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> no more than 30 percent of the American population inhabits the insular, propaganda-rich right-wing media ecosystem, indicate that whatever one thinks of the

> no more than 30 percent of the American population inhabits the insular, propaganda-rich right-wing media ecosystem, indicate that whatever one thinks of the result of the 2016 election, it could not have been purely the result of right-wing propaganda. 30% of the total American population could be 46% of the voting population. But this is a straw man argument, it would only take 1 counter example to disprove a statement like that, and you could certainly find a person like that. The comment about how Fox News has not spent years spewing misinformation simply because it is only talking about "Stop the Steal" nonsense is missing the forest for the trees. You can find examples of baseless hyperbolic fearmongering on Fox News every year (and indeed every month) going back to its inception. Migrant caravans about to overrun our borders. BLM protestors setting entire cities on fire. Secret pedophiles operating out of fast food restaurants.

CivBase 6y ago
> The comment about how Fox News has not spent years spewing misinformation simply because it is only talking about "Stop the Steal" nonsense is missing the forest for the trees. I rarely watch anything from Fox News, so I wouldn't know. The point is the Vox article cited in the letter does not back up the statement made. If it's as bad as you say, surely there must be a better source to cite. Regardless of any issues with Fox News, Newsmax, or OANN, this letter was lazily written and obviously partisan. It makes many strong statements but fails to back them up with the given sources. The way it and its sources haphazardly throws around the term "misinformation" are concerning, especially when combined with the discomforting notion that telecom companies should be worried their content isn't meeting the expectations of government officials.
- jandrese 6y ago
  There are volumes written about the subject already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_controversies#Studies_of_reporting_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_controversies#Studies... For example: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/study-explores-how-voting-misformation-is-spread/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/study-explore...
  - CivBase 6y ago
    Then it shouldn't have been difficult for professional representatives of the House to find a good source.

CivBase 6y ago

> The comment about how Fox News has not spent years spewing misinformation simply because it is only talking about "Stop the Steal" nonsense is missing the forest for the trees. I rarely watch anything from Fox News, so I wouldn't know. The point is the Vox article cited in the letter does not back up the statement made. If it's as bad as you say, surely there must be a better source to cite. Regardless of any issues with Fox News, Newsmax, or OANN, this letter was lazily written and obviously partisan. It makes many strong statements but fails to back them up with the given sources. The way it and its sources haphazardly throws around the term "misinformation" are concerning, especially when combined with the discomforting notion that telecom companies should be worried their content isn't meeting the expectations of government officials.

jandrese 6y ago
There are volumes written about the subject already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_controversies#Studies_of_reporting_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_controversies#Studies... For example: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/study-explores-how-voting-misformation-is-spread/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/study-explore...
- CivBase 6y ago
  Then it shouldn't have been difficult for professional representatives of the House to find a good source.