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Originally Posted by winter_
i have been hearing and reading fox news as being a terrible turn off for years. you give me a few examples, because i am a new zealander and have watched a little bit of that channel and thought it was okay. are they really a mouth-piece for the republican party? they shouldn't be.
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Here is just a small list of shit they lied about from 09-2010 covered by John Stewart.
Link has a video from his show for added entertainment value..
http://gawker.com/5814309/jon-stewar...nasty-fox-news
The problem with Fox News and any 24/hr news network, is they actually report very little news. It's mostly just opinion pieces and talk show hoots meant to look as if they were New Reporters sitting on sets that look like a news room.
Fox is just one of the worst offenders, because they Go way overboard picking and choosing the so called news they deliver. Essentially they mislead their viewer base and spoon feed them what they want to hear.. Added to this, they just about never correct their miss statements and outright lies. Even when proven with out a doubt that they have reported something not true they don't retract it,
The reason for this, is because as I said above, they show almost no news but almost 24/7 opinion/gossip. While CNN, MSNBC and other various 24 hr news networks are much the same, they at least retract statements that were misleading or found to be wrong.
Added to this many times Fox News so called guests have been found to be coaxed or outright misleading giving a overall feel that Fox just uses people whom will say what they want them to say, rather than comment on the reality of the subject at hand.
Overall they are right up there with RT on the political propaganda for their favorite team.