ext_44908 ([identity profile] alverant.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] filkertom 2011-05-13 03:54 pm (UTC)

But bias can shade the truth. As it's said, "the blackest lie contains a kernal of truth". Fox has been known to leave out inconvenient facts and remove context to further its agenda. Without context, anything goes. I could say that Barak Obama had sex with a 28 year old! Which he did ... on his honnymoon with Michelle back in 1992 when he was 30. Just leave out the context and you have a World Net News headline. (joke)

For example there was a person who claimed you can safely be exposed to more radiation than what the government says. What's left out is when the body first feels the radiation the cells increase their defense so more radiation isn't as painful. It's like getting shot with a 22 then putting on a kevlar fest that stops a 38. The larger bullet does less physical damage only because of the added protection.

Then you have times where Fox flat-out lied. Things like switching the party affiliation of politicans in scandels, flipping poll results, mislabeling healthcare reform as a "government takeover", calling Obama a socialist, etc.

On another board I frequent, a person's tag line is, "Saying 'I heard it on Fox News' is like saying 'I heard it from a pathlogical liar with Alzheimers'.

Bias != wrong all the time, but it shouldn't be trusted either.

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