I think this issue is why it's important to have media education in schools. That and financial education.
I'm not a big consumer of news. The news is a good source of information though. However, if I want facts or truth, I turn elsewhere. I wonder how many others do the same.
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I'm kinda flabbergasted at some of the replies here. This isn't a new thing. Fox didn't invent it. It's been successfully used by both sides of the aisle for at least a century. The Chicago Tribune has been a predominantly Republican paper ever since there was a Republican party. Hearst papers created the Spanish American War and got us to take over the Philippeans. The New York Times killed countless stories leading up to WWII that kept the active war in the Atlantic a secret in 1940-41.
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There is a difference between bias and deceiving the public. The
Toronto Star is a liberal-leaning paper; the
National Post is a conservative-leaning paper. They don't exactly hide the fact. They often endorse specific political parties during elections, but that doesn't stop them from maintaining at least some semblance of journalistic integrity elsewhere in their publication.
However, what we're talking about with regard to Fox News is beyond bias. Does Fox News even adequately acknowledge their bias?