You know, when I was a writer at a well known TV news org. that pre-existed Fox, we had a huge inside fight over the following.
A poll was run asking who people would vote for in a Reagan v. Hart election. The poll included "undecided". Results were that neither had a majority of the vote. Obvious Reagan supporters in our newsroom won the fight by reporting "If an election were held today, Reagan would win."
Those of us with truth-the liberal bias, on our side, said just report the results without such false misinterpretation. Fact, there are no undecided voters allowed in a real election. Reagans lead was 2 percent in this poll (+/- me) and the way it was ultimately reported was clearly a lie, as is the case in every similar opportunity at Fox News today.
It is dangerous and misleading and should be illegal. News has the ability to make these things into self-fullfilling prophecies. And at the moment the prophecies facing us are listed in Revleations.
No comments:
Post a Comment
DULY CONSIDER encourages COMMENTS but any abuse of the author will be removed. Disagreement must be done respectfully or else it serves no purpose but to discourage free sharing of ideas. We reserve the right to pursue any actionable commentary by legal means as IP addresses do make you responsible for your words.
Irrelevant comments that simply provide links to advertising (SPAM) will be removed and as it is not authorized, may be considered theft by regulatory agencies.
Sincerely,
The Editor