Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Last night in class we talked a little about how the media can be biased and portray events in different manners. Here is a little video from Jon Stewart where he uses the political fact checking website politicfact.com to show more than a few ways in which Fox News misrepresented facts to their viewers.

Start the video at 2:15
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-21-2011/fox-news-false-statements


Should news programs be required to apologize and/or correct their false statements made on air? Do you think that people only watching specific news programs on either side of the political spectrum results in uninformed voters?

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