How Right-Wing Lies Become Mainstream News

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1. This debunks the Right's claim about liberal media bias.

If the media were so inherently liberal, they wouldn't let the BS that comes from the Right so freely and frequently to see the light of day.

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2. Do they even remember what their "job" is?

The Fox Cycle is the reason why some people believe that Planned Parenthood is in the business of selling fetal body parts, why some people still think the 2012 presidential election was rigged against Mitt Romney, why some people are convinced that voter ID laws prevent fraud and why climate denial is rampant. Even after the truth has emerged, proving the story false, there are still many people left with the impression that there’s some truth or credibility to the claims.

While Fox News is mainly to blame for picking up these fringey stories in the first place, mainstream news outlets must be careful not to echo their right-wing manufactured distortions as truths. Fact checking and debunking misinformation is especially important this campaign season.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/15/video-how-right-wing-lies-becomes-mainstream-news/212376