PolitiFact shreds Jon Stewart’s Fox News misinformation claim

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By Joe Pompeo

"Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers?" Jon Stewart asked Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend. "The most consistently misinformed? Fox, Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."

Wrong! The truth-vetting project PolitiFact looked into the "Daily Show" host's sweeping claim since Wallace himself did not challenge it. It "found three surveys since 2007 that shed some light on how informed Fox viewers are compared to consumers of other media"--none of which ranked the Fox News audience at the bottom of the misinformation barrel, even if the network did score low in certain areas pertaining to accuracy.

"In several of the surveys, Fox isn't the lowest," PolitiFact concluded, "and other general-interest media outlets--such as network news shows, network morning shows and even the other cable news networks--often score similarly low. Meanwhile, particular Fox shows--such as The O'Reilly Factor and Sean Hannity's show--actually score consistently well, occasionally even outpacing Stewart's own audience."

You can read the entire study here.

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John Stewart managed to have Chris Wallace 1) confirm that Fox News is neither fair nor balanced but that it rather tells "the other side of the story" and 2) compare Fox News to Comedy Central. Whether he made a false claim in regards to Fox viewers consistently being the most uninformed (on many issues they sure where) doesn't even matter. Chris Wallace admitted that Fox News is not telling both sides of the story but rather "the other side" and is hence one-sided rather than balanced. And he made Chris Wallace compare what postures as a news network to a Comedy channel. That's good enough for me.

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"In several of the surveys, Fox isn't the lowest," PolitiFact concluded, "and other general-interest media outlets--such as network news shows, network morning shows and even the other cable news networks--often score similarly low. Meanwhile, particular Fox shows--such as The O'Reilly Factor and Sean Hannity's show--actually score consistently well, occasionally even outpacing Stewart's own audience."

Are his viewers supposed to be some of the smartest?

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John Stewart managed to have Chris Wallace 1) confirm that Fox News is neither fair nor balanced but that it rather tells "the other side of the story" and 2) compare Fox News to Comedy Central. Whether he made a false claim in regards to Fox viewers consistently being the most uninformed (on many issues they sure where) doesn't even matter. Chris Wallace admitted that Fox News is not telling both sides of the story but rather "the other side" and is hence one-sided rather than balanced. And he made Chris Wallace compare what postures as a news network to a Comedy channel. That's good enough for me.

Amazing how a political party news organization can feel threatened by a comedian.

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Are his viewers supposed to be some of the smartest?

Smart people need a good laugh from time to time. That's when they turn to Hannity and O'Reilly. It's funnier than South Park.

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Amazing how a political party news organization can feel threatened by a comedian.

Chris Wallace is a political party news organization?

Smart people need a good laugh from time to time. That's when they turn to Hannity and O'Reilly. It's funnier than South Park.

Hannity is horrible. Very hard to sit through.

O'Reilly is a riot, absolutely hilarious, has an excellent show. I would recommend to anyone.

Edited June 22, 2011 by Lord Infamous

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Chris Wallace is a political party news organization?

No, he just represents one.

Hannity is horrible. Very hard to sit through.

O'Reilly is a riot, absolutely hilarious, and an excellent show. I would recommend to anyone.

Some smart people are masochists. That's Hannity's above average IQ audience.

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Chris Wallace is a political party news organization?

Hannity is horrible. Very hard to sit through.

O'Reilly is a riot, absolutely hilarious, has an excellent show. I would recommend to anyone.

Fox News Corp is.