Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Fox News Hoaxes Fox Viewers

How good are fact checkers at Fox News? Not so good - can't tell Pakistani humor from real news. Does Fox News care if they run false news? When they get caught but otherwise - not so much?


Silly Fox. Trix are for Kids.

Yesterday, Fox News proved yet again that it’s a credible (*cough*) news source by publishing a story they thought was real news. The article ran on the Fox Nation website with this title, “Pakistan: Islamic Clerics Protest Women Wearing Padded Bras as ‘Devil’s Cushions,’” noting (via Salon),

But how hard is it to fact-check or even just click through a source’s website?

The stories published in Roznama Jawani might only be applicable and true in another universe. That universe might be parallel to this universe. Might even be serial. Who knows?! Maybe some one does.

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