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This is why Fox viewers are more ignorant than people who watch no news at all. (Original Post)
catbyte
Mar 2019
OP
Yep. Today's "3 Mexican Countries" is getting attention, but that is ENTIRELY on par
RockRaven
Mar 2019
#4
Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)1. k&r
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)2. Classic Faux Snooze pie chart. Not a joke.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)10. Sometimes the "error" is really a deliberate distortion of data:
Here's the Rasmussen poll Fox & Friends cited. They asked respondents: "In order to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming, how likely is it that some scientists have falsified research data?" According to the poll, 35 percent thought it very likely, 24 percent somewhat likely, 21 percent not very likely, and 5 percent not likely at all (15 percent weren't sure).
Fox News' graphics department added together the "very likely" and "somewhat likely" numbers to reach 59 percent, and called that new group "somewhat likely." Then, for some reason, they threw in the 35 percent "very likely" as their own group, even though they already added that number to the "somewhat likely" percentage. Then they mashed together the "not very likely" and "not likely at all" groups, and threw the 15 percent who were unsure into the waste bin. Voila -- 120 percent.
As such, Fox News' presentation of the data made it seem as though 94 percent of Americans think it's at least "somewhat likely" that climate scientists falsify their research data.
Fox News' graphics department added together the "very likely" and "somewhat likely" numbers to reach 59 percent, and called that new group "somewhat likely." Then, for some reason, they threw in the 35 percent "very likely" as their own group, even though they already added that number to the "somewhat likely" percentage. Then they mashed together the "not very likely" and "not likely at all" groups, and threw the 15 percent who were unsure into the waste bin. Voila -- 120 percent.
As such, Fox News' presentation of the data made it seem as though 94 percent of Americans think it's at least "somewhat likely" that climate scientists falsify their research data.
Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)3. Amazing. Just amazing.
I wonder how many FOX entertainment viewers bought it hook, line and sinker.
RockRaven
(14,959 posts)4. Yep. Today's "3 Mexican Countries" is getting attention, but that is ENTIRELY on par
for FOXNews's daily content in terms of accuracy. The anomaly is that it is getting attention from non-FOXNews viewers, not that it is insanely wrong.
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)5. I have said to Fox watchers -
If you watch Fox News you are not uninformed, you are misinformed.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)6. On no...they are both uninformed and misinformed. nt
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)7. I know that but
try to give them something to think about when saying it to their face.
hunter
(38,311 posts)8. Here in the U.S.A. we used to make fun of Pravda...
catbyte
(34,374 posts)9. That's why I usually refer to Fox as TRUMPRAVDA. It's the same despicable propaganda
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)11. That's not even bad journalism.
That's someone who doesn't know sixth grade geography.
George II
(67,782 posts)12. They also used to "accidentally" call our last president "Barack Osama".
justgamma
(3,665 posts)14. Remember that they also
put a (D) after every puke that gets in trouble.
leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)15. Yeah - that creep from Florida
who was pursuing the congressional pages.
Lucky for him, I forget his name.
Thekaspervote
(32,757 posts)13. There have been actual studies that prove what you are saying