Today’s Uproar – Does Fox News Lie in Its Programming?

Ever since Fox news began covering the Wisconsin Protests, there has been consistent heckling whenever a Fox reporter does an on-the-scene report. The following video demonstrates the heckling, but around 2:30 it demonstrates something else:

In the video, the reporter claims that he was hit. Is this true? The creator of the following video claims otherwise:

Fox News Lies: The Mike Tobin Attack

From the video:

Fox News has reported that Mike Tobin was “attacked,” “punched,” “hit,” and “battered,” yet has not released any footage of the attack despite the fact it occurred during filming. This is because it didn’t happen. How do I know? Because this is the video I took of the incident….

See also: Fox News reporter appears to have lied about being ‘punched’ by protester

Canada appears to think that Fox News is untruthful as well:

Regulators Reject Proposal That Would Bring Fox-Style News to Canada

Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canada regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada’s right wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news….

Earlier in February there was this report on Fox’s accuracy:

FOX NEWS INSIDER: “Stuff Is Just Made Up”

The real story, and the real danger posed by the cable outlet, is that over time Fox News stopped simply leaning to the right and instead became an open and active political player, sort of one-part character assassin and one-part propagandist, depending on which party was in power. And that the operation thrives on fabrications and falsehoods.

This story from December may also be relevant:

Univ. of Maryland study finds Fox News viewers to be misinformed on key issues

The most controversial part of the study comes at the end. MSNBC and NPR audiences were found to be least misinformed on the basic questions of fact. The study points to Fox News as the chief misinformer among the three major cable news outlets.

Your thoughts?

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