Fox Creates Dummies

 

Watching or reading Fox News is bad for you. Makes people believe lies.

https://www.psypost.org/consuming-content-from-foxnews-com-is-associated-with-decreased-knowledge-of-science-and-society/

Clinton Smear Debunked

Did you see this from the Daily Beast regarding the faux scandal the NYTIMES tried to drum up on Sec. Clinton?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-email-scandal-not-so-fast

''But let’s hold on a second. A close reading of the Times piece reveals one potential big hole in the case . . . You have to know how to read these things, and if you do know how to read them, there’s a big question here .....''

The article says that there were “new” regulations that Clinton was supposed to abide by.''

''New''? Hmmmmm.......... How new? For some reason the NYTIMES LEFT OUT that part.

Why? You ask?

Because they were SO fucking new, they didn't take effect until OVER A YEAR after she'd left govt service.

SO much for THAT smear, eh?

Fox, Ethics, and Images

The Seattle Times caught Fox News using photo-doctored images to make the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone appear to be a war zone. After the Times asked Fox to explain, Fox removed the altered images.



"Fox News published digitally altered and misleading photos on stories about Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in what photojournalism experts called a clear violation of ethical standards for news organizations."



https://tinyurl.com/y8bbtksl

MTP - Right Wing Bias

9062   PM:   Mwjohnson   [Quote]     -- 5:38am -- Sun, May 3, 20 pst
Meet The Press has always been a very liberal show.



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Now for the truth:



"Pro-Republican Bias Causes Meet The Press Ratings To Crumble To Lowest Level Since 1992"

https://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/12/pro-republican-bias-meet-press-ratings-crumble-lowest-level-1992.html

Trump Admits Fox News Worked for Him

From Huffington Post: "Trump Tweets ‘Fox Isn’t Working For Us’ After Amicable Interview With DNC Staffer"

“The New Fox News is letting millions of GREAT people down! We have to start looking for a new News Outlet. Fox isn’t working for us anymore!” 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tweets-fox-isnt-working-for-us-after-its-amicable-interview-with-dnc-staffer_n_5d66939ee4b01fcc690d2f5d



The observant reader will note that Fox News could not STOP working for Trump were it not at some point WORKING for him.

Yes, the Media Tried to Destroy the Clintons Early On

This was reported by Ellen Goodman in March, 1992. Whoever said that the media didn't go after the Clintons before he was elected president is either a moron or a liar.



"At this moment, I am told there are a dozen or more reporters in Arkansas searching for improprieties in the working relationship of a lawyer wife and a governor husband."



https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/03/21/hillarys-ordeal/99cc3618-5d95-45f5-8a10-c004274f965a/?utm_term=.052e97cfdd07

Firesign Theater and Right Wing Radio

I listened to a hilarious comedy routine on the radio once. It had me laughing my ass off. Reminded me of Firesign Theater. Then about ten minutes into it, I realized it wasn’t a comedy show. It was right wing radio.



I was stunned.

CNN, Lemon, and Clinton Rules

Did you notice anything unusual about Lemon's moderating of the debate between Clinton and Sanders?

At one point in the proceeding, Lemon challenged Clinton on a crime bill passed while she was NOT a part of the government.

He asked why should we trust her now after supporting this bill. She handled Lemon's snarky attack with grace as usual.

We couldn't WAIT to see Lemon challenge Sanders on the same bill.

My my! If Hillary's in hot water for favoring the bill, then SURELY Sanders would be in hot water over his VOTING FOR it; right?

But wait!

Lemon pretended NOT EVEN TO KNOW that Sanders voted for the bill.

I'd say after that performance, Lemon would be hard pressed to moderate a debate for high school student government president.

Clinton-Hating Media Whores

Yes, we can expect the same SHODDY reporting this year as we've seen for the past over 20 years from the NYTIMES. Media Matters, Matt Gertz reports that the freshly appointed political editor for the NYTIMES is the one who coined the sexist expression "Clinton Cackle" to describe Hillary's laugh.



It got GREAT play in the right wing media and is used to this day to mock and belittle her.

Thank you, New York Times for reminding us of ANOTHER expression: "Right Wing Media Whores."

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"NY Times election coverage in 2018 and 2020 will be as bad as it was in 2016

New politics editor Patrick Healy epitomizes the worst of the paper's presidential campaign reporting"

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Jasjki Admits the Media Helped Trump

It's unusual for a right winger to admit the media helps the republican candidates; but now and then one of them will tell the truth about it.

6514   PM:   Jajski   [Quote]     -- 11:37am -- Thu, Feb 15, 18 pst
Jajski
 . . .  .I did NOT let Trump win ... HE won because of two things: the media, and Americans strongly NOT wanting Hillary in office.

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BTW --- do you know why the people "strongly" didn't want Hillary?  At least PART of that was prompting by Putin and his bots.

Harvard - Media Bias - 2016 Election

Harvard study documents anti-Clinton media bias

"A new report by Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society has conclusively documented what many of us have suspected, and what Hillary Clinton observes in her new book, What Happened: media coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign heavily favored Donald Trump. The researchers further concluded that not only are right-wing and mainstream media polarized politically, but they operate according to different ethical and journalistic standards."



"The report, titled “Partisanship, Propaganda, & Disinformation:
Online Media & the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election,” found that
unethical journalistic practices driven by the desire to produce
“clickbait,” coupled with the viral sharing power of social media,
resulted in a proliferation of disinformation and propaganda that tipped
the election in Donald Trump’s favor."



http://www.womensmediacenter.com/news-features/harvard-study-documents-anti-clinton-media-bias



Read the PDF here.

Hannity Admits - He's Easier on Republicans

In a Media Matters piece, Brendan Karet,
discusses an interivew Sean Hannity did, in which it admitted it -- if
he could question Hillary, he'd be MUCH tougher on her than on a
republican.

In an accompanying video,
Hannity defended his softball interviews with Donald Trump and other
candidates, claiming that ThinkProgress and RedState cherry-picked his
interviews. Later Hannity admitted that he would interview Hillary
Clinton “a hundred times harder than any Republican, because I believe
the Republicans represent, and have a far better vision, one that I
agree with, I just have less disagreement with them,” concluding "I'm
not a journalist, I'm a talk show host."