The bigger oopps was that it was falsely reported that the Fox Anchor had asked that the graphic be taken down because he didnt like the results of the graphic. The writer of the story had to correct it. Which then takes away the whole reason for the story.
A great example of today's one-sided America. Find the thing the helps your side first, make it into news second.
But it didn't stop NamePros reigning queen of fake news
@enlytend from posting the "fake" graphic with the other half of the poll covered with a photo. Here is the real screenshot and the reporters response and a link to the real video too!
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MediaBuzz
5 hours ago
A JOURNALISTIC DISTORTION
The Associated Press should be embarrassed by a story that utterly distorts what happened yesterday on my program โMedia Buzz.โ
And its dishonest piece was made worse by the fact that the wire service didnโt bother to contact me or Fox News for comment.
I designed a segment in part around a Monmouth University poll that asked people about so-called โfake newsโ as well as who they trusted more, President Trump or each of the three major cable news networks.
I found the latter comparison so striking that I told my staff to make that poll question into a graphic to be shown on the air. The whole point was to share it with viewers.
During the segment, the control room mistakenly posted the graphic early, while I was dealing with the fake news questions. So I calmly asked that it be taken down. About a minute later, I asked for the graphic to be put back on the screen and discussed the finding with my guest, pollster Frank Luntz.
The AP reported my request to take down the graphic and ended the story there, creating a false impression by not mentioning that I called for the very same graphic shortly afterward. This echoed partisan chatter online that I had somehow panicked or didnโt want to show the poll graphic, which is flatly contradicted by reality.
For the record, the Monmouth poll found that 30 percent of those surveyed said they trusted Fox more and 20 percent said they trusted Trump more. Another 37 percent said they trusted both equally.
The poll found that respondents trusted CNN more than Trump by 48 to 35 percent, but only 13 percent trusted both equally. The survey said those questioned trusted MSNBC more than Trump by a 45-32 margin, but only 16 percent trust both equally.
I felt viewers deserved all the facts. Thatโs more than I can say for the AP, which owes me a correction.
UPDATE: Mashable and MassLive also ran with the false narrative that I had "accidentally" posted the poll when that was my plan all along. Mashable adds the additional error that I inflated Fox's number for being trusted over Trump, when I simply added--accurately--a third figure from the poll that was left out of the graphic, showing that 37 percent trusted both equally.
12:23 ET UPDATE: The AP has now run a correction, which I appreciate. Though it's odd that the correction indicated I SAID the poll graphic ran moments later, as if it's a claim. It's a verifiable fact. There's video!
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