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		autoexec on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Half of Americans now believe that news organizati... CNN isn't good, but it's not even close to being equivalent. I doubt there's a single news org that doesn't let their bias slip from time to time, but let's not pretend that makes them all the same or that there aren't some much much worse than others. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/one-america-news-network/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/left/cnn-bias/

rbanffy on Feb 16, 2023 [–]

I’ve seen this false equivalency being regurgitated over and over whenever someone points out that Fox News is actually a far-right propaganda outlet.

pohl on Feb 17, 2023 | [–]

That’s part of the mechanism to bolster RW propaganda: pay no attention to this serial killer over here, because the person next to him double parks.

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