Fox News accidentally displays graphic showing it is least trusted cable network Fox News

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  1. REALITY CHUCK

    REALITY CHUCK Well-Known Member

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    You tell us.
     
  2. JakeStarkey

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    how is that hopey swampy thing going?
     
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    Mosquitos are drawn to blue light, half-wits are drawn to Fox News. Just because people eat it doesn't mean it's good for them - or true.
     
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    So you believe that MSN, CNN, and the like are the only true source of news?
     
  5. JakeStarkey

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    Only sillies think that, Doofen. They have to be viewed along with FARM and other sources in order to get a balanced picture.
     
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    It would not be possible to have a more contradictory and self-disproving OP message.

    The OPer is claiming that he proves FOX is lying because FOX put up a poll display making FOX look bad. In his view, anyone or any organization that divulges negatives about them or itself is a lying. Only people and organizations that incessantly and only brag about themselves tell the truth.

    That is as absurd logic as it gets. There is nothing showing this was a mistake by FOX.
     
  7. Denizen

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    The poll display is real and Fox is a mistake.
     
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    AtsamattaU Well-Known Member

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    So you believe in arguing against straw men? Or is it too hard to debate the point I actually made?
     
  9. Bluesguy

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    Time for you to admit your mistake and that you didn't even watch the video in your own OP.


    Associated Press Issues Correction After Howard Kurtz Calls Out ‘Dishonest Piece’

    The Associated Press issued a correction on Monday morning to a misleading report about a Howard Kurtz segment that drew the ire of the Fox News host.

    The AP reported that on Kurtz’s Sunday show Media Buzz, “Fox News inadvertently posted a graphic showing it lagged other cable news networks in trustworthiness.”

    The report seems to have been based on a misleading post from liberal blog Raw Story, which went viral on Sunday, and alleged that Kurtz “frantically implored his producer to take down a graphic that showed Fox is the least trusted of the big three cable networks.”

    As Mediaite noted earlier today, the AP article failed to note that the reason Kurtz asked (calmly) for the graphic to be taken down was because it was displayed out of order — and he actually went on to cover the poll later on.

    AP changed its headline and added the following note at the bottom of its story:

    This story has been corrected to show that the graphic was taken down because it was used during the wrong segment, and was used again on the show.

    The correction comes after Kurtz penned a blistering response to the AP report on Facebook demanding a correction.

    “The Associated Press should be embarrassed by a story that utterly distorts what happened yesterday on my program Media Buzz,” Kurtz wrote. “And its dishonest piece was made worse by the fact that the wire service didn’t bother to contact me or Fox News for comment.”

    “I felt viewers deserved all the facts,” the Media Buzz host concluded. “That’s more than I can say for the AP, which owes me a correction.”

    Kurtz took note of the AP’s correction in a tweet:
    HowardKurtz

    @HowardKurtz
    The AP has now run a correction about my use of the poll graphic on Fox/Trump on #Mediabuzz. I appreciate it, but the sequence shouldn't be attributed to me: There's video!

    11:27 AM - Apr 9, 2018




    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/associa...after-howard-kurtz-calls-out-dishonest-piece/


     
  10. Doofenshmirtz

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    I don't disagree with you. FOX is biased. Perhaps you can learn what a straw man fallacy is and then answer my question.
     
  11. AtsamattaU

    AtsamattaU Well-Known Member

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    Lol, you started your post with "you believe" and then attributed some belief to me that I'd never said. That is a straw man tactic - inventing some position that's easier to argue against than the position your opponent actually holds.

    All news sources have bias. The good ones are aware of it and try to balance it. Fox News has gone well beyond bias. It intentionally spins stories to push a particular view.
     
  12. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You are incorrect. I asked "So you believe that MSN, CNN, and the like are the only true source of news?" No reasonable person would mistake that for a straw man fallacy. Until you answer, I don't know if you are an opponent.
     
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