Image from source, MediaMatters (note the date)
FOX "News" defenders (some of whom actually refer to themselves as "FOX Fans") often will admit that the commentary shows on the channel are biased heavily to the right. But they will usually insist that the "straight news" programs are fair and balanced, just like the channel's motto claims. Most rational people, after watching only a sampling of the news presented there can see that the bias seeps into just about everything.
Today we have evidence. FOX "News" broadcast GOP talking points as a news story, complete with with a typo from the source! What say you, Johnny Dollar?
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Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research -- typo and all
In purporting to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery plan "grew, and grew, and grew," Fox News' Jon Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release. A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican press release. . .
Read more at: Media Matters
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