youtube.com— Shows how Fox uses the phrase 'some people say' to insert unsourced opinion into news briefs. As seen in Outfoxed.
Jul 6, 2007View in Crawl 4
Here is a perfect example of push polling a question: <a class="user" href="http://www.japantoday.com/jp/vote/268">http://www.japantoday.com/jp/vote/268</a>"Some people say George W Bush, Tony Blair and other leaders must share responsibility for terrorist attacks in their cities because of their policies on Iraq and Afghanistan? What do you think?"The question is intended to make people think that this is a commonly held belief and thus more worthy of consideration. It's also almost impossible to rework into a more neutral formulation because the premise - Bush/Blair policies are to blame - would still be in a question that read, "Do you think that the policies of George Bush and Tony Blair in Iraq and Afghanistan are causing retaliatory violence elsewhere?"An HONEST question would be more like, "What do you think is motivating the recent attacks by radical Muslims?" People could answer "the war", "poverty", "the violent nature of Islam which commands its followers to wage jihad and kill infidels", or "global warming", but that wouldn't serve the anti-Western agenda of the Treason Media, would it?
dirkbeligJul 7, 2007
Here is a perfect example of push polling a question: <a class="user" href="http://www.japantoday.com/jp/vote/268">http://www.japantoday.com/jp/vote/268</a>"Some people say George W Bush, Tony Blair and other leaders must share responsibility for terrorist attacks in their cities because of their policies on Iraq and Afghanistan? What do you think?"The question is intended to make people think that this is a commonly held belief and thus more worthy of consideration. It's also almost impossible to rework into a more neutral formulation because the premise - Bush/Blair policies are to blame - would still be in a question that read, "Do you think that the policies of George Bush and Tony Blair in Iraq and Afghanistan are causing retaliatory violence elsewhere?"An HONEST question would be more like, "What do you think is motivating the recent attacks by radical Muslims?" People could answer "the war", "poverty", "the violent nature of Islam which commands its followers to wage jihad and kill infidels", or "global warming", but that wouldn't serve the anti-Western agenda of the Treason Media, would it?
kinseyincanadaJul 8, 2007
well the movies called outfoxed not outmsnbced
fithaneeJul 8, 2007
Some people say we dont give a s**t..
fracture98Jul 8, 2007
And they use the term "This is Fox News!" to spray bulls**t out of your TV.
fracture98Jul 8, 2007
If they were literate, they'd say "he could have" done this.
fracture98Jul 8, 2007
Fox News; Fair and balanced?
benrussellJul 8, 2007
Ugh no thanks.Medium rare for me.