This statement by Larry made it a left versus right issue, not me.
>I prefer my news not to be from a media outlet that's a propaganda
> >arm of
> >the current administration. Time and time again its been shown that
> >those
> >media outlets that are explicitly identified with the right wing, such
> >as
> >Fox or the Washington Times, regard the truth as merely optional.
Or don't you see it that way.
>Ad hominem non sequiter.
>
>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
>>
>> ========================================================
>> Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts.
>> ========================================================
>> Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done.
>>
>>
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