{"id":9496,"date":"2013-04-17T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T01:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2013-08-14T09:22:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:22:56","slug":"fox-news-confirms-arrrestno-arrest-of-boston-marathon-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9496","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Confirms Arrest\/No Arrest Of Boston Marathon Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is well known that Fox News is an unreliable network for anyone interested in factual representations of current events. They will unabashedly lie in order to advance the ideological agenda of their political and corporate allies. And yet, it is still unsettling when something like this happens:<\/p>\n

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Within the space of about half an hour, Fox News vividly demonstrated that their issuance of a “confirmation”<\/em> is of no value whatsoever. After announcing that an arrest had been made in the Boston Marathon bombing, Megyn Kelly repeatedly assured her viewers that the information she was reporting had been verified by multiple sources. But it didn’t take long before the bottom fell out of her assurances.<\/p>\n

To be fair, CNN also misreported the story and had to make an embarrassing retraction. The only cable news network that applied the rigorous standards of journalism and refrained from jumping on the erroneous story was MSNBC. Pete Williams, NBC’s justice correspondent, and NBC anchor Brian Williams, both made appearances to refute the reports that were coming out of other news outlets.<\/p>\n

Will these people never learn? A few months ago both CNN and Fox (also Megyn Kelly’s show) misreported the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare. And again, only MSNBC got the ruling right. On that occasion CNN acknowledged their mistake and apologized to viewers. Fox refused to do either, claiming that their analysis was justifiable at the time because they believed it was correct and, therefore, there was nothing for which to apologize. I know…it’s crazy.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a prolonged discussion took place in the media about the pressure to be first butting up against the responsibility to be right. And despite the universal agreement that accuracy is the measure by which news enterprises will be judged, they continue to fall short of the professional standards they profess to hold.<\/p>\n

News organizations can be forgiven for making mistakes from time to time because they are staffed by people and people are not perfect. But they ought ot learn from their mistakes and they ought to demonstrate that they care about the product they produce. At least CNN respects their audience enough to show some remorse. Fox News doesn’t have that kind of class. In fact, their routine abuse of their audience via fabrications and distortions suggest that Fox couldn’t care less what their viewers think they know. From Fox’s perspective, the more confused their viewers are, the easier it is for Fox to continue to deceive them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is well known that Fox News is an unreliable network for anyone interested in factual representations of current events. They will unabashedly lie in order to advance the ideological agenda of their political and corporate allies. 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