.

Broadcasting Fox from any Canadian station is prohibitated

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/11/18/fox_crtc041118.html

should we ban you from here from lying which is something you do often?

besides, Canada and free speech ain't what it used to be....

and you never answered this question Star: snip: okay, Star i see every now and then you don't try to steal someone else's quote. What genius said all this?

hahah I love this thread.. so I can tell MY story:

I like computer games... yup I play on the computer. So several years ago Fox did a story on a new game that came out. They brought out two "experts" to comment on the game. The experts agreed, the game was full of sex and violence and should be baned. One of the experts spoke directly to a violent scene in the game.

Except the scene didnt exist.
... and the 'expert" had never seen the game
...oh wait NEITHER expert had spent any time in the game.
One "expert' confessed (in a gaming trade blog)... he made it up, its what the network wanted

So the game maker called Fox out... and Fox's response.. "come on our show and defend your position".. but our story stands.. well except we pulled every mention of it ever being reported and any video we had of it off the web.

When the story first broke.. me and about 400 forum members went and looked at the offending story..(it DID exist) a day later it was gone.. you cant even find that it EVER occurred now.  I NEVER watch Fox... has nothing to do with politics. Fox is an entertaiment station.. and if I want entertainment I watch syfy or History, or TLC, or Discovery.

So you two ( dems and reps) hash out Fox all you want... best I can do .. pretend they do not exist.

I win!!!!    

PS; I dont watch CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, or any other for that matter.  I love what Ronnie said " Trust but verify" ... so pretty much google.  

edit: clean up

PS: I found a separate post about it:

http://www.helium.com/items/818087-how-the-media-is-going-out-of-control