*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[Poopadoop]

I never said they were objective.

Good, then we agree on something at least.

Why would you assume such sinister intentions in the first place? This kind of cynicism is really tinfoil-y.

Ad hominem argument fail.

I think I'm an example of a fair minded person who embraces 'innocent until proven guilty', and is able to look at the entire picture and logically see that there is no motive to lie, and the contrived motive you're providing would contradict all of their other motives such as maintaining journalistic integrity, appeasing their sponsors, and upholding their reputation.

Pretty much makes my point again that their viewers will look for reasons to excuse them.

Sure they could 'get away with one' now and again if they were so inclined. But shitting on Morocco for no reason seems like a lousy way to spend their 'benefit of the doubt'.

Still making my argument for me.

Don't conflate my argument. I'm not saying "well everybody does it too". I'm talking specifically about the specific criticism directed specifically at Fox News. It cites irrelevant and unrelated Trump policies. To me, that strongly suggests that the criticism of Fox News here is disingenuous, and opportunistic. "Hey look, Fox messed up, now let's pile on those right-wing fuckers with everything and the kitchen sink". That's why I cited the letter. That's what I'm seeing here.

You can take the opportunity to find fault with how their mistake was pointed out to them. Doesn't have any relevance in terms of whether or why they made the mistake.

They reported the information they received from the police. The police changed their story, and Fox didn't fix it fast enough. As far as fuck ups go, I think that's pretty minor.

Well no, they didn't. We've been through this. The police reported two suspects, Fox reported the one and ignored the other. No-one else did this. At the very least it's selective reporting and misleading.

And I don't think Fox is objective. That doesn't mean I also think they're outright nasty liars though.

I hear you. And I'm not convinced they're outright nasty liars myself. I'm just saying it's a funny coincidence that they're the only ones who made that mistake.