{"id":36862,"date":"2018-01-25T15:48:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T23:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36862"},"modified":"2018-01-25T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T00:00:06","slug":"a-graphic-lesson-in-how-fox-news-perverts-even-their-own-skewed-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36862","title":{"rendered":"A Graphic Lesson in How Fox News Perverts Even Their Own Skewed Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recent shutdown of the government was the subject of controversy in the media for a couple of weeks. Both sides were spinning furiously to place the blame on the other. It should have been a simple task to figure out who was most responsible for the leadership vacuum considering that Republicans are in control of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House. But when you’re dealing with a Republican Party that isn’t interested in the truth, and is led by a world-class liar, nothing is as easy as it seems.<\/p>\n

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Following the agreement to keep the government open for another three weeks, the press set about to determine where the American people stood. They conducted polls asking which party was most responsible for the shutdown. Fox News was among those media outlets conducting such surveys. And when they were ready to release the results, they made sure that their preferred political prejudices were front and center.<\/p>\n

Rather than disclose the most relevant information, the crack Fox News creative department prepared a graphic that they immediately put on the air. The image contained partial results from the poll that put Republicans in an undeservedly positive light. Here is the tweet Fox News posted of the story that they broadcast:<\/p>\n

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Fox News Poll: Most responsible for government shutdown. https:\/\/t.co\/lQABsBHeIP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xjJok221CO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n