Even Politifact itself acknowledges that when MISinformed is distinguished from ILLinformed, Fox viewers are the most consistently misinformed just as Jon Stewart said last week. With this evidence and the leaked emails from Fox manager Bill Sammon last December in which he directed Fox journalists to use certain labels and language to sway public opinion about the health care bill, it seems probable that if it were a crime for news media to knowingly and deliberately spread misinformation to the public then Fox News would be convicted.
I find it very hard to debate my Fox-viewing friends and family on the important issues of our time when they have been convinced by Fox that the fundamental facts and science about the issue are untrue. Yesterday I emailed my family a link to an article in the Christian Science Monitor, Are You Smarter Than a Fox Viewer?, that demonstrates, at least to me, how out of balance our country has become in terms of what people consider the 'truth'. How can you make progress on solving problems when you can't agree on what the problem is?
I find it very hard to debate my Fox-viewing friends and family on the important issues of our time when they have been convinced by Fox that the fundamental facts and science about the issue are untrue. Yesterday I emailed my family a link to an article in the Christian Science Monitor, Are You Smarter Than a Fox Viewer?, that demonstrates, at least to me, how out of balance our country has become in terms of what people consider the 'truth'. How can you make progress on solving problems when you can't agree on what the problem is?
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