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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
k&r Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #1
Classic Faux Snooze pie chart. Not a joke. lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #2
Sometimes the "error" is really a deliberate distortion of data: dalton99a Mar 2019 #10
Amazing. Just amazing. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #3
Yep. Today's "3 Mexican Countries" is getting attention, but that is ENTIRELY on par RockRaven Mar 2019 #4
I have said to Fox watchers - DURHAM D Mar 2019 #5
On no...they are both uninformed and misinformed. nt UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #6
I know that but DURHAM D Mar 2019 #7
Here in the U.S.A. we used to make fun of Pravda... hunter Mar 2019 #8
That's why I usually refer to Fox as TRUMPRAVDA. It's the same despicable propaganda catbyte Mar 2019 #9
That's not even bad journalism. Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #11
They also used to "accidentally" call our last president "Barack Osama". George II Mar 2019 #12
Remember that they also justgamma Mar 2019 #14
Yeah - that creep from Florida leftieNanner Mar 2019 #15
There have been actual studies that prove what you are saying Thekaspervote Mar 2019 #13

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
10. Sometimes the "error" is really a deliberate distortion of data:
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 01:47 PM
Mar 2019


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.

RockRaven

(14,959 posts)
4. Yep. Today's "3 Mexican Countries" is getting attention, but that is ENTIRELY on par
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 01:07 PM
Mar 2019

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.

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)
15. Yeah - that creep from Florida
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 03:19 PM
Mar 2019

who was pursuing the congressional pages.

Lucky for him, I forget his name.

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