Give me an example article that shows propaganda or lies that FOX sells? DETAILS!?

Question

Can I have a link to this article as well?

"I don't watch FOX because it sells propaganda" is not an answer though. That just means you're ignorant... Look it up.

Robert... Nice link. That's where I get my news.

Riddler: They talk of coincidence in that video.. Is it not also a coincidence that it just so happens to be one of the top rivals of FOX that is broadcasting this report?

Map: Unaware or uninformed.

If someone comes on and starts spatting that FOX is blah blah whatever, but can give no reason why they feel that way... I would think them as unaware... Wouldn't you?

Lacking education or knowledge.

Or lets say they can't give a link because they are lacking education in the field of actually being able to prove their point.

I used it within two definitions... So can you explain to me how I used it wrong?

Answer 1

Fox News has been the target of accusations that it promotes a particular point of view at the expense of neutrality. These criticisms most commonly allege a conservative bias, and cite various polls which suggest a bias within Fox News. According to the results of a 2006 study by The Project for Excellence in Journalism, the network is seen by some critics and observers as advocating conservative political positions. Murdoch and other personalities have denied allegations of bias vehemently. A prominent critic of Fox is the Democratic National Committee, which has labeled Fox News a "rightwing outlet".

CNN's Larry King said in a Jan. 17, 2007 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, "They're a Republican brand. They're an extension of the Republican Party with some exceptions, [like] Greta van Susteren. But I don't begrudge them that. [Fox CEO] Roger Ailes is an old friend. They've been nice to me. They've said some very nice things about me. Not [Bill] O'Reilly, but I don't watch him."

These issues and others are addressed in the 2004 documentary, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. This documentary looks into the allegations of bias in Fox News reporting. In 2007, MSNBC Countdown anchor Keith Olbermann mocked them by first renaming the channel "Fox Nothing Channel", saying that they have nothing, then renamed it the next day as "Fox Noise Channel", in which he has used ever since.

Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Republican and conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg admitted his belief that Fox News was biased: "Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its story selection (which is fine by me) and elsewhere. But it's worth remembering that Fox is less a bastion of ideological conservatism and more a populist, tabloidy network."

Discredited military & counterterrorism editor
On April 29, 2002, The New York Times ran an article entitled "At Fox News, the Colonel Who Wasn't" by Jim Rutenberg,[31] revealing that Joseph A. Cafasso, whom Fox had employed for four months as a Military and Counterterrorism Editor, had bogus military credentials.

Cafasso makes a 15 second appearance making pronouncements about the religious biases behind the Fox News reporting in Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.


Internal memos
As with many news sources, Fox News executives exert a degree of editorial control over the content of their daily reporting. In the case of Fox News, some of this control comes in the form of daily memos issued by Fox News' Vice President of News, John Moody. Critics of Fox News cite these memos as evidence of a conservative bias in Fox News reporting, and claim that information in these memos duplicates Republican talking points.

Answer 2

Propaganda and lies don't have to go hand in hand. Good propaganda is a slanted presentation of the truth.

The coverage of the Britsh hostage crisis is a perfect example. I sourced an article from Fox News (very hawish in comparison to other MSM outlets) that recaps the story.

Here are three facts that will help you uncover the propaganda in Fox's Colonel's Corner.

1) UK claims of a clear maritime border between Iraq and Iran are false, and UK has no standing to make such a claim (only Iran and Iraq can negotiate a border under int'1 law). Currently the border is disputed.

2) Neither the United States, nor the United Kingdom is in a state of war, declared or otherwise, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

3) The British marines were ostensibly on an anti-smuggling mission just off the Iraqi coast.

When you read the article, you get the basic facts - but issues like "white flags," "need to ask permission," and other things make the marines come off as overcautious. The cautiousness is a fact, the propaganda is the insinuation that belligerence was an acceptable alternative. Given the three facts above, it was not.

I still occasionally watch Fox News, but when it comes to the Middle East or George W Bush, these guys often shill easily for the White House.

Answer 3

To G & Adam: O'Rielly is not "The News" he is an opinion show host, its his opinion. We are talking "News". And to Adam-You give 1 example which is of O'Reilly who made an error or whatever, but can you name 1 lie there "News" made, just 1 thats it, give an example & not from some lame Left wing nut site. They can't, all they will do is make up lies till everyone believes it as they do with Rush, you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth. And JOSH: yeah I really have faith in an article that called Ann Coulter & Rush LIARS, thats biased reporting in the mind of a liberal I guess. All you Obama loving Liberals who'll tote the line like good little zombies & believe anything that makes you happy are PATHETIC.

Answer 4

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3570

Fox News (3x) aired a segment on Mark Foley with the caption (D-FL). They never ran a correction.

At the beginning of the Iraq War, Fox paid Al Jazeera for footage. That was before the US military began targetting Baghdad based Al Jazeerah correspondents.

Al Franken spoke with a Fox News correspondent concerning a report written by the man. It contained a statement both he and Al knew to be false. Many editors will delete copy or correct obvious spelling or grammar errors, but in this particular case the Fox editor added patently false information.

It seems to me that you can be ignorant by not listening to any news, but you would be just as ignorant by listening only to news that is false or highly slanted and misleading.

You can get many more items from the source site below.

Answer 5

All it does is report things in a way which si friendly to the conservative party. This is great because the liberals own the rest of the media so why cant we have our own channel? How come it is only propaganda if it is something you dont believe? Fox never "lies" or makes up fake stuff like AP (a liberal news agency) does. But since people dont liek the way they talk all of a sudden eevrything on Fox is hate speech and a lie.

Answer 6

A couple of years ago Bill O'Reilly stated that "American's should SHUT UP about any 9/11 Conspiracy Theories."

He told us to SHUT UP and not question the govt or that one single hole in the Pentagon that could have only been caused by a missle as an airplane would have made three holes, minimum, and there would have been plane parts on the scene as well.

There are a million examples of propaganda on all the major networks, but this one was one of the best examples.

Answer 7

I know what ignorant means and you're not using the word correctly.

I also know that Fox has a pronounced right leaning bias. I don't need to try and prove it to someone else. If you're unwilling or incapable of looking at it objectively then that's your problem.

Answer 8

The last line in your question where you tell people to "look it up" is priceless. Do as I say, not as I do, eh? Here's an answer: do your own research. Failing that, try visiting any one of a number of web forums that cater to the political left. They have plenty of prepared talking points you can use, no thought required.

Answer 9

that's easy.

fox news reported that barak obama attended a 'madrassa' in indonesia and also made statements that indicated that it was some sort of training ground for radical islamists.

in fact, it was a normal public school and fox's portrayal of it couldn't have been further from the truth. even after they learned that they were in wrong, they continued to run this story.

that is but one of literally thousands of outright lies by fox news...

Answer 10

Fox News is not the end all, be all of broadcast journalism. IT is no secret that it is a conservative news channel. BIG DEAL!!!! THe nature of politics itself is a schew on propoganda--becuase you use propoganda to push your argument and convince people you are 100% right--BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES DO IT--and so do the liberal and conservative media. THey are biased for thier side. DUH!!!!

What kills me though about the media nowadays, and politicians in general, is that if you express an opinion that is counter to thiers--you aren't a true American. I swear if Sean Hannity whines one more time that people aren't being true Americans if they don't support the war and Bush-_I'm going to hurl a shoe at my TV. Freedom of speech Sean--freedom of speech.