Not really, that's not how Politifact characterized the studies of all these either. They said there were a few enough exceptions for Stewart's original statement "every study consistently" to give it a false flag. Politifact noted that a majority of Pew studies show Fox viewers near the bottom of such surveys, but with some caveats that Stewart didn't mention. They also used the word "occasionally" in that statement on specific shows where Fox viewers seemed more informed than Daily Show viewers (but not over other media outlets). And Stewart was making a larger point about insular conservative talk radio and Fox News' supposedly being a balance against the liberal bias in the media, Hollywood, the universe, facts, etc. Chris Wallace let the cat out of the bag when he said "We give the other side of the story." (i.e. "we put a conservative and right wing spin on what we cover") Chris Matthews noted (as did many others), that was a serious mistake that even Roger Ailes wouldn't have uttered on the air (Ailes hired Matthews when he worked at MSNBC). "The other side" isn't really fair and balanced. it's just "one side. :-)
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Date: 22/6/11 22:51 (UTC)Not really, that's not how Politifact characterized the studies of all these either. They said there were a few enough exceptions for Stewart's original statement "every study consistently" to give it a false flag. Politifact noted that a majority of Pew studies show Fox viewers near the bottom of such surveys, but with some caveats that Stewart didn't mention. They also used the word "occasionally" in that statement on specific shows where Fox viewers seemed more informed than Daily Show viewers (but not over other media outlets). And Stewart was making a larger point about insular conservative talk radio and Fox News' supposedly being a balance against the liberal bias in the media, Hollywood, the universe, facts, etc. Chris Wallace let the cat out of the bag when he said "We give the other side of the story." (i.e. "we put a conservative and right wing spin on what we cover") Chris Matthews noted (as did many others), that was a serious mistake that even Roger Ailes wouldn't have uttered on the air (Ailes hired Matthews when he worked at MSNBC). "The other side" isn't really fair and balanced. it's just "one side. :-)