The link really says it all.
LOL. Whatever. Get a life.
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
Lol, not to mention Sean Hannity is not a news outlet.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.[/quote]
It doesn’t matter if he is a comedian. That’s completely irrelevant. This is still good critical journalism, and a good catch. In most countries faking news like that would cause a scandal.
For me the worst thing is that so many people doesn’t even care that one of the biggest television networks in the world is blatantly faking and making up “news”. I don’t understand why this doesn’t disturb people.
[quote]molnes wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
It doesn’t matter if he is a comedian. That’s completely irrelevant. This is still good critical journalism, and a good catch. In most countries faking news like that would cause a scandal.
For me the worst thing is that so many people doesn’t even care that one of the biggest television networks in the world is blatantly faking and making up “news”. I don’t understand why this doesn’t disturb people.[/quote]
In this report a CNN Journalist makes a false claim from an interview with one of the soldiers shot @ fort hood.
The writer makes this claim about the gunman shouting “Allahu akbar”:
Foster, 21, said he wasn’t clear about whether the gunman said those exact words, noting that “with that much adrenaline, you tend to forget things.”
If you read listen to the interview you’d notice that the quote from the soldier comes from the part of the interview discussing his gunshot wound. The soldier never has any doubt about what the gunman shouted. This is a 100% false claim and misquote. I’m assuming you’re as outraged by this. Probably even more so, because it is a direct lie from a journalist.
[quote]molnes wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
It doesn’t matter if he is a comedian. That’s completely irrelevant. This is still good critical journalism, and a good catch. In most countries faking news like that would cause a scandal.
For me the worst thing is that so many people doesn’t even care that one of the biggest television networks in the world is blatantly faking and making up “news”. I don’t understand why this doesn’t disturb people.[/quote]
It’s just shows the sad state of people in this country. There’s no integrity in our politicians or our news media. If people didn’t care when we didn’t find WMD in Iraq and basically invaded that country for no good reason, why would they care that a major media network is faking their news reports?
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.[/quote]
Why does it matter where he got the info from? Was the info correct or not?
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Lol, not to mention Sean Hannity is not a news outlet. [/quote]
That’s true. Not unlike everything else they run on fox news.
[quote]molnes wrote:
The link really says it all. Fox has to be one of the worst pure propaganda networks of all time. [/quote]
Dan Rather approves of these methods.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
molnes wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
It doesn’t matter if he is a comedian. That’s completely irrelevant. This is still good critical journalism, and a good catch. In most countries faking news like that would cause a scandal.
For me the worst thing is that so many people doesn’t even care that one of the biggest television networks in the world is blatantly faking and making up “news”. I don’t understand why this doesn’t disturb people.
In this report a CNN Journalist makes a false claim from an interview with one of the soldiers shot @ fort hood.
The writer makes this claim about the gunman shouting “Allahu akbar”:
Foster, 21, said he wasn’t clear about whether the gunman said those exact words, noting that “with that much adrenaline, you tend to forget things.”
If you read or listen to the interview you’d notice that the quote from the soldier comes from the part of the interview discussing his gunshot wound. The soldier never has any doubt about what the gunman shouted. This is a 100% false claim and misquote. I’m assuming you’re as outraged by this. Probably even more so, because it is a direct lie from a journalist.[/quote]
I haven’t looked into that one. But if your claims are correct, then I definitively agree. Fabricating news is wrong and should never be accepted.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
Why does it matter where he got the info from? Was the info correct or not?[/quote]
When you do it under the impression that what you are watching is the whole truth, then it is false. Yes, I agree, fox is biased. However, this insinuation and outright claim that they are any worse than other networks is hogwash. If good old jon stewart were to turn that wonderful magnifying glass on other networks, he’d find the same or worse.
So the idea that the daily show presents an intelligent view of media bias is absolutely false. It also means that if you rely on it as a source of information you will remain woefully lacking on the complete view of issues.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
sam_sneed wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
Why does it matter where he got the info from? Was the info correct or not?
When you do it under the impression that what you are watching is the whole truth, then it is false. Yes, I agree, fox is biased. However, this insinuation and outright claim that they are any worse than other networks is hogwash. If good old jon stewart were to turn that wonderful magnifying glass on other networks, he’d find the same or worse.
So the idea that the daily show presents an intelligent view of media bias is absolutely false. It also means that if you rely on it as a source of information you will remain woefully lacking on the complete view of issues.[/quote]
I totally agree with you here. But I’d rather people get some info from shows like these and follow up on their own to verify the claims then totally be in the dark like most Americans.
That being said, in the case he played the clip as they showed and it was accurate so whether I saw it on The Daily Show or 20/20 doesn’t matter.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
sam_sneed wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
Why does it matter where he got the info from? Was the info correct or not?
When you do it under the impression that what you are watching is the whole truth, then it is false. Yes, I agree, fox is biased. However, this insinuation and outright claim that they are any worse than other networks is hogwash. If good old jon stewart were to turn that wonderful magnifying glass on other networks, he’d find the same or worse.
So the idea that the daily show presents an intelligent view of media bias is absolutely false. It also means that if you rely on it as a source of information you will remain woefully lacking on the complete view of issues.[/quote]
Nobody in this thread has stated that you should only rely on the Daily Show for information. This just happens to be a good catch by Stewart, and it highlights how Fox are using lies to attain their goals.
I actually do think Fox is one of the worst networks, although I’m not really following the american media scene that closely. But if BBC had run such a story, for instance, it would cause a media scandal, and it would severely damage their reputation as reliable source of news.
It’s funny (sad) to me because if the clip showed a rally of Giants fans from a Superbowl 2 years ago at the current superbowl (assuming they got it), it’d draw a lot more criticism. If was the Oscars or some shit and they played and old clip of people gathering at the red carpet, people would be all over it. But since its actual news, we Americans don’t give a fuck.
[quote]molnes wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
sam_sneed wrote:
DoubleDuce wrote:
I’m not sure which is worse, fox, or you gathering information from a comedy show.
Why does it matter where he got the info from? Was the info correct or not?
When you do it under the impression that what you are watching is the whole truth, then it is false. Yes, I agree, fox is biased. However, this insinuation and outright claim that they are any worse than other networks is hogwash. If good old jon stewart were to turn that wonderful magnifying glass on other networks, he’d find the same or worse.
So the idea that the daily show presents an intelligent view of media bias is absolutely false. It also means that if you rely on it as a source of information you will remain woefully lacking on the complete view of issues.
Nobody in this thread has stated that you should only rely on the Daily Show for information. This just happens to be a good catch by Stewart, and it highlights how Fox are using lies to attain their goals.
I actually do think Fox is one of the worst networks, although I’m not really following the american media scene that closely. But if BBC had run such a story, for instance, it would cause a media scandal, and it would severely damage their reputation as reliable source of news.
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I like and watch the BBC, but they most assuredly do it too.
[quote]molnes wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
Lol, not to mention Sean Hannity is not a news outlet.
That’s true. [/quote]
So why the outrage that an opinion show uses old footage to claim something? Everyone watching Hannity knows exactly what to expect. One sided, completely biased opinions. Start catching actual news programs on Fox lying and then get upset about it. I’m not even saying that it doesn’t happen, but to complain about Hannity is ridiculous.
[quote]molnes wrote:
The link really says it all. Fox has to be one of the worst pure propaganda networks of all time. [/quote]
Will you be directing similar outrage at CNN and MSNBC for their failure to find a religious motivation for Hasan’s shooting, or will you just be one of those brainless HuffPo boobs who continues to rant on about McVeigh when Hasan is brought up?
[quote]molnes wrote:
The link really says it all. Fox has to be one of the worst pure propaganda networks of all time. [/quote]
Jon Stewart is not a journalist. He also misrepresented the original protests in Washington as only 75,000 where most estimates put it between 1 and 2 million. 3rd, Hanity is an opinion show, you do know the difference between opinion and news right?
What do you mean “yet again”…Is that like when Anderson Cooper reported that Nasrallah from Hazbolah was actually an anti-Semite? Or when the “expert” on CNN determined that the bombs in the London bombing were designed to kill people?
[quote]pat wrote:
molnes wrote:
The link really says it all. Fox has to be one of the worst pure propaganda networks of all time.
Jon Stewart is not a journalist. He also misrepresented the original protests in Washington as only 75,000 where most estimates put it between 1 and 2 million. 3rd, Hanity is an opinion show, you do know the difference between opinion and news right?
What do you mean “yet again”…Is that like when Anderson Cooper reported that Nasrallah from Hazbolah was actually an anti-Semite? Or when the “expert” on CNN determined that the bombs in the London bombing were designed to kill people?[/quote]
Or when newspapers and news shows around the country misquoted Rush Limbaugh based off some made up blog?
Good times.