Originally Posted by Idle

Figures lie and liars figure. Fox knows that if they just toss the numbers out there their average viewer is not going to take the time to think through them. Put a bit of spin on the ball and it is easy to make their viewers come to the conclusions they are supposed to reach.

Fox News biggest problem is that they leave themselves open to such corrections by people like Stewart. But then, if they didn't dress up their news with emotions they would have nothing to offer. The bottom line is their demo is not too worried about the truth as long as what they hear makes them feel good about themselves.