Quote:
Originally posted by justamom
DZRose! I could quote you all through this thread! 100% in agreement!
Headlines and news rags like this should be identified as what they are IMHO, EDITORIALS PRESENTED AS NEWS! Anyone can write anything they want and screw with the numbers to SAY anything they want. Too bad FOX is a voice that they want killed.
There ARE people in this world who actually think about things and follow their beliefs BECAUSE they believe......NOT just because it's "popular" at the moment. Let's face it-Liberalism is the "cool" Hollywood attitude. Want to be a rebel-real anti establishment? Watch FOX.
The previous statement was an emotional outburst due to pressure brought on by wisdom teeth extraction and a BOYFRIEND (who she really likes) brought home for a "visit". It in no way reflects the way justamom may feel tomorrow.
|
I think the numbers are probably quite accurate -- but I think the article is twisting around the information. They presented it as "People who watch Fox news are more inclined to support the war." In reality it's more like, "People who support the war are more inclined to watch Fox News."
It would be interesting to see if Fox had substantially more reports supporting these myths than, say, the newspapers -- I'm not sure the number would be THAT far apart (the major difference that I noticed this spring was that Fox and some of the major news networks would say things like "The WMDs have been found" whereas the newspapers would refer to them as "Barrels supposedly containing WMDs". I think the difference is that conservatives would tend to believe reports that support their viewpoint (example: "The WMDs have been found") whereas liberals will tend to say, "Okay, let's wait until tomorrow and see if they actually contain anything dangerous." The liberals were waiting for the follow-up report, which came a few days later and said "So actually, there weren't any WMDs in those barrels." The conservatives were not.
I do think that Fox News had a MAJOR problem with reporting things too soon before they had even been confirmed and then NOT reporting much when these "findings" were denounced -- but this is a problem all over the TV news, not just at Fox. The newspapers and magazines didn't have as much of a problem with this because they have time to edit articles when what's assumed to be true is proved false. Not so much with TV.
Now go take care of those wisdom teeth.
