On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:35:47 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:


"John" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:26:50 -0600, "David R.Birch"
wrote:

Hawke wrote:
Thanks to the Daily show another fast one attempted by Fox News has been
busted. Michelle Bachman, a representative from Minnesota, tried to get
people to come to Washington to pressure congressmen not to vote for
health care reform. On Fox News they showed shots of the crowd, and in
the attempt to make it look much bigger than it really was, they spliced
in pictures from another crowd on another day that was much larger. It
was clear deception intended to make Bachman's turn out look much larger
than it really was. Unfortunately for them John Stewart noticed the
actual crowd scene was not the one that happened several months ago.
Trees and the weather were different. So once again more proof that Fox
News has a conservative agenda it's aggressively pushing has come to
light. Fox News...Busted! Quit calling it news.


Hawke

So you're saying Fox is no more trustworthy than the other networks?

Is this news to you?

Do you look at ABC, NBC And CBS as critically as you do Fox?

David


Actually, there was a study, published in the 31 September 2008 issue
of Scientific American, which showed that between 25 - 50% of the
American public were misinformed regarding current events and that
those who got their information from Fox News were far and away the
most poorly informed.

Cheers,

John B.
(johnbslocomatgmaildotcom)

That is a damn outright lie. How can 50% of the populace be misinformed
when less than ten percent follow current events enough to pass an eighth
grade civics test? Or many times answer questions like: Who is Joe Biden?
What are the two sections of Congress? Who is Speaker of the House?

You just answer your own question. If 10% follow current events then
obviously the remaining 90%, who don't follow it, must be uninformed.
If we accept your numbers then the numbers of uninformed/misinformed
is far larger then S.A. reported. Perhaps you should contact them to
correct their data.

Fifty percent of people read enough to be misinformed? Please!

Read enough ? Isn't FOX a TV news thingie?

use the excuse that it's MEDICAL marijuana, so it's okay. Your brain is
missing. More than half the population doesn't give a **** one way or the
other, and of the other fifty percent, only about ten percent of those
really keep up to speed on current events.

Steve

Regards,

J.B.