Fox: Deliberate Misinformation

[uscitizen]

As it pertains to the news...I would say yes.

Why? Why would popularity automatically grant credibility? How does a large audience equate to quality?

I suugest you review the poll. The poll asks WHY.....
The reason they were favored was they are found to have the mpost accurate and fair news reporting.

Of course the people watching Fox would say that.



Do you actually think they would say they watch a deceptive news source?

 

[rightwinger]

Huffington cornered Ailes early, asking if he was concerned with the hateful and inciteful rhetoric of Glenn Beck. Isn’t Ailes worried when his Fox firebrand uses inflammatory words like “slaughter” and “killing spree” in relation to Obama and the Democrats? Huffington asked. Ailes said, “He was talking about Hitler and Stalin.” When she pressed further, insisting Beck was in fact, talking about the Obama administration, Ailes, remaining as calm as he is corpulent, said, ” we can’t be the word police.”

Or apparently the fact police. HUFFINGTON POST has fact checked Ailes contention and–surprise–he’s wrong. Beck specifically took aim at the Obama administration in October 2009, warning of a killing spree: “Spread the wealth–hello, Mao– this is what this is all about– and anybody not on board, look out, because you could be the next victim of the killing spree.” And in November 2009, the Beckster warned of the impending slaughter: “These people ( Obama administration/Democrats) are taking you to a place to be slaughtered.”

Battle of Titans: Huffington vs. Ailes Shakes Up Walters on ABC | NEWS JUNKIE POST

 

[rayboyusmc]

Fox is not a news media. It is a political commentary media. It is the only major cable news that is owned by one person like Rupert whose sole purpose is to make money spreading his conservative view.s

I don't give a shit if he is consevative or liberal, but I detest the fact that they simply won't state the truth that they are there to push the current Republican agenda.

To keep pushing the lie that it is fair and balanced is a indication of how weak that argument is.

 

[Oldandtired]

Why? Why would popularity automatically grant credibility? How does a large audience equate to quality?

I suugest you review the poll. The poll asks WHY.....
The reason they were favored was they are found to have the mpost accurate and fair news reporting.

Of course the people watching Fox would say that.



Do you actually think they would say they watch a deceptive news source?

You truly must be an idiot....

THAT IS WHY 49% OF THE PEOPLE WATCH FOX

You supported my point you moron.

 

[uscitizen]

I suugest you review the poll. The poll asks WHY.....
The reason they were favored was they are found to have the mpost accurate and fair news reporting.

Of course the people watching Fox would say that.



Do you actually think they would say they watch a deceptive news source?

You truly must be an idiot....

THAT IS WHY 49% OF THE PEOPLE WATCH FOX

You supported my point you moron.

But earlier I said most people seem to like to be told what to think and how to act.
That explains the viewership.
Why they defend their viewership is my last post on this.

 

[masquerade]

Why? What basis do you find to make this claim true?

Mathematics.

COMMON SENSE!!!

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

 

[Murf76]

"Fah-fa-fa-fa-fa-F-OX!!! ... Fah-fa-fa-fa-fa-F-OX!!!"

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Seriously, with all the ruffled feathers and hysterical squawking... one would think the fox truly had broken into the henhouse.





Masquerade is right... the free market says... 'That there is QUALITY'. People vote with their dollars. And when it comes to television, they vote with their viewership. Consumers don't typically select poor quality merchandise.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

FOX: 'Deliberate misinformation'? - THE WEEK

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman accused Fox News of spreading "deliberate misinformation" about the health-care reform bill and other important issues -- and he made the complaint directly to Fox News CEO Roger Ailes. Krugman, appearing with Ailes and others on a ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, said that the bill was actually a Republican plan, first championed by Mitt Romney, but many people don't realize that because Fox News has tried to convince people it was socialism. Ailes said "the American people are not stupid," and if they're confused about the health plan it's because the bill's supporters tried to "hide" elements the public wouldn't like in a 2,000 page bill. Does Fox News try to get at the truth -- or does it intentionally mislead its viewers?

Considering Roger Ailes is a master manipulator and image distiller, of legendary proportions (I along with others am in awe of his accomplishments and skills), it should be no surprise to those with half a brain and an ounce of critical thinking skills to see the obvious.

I understand tha many folks who watch FOX NEWS are ignorantly unaware of it's mission and agenda. I also understand that many who are can become intellectually lazy and complascent when swallowing a regular diet of FOX News....but to excuse all these folks would be a disservice to intellectual honesty and truth, justice and the American way. FOX NEWS is a propaganda arm of the right, that also happens to cover real news stories...many times in an unbiased way. Their commentators are pure right wing tools.

 

[rightwinger]

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

Attack at will...

Provide specific examples where other networks mislead the public and we can talk about it. The reason Fox is constantly attacked is because they do not maintain the journalistic standards of legitimate news networks.

 

[Oldandtired]

Mathematics.

COMMON SENSE!!!

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

They are afraid of the truth.

 

[uscitizen]

LMAO

funny thread.

 

[masquerade]

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

They are afraid of the truth.

Amen!

 

[Nosmo King]

Mathematics.

COMMON SENSE!!!

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

 

[masquerade]

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

If the folks didn't like what they were hearing, or the reporters / commentators bringing them what they are listening to, then they would tune out. Change the channel and watch something more to thier taste. It's pretty common sense to me. The numbers = the folks interested in what is being said. The truth. Period.

Nice talking with you today.
You and a few others in this thread have kept me thoroughly entertained and made my morning fly by! One minute closer to the evening news on FOX!

 

[Oldandtired]

Okay. Using you 'common sense' the claims of the Nazi regime were accurate and credible because of the popularity of those claims. Using your common sense, The Beverley Hillbillies was a high quality show simply because it had large audiences. Using your common sense, the National Inquirer is a more credible newspaper than the Fresno Bee due to its large circulation.

Do you care to rethink your argument, or should I continue to give you examples?

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

Another moron who refuses to read the actual questions IN THE POLL that specifically ask WHY they watch the news they watch.

 

[Nosmo King]

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

If the folks didn't like what they were hearing, or the reporters / commentators bringing them what they are listening to, then they would tune out. Change the channel and watch something more to thier taste. It's pretty common sense to me. The numbers = the folks interested in what is being said. The truth. Period.

Nice talking with you today.
You and a few others in this thread have kept me thoroughly entertained and made my morning fly by! One minute closer to the evening news on FOX!

Liking what you hear and the truth are not the same thing! I think you are a brilliant logician. You like to hear that, don't you?

The check's in the mail.

I'll still respect you in the morning.

Fox News...Fair and Balanced.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I love the latest Librul Talking Point: ObamaCare is really a Republican Plan.

Libs are the biggest fucking liars on the planet, because first of all, they are Marxists

 

[bobbcat]

We all KNOW that the poor misunderstood Republicans had nothing at all to do with the health care bills difficulties....

In case you have not noticed, the Dems have had the majority sizable enough to forge ahead with the bill without any participation by the Pubs whatsoever. The bill's difficulty is rooted in conflicts within the Dems' own party, as they have allowed virtually no input from the Pubs during the more intensive (and significant) sessions of debate and discussion about the bill.

 

[Nosmo King]

Oh no, don't bother giving me more examples. You and I will never agree on this issue. Period. And I grow tired of going around and around with you about this. The American people want to hear the stories they would never hear on the lame stream media. The want discussion from BOTH sides. Just a couple of reasons why the ratings are soaring for FOX. But you will never see that.

Funny y'know ... we never see an attack on any of the other news organizations like we do with FOX. Why? Because the liberals and the current administration are afraid of FOX News.

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

Another moron who refuses to read the actual questions IN THE POLL that specifically ask WHY they watch the news they watch.

The question is: does popularity equate to truth and credibility. Nothing at all to do with any poll. I never cited a poll, never.

And I'm a moron!

 

[Oldandtired]

No. I don't know anyone who "fears" Fox News. I don't know anyone who "fears" Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or the addict Limbaugh. "Fear" is a construct of Right Wingers who rationalize that way. Criticism=Fear.

And, if your 'common sense' was actually common sense, you would realize the essential flaw in your logic. By the way you rationalize Fox's credibility being due to its popularity would be as if you argued Beyonce makes better music than Mozart due to iTunes receipts.

Another moron who refuses to read the actual questions IN THE POLL that specifically ask WHY they watch the news they watch.

The question is: does popularity equate to truth and credibility. Nothing at all to do with any poll. I never cited a poll, never.

And I'm a moron!

The poll fist asked what news you preferring asking and then asked WHY they preferr watching that particular news channel.

The answer was overwhelimingly "credibility and accuracy"