There was no mention of "right" bias in what Larry posted. Only a survey of
how many people knew the truth and what news outlets they listen to that
influence that.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: fair and balanced more on the Fox Survey
> Larry,
>
> If Fox is the stallion of the right, NPR is definetely the lapdog of the
left.
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:53 PM
> Subject: fair and balanced more on the Fox Survey
>
>
> More from the Post Op-Ed piece:
>
> In a series of polls from May through September, the researchers
> discovered that large minorities of Americans entertained some highly
> fanciful beliefs about the facts of the Iraqi war. Fully 48 percent
> of Americans believed that the United States had uncovered evidence
> demonstrating a close working relationship between Saddam Hussein and
> al Qaeda. Another 22 percent thought that we had found the weapons of
> mass destruction in Iraq. And 25 percent said that most people in
> other countries had backed the U.S. war against Saddam Hussein.
> Sixty percent of all respondents entertained at least one of these
> bits of dubious knowledge; 8 percent believed all three.
>
> The researchers then asked where the respondents most commonly went
> to get their news. The fair and balanced folks at Fox, the survey
> concludes, were "the news source whose viewers had the most
> misperceptions." Eighty percent of Fox viewers believed at least one
> of these un-facts; 45 percent believed all three. Over at CBS, 71
> percent of viewers fell for one of these mistakes, but just 15
> percent bought into the full trifecta. And in the daintier precincts
> of PBS viewers and NPR listeners, just 23 percent adhered to one of
> these misperceptions, while a scant 4 percent entertained all three.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27061-2003Oct14.html
>
> I knew there were some positive reasons why I listen to NPR news.
>
> larry
> --
>
> Larry C. Lyons
>
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