Recent lies on Fox: " Hillary releases bad info on Obama"
" Kidnap victim enjoyed being held captive."
" 9/11 TV movie blaming Clinton is fact"
The lies go on and on. Do people believe these lies?
2007-01-31 06:41:47 · 19 answers · asked by itsdabigbadwolf 3 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I'm not talking about the right wing opinion Fox spews out night after night. I'm talking about the baseless lies and misinformation they spread.
2007-01-31 06:56:29 · update #1
Bill O'Reilly Quote : "The situation here, for this kid, looks to me to be a lot more fun than what he had under his 'old' parents. He didn't have to go to school, he could run around and do whatever he wanted, ... And I think, when it all comes down, what's gonna happen is, there was an element here that this kid liked about his circumstances".
Steve Douchey Quote : The Hillary/Obama thing "was gonna be HUGE!"
2007-01-31 10:28:00 · update #2
John Gibson didn't start the Hillary/Obama story. It was spread by Steve Douchey on the "Faux and Fiends" morning show and all the other fox hacks (Gibson, O'reilly, Hume,Hannity) ran with it until it was reported to be false. John Moody, their Boss had to publicly scold them and he stated " They really didn't know what they were talking about."
sources.. http://www.newshounds.us/
2007-01-31 10:36:10 · update #3
Do people actually CARE about what Fox Noise has to say.
It is just tabloid gossip, so yes there are people out there so stupid that they believe that crap, and that people are having alien babies.
2007-01-31 06:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by cajohnson667 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do you have any documentation that any of these things were ever said on Fox News, particularly during a _news_ (as opposed to opinion/debate/roundtable) broadcast? I'm willing to bet that you don't watch Fox News, that you didn't actually hear/see any of these things, and that you're taking the word of someone else whohas an agenda of his/her own to push and is likely telling only part of the story. (I saw about 3 minutes of Keith Olbermann's show the other day, and he was reporting these same items and using the same nickname for FNC, so I'm guessing that's where you got your info.)
Also, assuming that those headlines/quotes were actually broadcast as news, do you have information which contradicts those claims? Remember that something is only a lie if it is not true, not if you don't like the information.
***By the way, I just looked up the kidnap victim claim. It turns out that the statements in question were stated specifically _as opinions_ by Bill O'Reilly, who is a pundit, _not_ a news anchor. He was theorizing that perhaps recently rescued kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck enjoyed his captivity because his abductor didn't make him go to school or do the other chore-type things kids usually hate. O'Reilly was pointing out, among other things, that he doesn't believe in Stockholm syndrome. You may disagree with him (I do, by the way), but he didn't state anything as a fact, nor is he considered a news reporter.
***Looked up the Hillary-Obama thing. It was a news (or, at least, newsmagazine) report that was based on an article posted on the website of Insight Magazine. John Gibson, who reported the story, indicated clearly that the report was hearsay. Maybe it's irresponsible to rush to air/press with hearsay, but it's also incredibly common in the current landscape of political journalism.
***Did the fact-checking you didn't do on the "Path to 9/11" movie. FNC reported that _ABC producers_ told them that the movie was based solely on the 9/11 Commission report. That's so far away from what you posted as to make it almost entirely unrecognizable.
By the way, all of the info I just gathered here (except for the Hillary-Obama deal, where I was able to get a transcript of the show from FNC's website) I got from anti-FNC sites, so don't bother telling me how that I'm getting my story from right-wing hacks. Next time, maybe you can try getting the whole story rather than blindly following your herders and being made into lamb chops.
2007-01-31 07:24:40 · answer #2 · answered by bgdddymtty 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is look everything up on the internet both sides of the issues and decide what seems right on each side of the issues and don't be biased or closed minded.
If you really knew the truth it would be worse on both sides conservatives and liberals. BOTH sides (FOX -CNN...) are lying and covering up things.
They get away with it because we are too busy fighting over which side is right rather than looking at both sides of things without our preconceived ideas influencing us.
Look at how the liberal media says our troops are uneducated and don't want to be in Iraq.
Foley molesting a teen page (turned out to be some emails, yet many democrat senators HAVE been guilty of this and no consequences).
2007-01-31 07:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by sapphire_630 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, unfortunatly people do. What people fail to realize is that News is a business. They need to make money so they need to come up with News stories that no other news outfit has.
They have a motto of " Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story " All the news stations, not just Fox are full of crap and report on things they know nothing about, but they report on it like they have all the inside info from thier supposed "Anonymous Sources"
2007-01-31 06:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You didn't hear any of these things on Fox News. A left-wing source TOLD you these things were said on Fox.
So the question really is: "Why do people choose to believe the lies told about Fox news?"
2007-01-31 08:04:53 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Although, I am not informed on those topics, the answer is yes.
Many many people take everything Fox says as fact. But to be fair, the same goes for the New York Times.
At what point in time did persuasiveness and truth become incompatible with each other?
2007-01-31 06:53:51 · answer #6 · answered by Marcus S 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes - as much as they believe the lies on MS-NBC, CBS, ABC and all the other news networks.
Please note: News is essentially politicially driven. Just like the Politicians who practice lies to perfection .... get a clue. Are you clueless about the facts of life??? This is news to you?
Its not a matter of who lies - but who lies less. Kapeesh?
2007-01-31 06:56:37 · answer #7 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy fox news. Although every news has some bias, I find Fox is closest to objectivity leaning only slightly in my own direction.
2007-01-31 06:55:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, most Americans have no interest in doing their own independent research when it comes to news.
As long as Fox (alledged) News keeps using the techniques they are using over the air, then people will still swallow their crap, hook, line, and sinker!
2007-01-31 06:52:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Sadly, yes, a number equal to the remaining Bush supporters, I imagine.
I prefer LinkTV and DemocracyNow!, it's "pundit-free", for information.
www.linktv.org
www.democracynow.org
2007-01-31 07:52:35 · answer #10 · answered by S. B. 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋