discussion.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: Re:fair and balanced more on the Fox Survey
> Kevin,
>
> 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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