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http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20110523
I was about to ask "is it really this bad?"
And then I realised the obviousness of the answer...
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20110523
> I was about to ask "is it really this bad?"
> And then I realised the obviousness of the answer...
You know that a news channel is really bad when even foreigners are aware
of how bad and biased it is.
--
- Warp
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>> I was about to ask "is it really this bad?"
>
>> And then I realised the obviousness of the answer...
>
> You know that a news channel is really bad when even foreigners are aware
> of how bad and biased it is.
Actually I know nothing about Fox. I was operating more along the lines
of "if their 'news' as the same level of factual accuracy as most of the
media coverage in my country, they can't be very accurate..."
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On 31/05/2011 8:58 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> I was about to ask "is it really this bad?"
>>
>>> And then I realised the obviousness of the answer...
>>
>> You know that a news channel is really bad when even foreigners are aware
>> of how bad and biased it is.
>
> Actually I know nothing about Fox. I was operating more along the lines
> of "if their 'news' as the same level of factual accuracy as most of the
> media coverage in my country, they can't be very accurate..."
From my understanding, Fox News is very accurate because they get it
directly from God.:-P
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Regards
Stephen
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Am 31.05.2011 12:34, schrieb Stephen:
> From my understanding, Fox News is very accurate because they get it
> directly from God.:-P
Ah - so it /is/ hearsay after all :-)
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On 31/05/2011 12:02 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 31.05.2011 12:34, schrieb Stephen:
>
>> From my understanding, Fox News is very accurate because they get it
>> directly from God.:-P
>
> Ah - so it /is/ hearsay after all :-)
No, Hearsay. ;-)
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Regards
Stephen
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>>> I was about to ask "is it really this bad?"
>>
>>> And then I realised the obviousness of the answer...
>>
>> You know that a news channel is really bad when even foreigners are aware
>> of how bad and biased it is.
>
> Actually I know nothing about Fox. I was operating more along the lines
> of "if their 'news' as the same level of factual accuracy as most of the
> media coverage in my country, they can't be very accurate..."
FOX News and the FOX network are two different beasts.
FOX News has a definite conservative bias and will either ignore or
distort facts that go against their narrative. They will also make
ludicrous assertions and end them with a question mark, such as "Is
Obama a secret communist?" to hide behind the excuse of "hey! we're only
asking questions..." A few years ago, one reporter refused to report
something that he felt was factually incorrect and he was fired. He
sued for wrongful dismisal and lost. The case was appealed all the way
to the Supreme Court and they ruled that FOX News was under no
obligation to tell the truth under the free speech clause of the 1st
amendment of the the US Constitution.
Meanwhile, the FOX network airs shows that are considered edgy and often
ruffle the feathers of the more conservative listeners.
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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 31/05/2011 12:02 PM, clipka wrote:
> > Am 31.05.2011 12:34, schrieb Stephen:
> >
> >> From my understanding, Fox News is very accurate because they get it
> >> directly from God.:-P
> >
> > Ah - so it /is/ hearsay after all :-)
>
> No, Hearsay. ;-)
>
> --
> Regards
> Stephen
Hearsay/Heresy... to-MAY-to/to-MAH-to ;-)
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On 31/05/2011 13:42, Francois Labreque wrote:
> A few years ago, one reporter refused to report
> something that he felt was factually incorrect and he was fired. He sued
> for wrongful dismisal and lost. The case was appealed all the way to the
> Supreme Court and they ruled that FOX News was under no obligation to
> tell the truth under the free speech clause of the 1st amendment of the
> the US Constitution.
Now here's a peculiar thing. Many people seem to hold the opinion that
"the media" publishes news as a service to the public, so that we can
all live in an informed democracy. They seem to regard the media as the
sacred guardians of of the Holy Truth, and speak about journalistic
freedom as being vital to our existence and so forth.
As far as I can tell, this point of view has no basis in reality. I can
find no evidence of any law requiring them to tell the truth, or
anything remotely resembling the truth. [This presumably varies by
country.] The various media companies are [in general] not public
services, but commercial entities. By definition, their only purpose for
existing is to generate a profit. They are not /required/ to tell the
truth and they have no /incentive/ to tell the truth.
And yet... the majority of people seem to assume that the media always
tells the truth, with only slight exaggerations or inaccuracies. This
makes no sense to me.
(Think about it: On any given day, what *really* happened in the world
today is probably pretty boring. Far less attention-grabbing than
whatever fictional nonsense you would make up off the top of your head.
So which version of reality are you gonna print, given that you want to
sell the maximum number of copies?)
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Am 31.05.2011 13:20, schrieb Stephen:
>>> From my understanding, Fox News is very accurate because they get it
>>> directly from God.:-P
>>
>> Ah - so it /is/ hearsay after all :-)
>
> No, Hearsay. ;-)
To be read with Scottish dialect I guess :-P
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