The Frustration of Verbal Jousting

When is a fact NOT a fact?

I just received a scary reminder of just how potent the Fox 

News Kool-Aid is. I got into a debate with a guy on a social 

media site, and he demanded proof of my assertion that Fox 

News News sometimes doesn't tell the truth to its viewers. So I 

Googled the topic, and came up with a long list of instances 

they had spread a falsehood. There were so many, that they all

couldn't all be sent, so I sent him six. He replied that they all 

came from 'liberal' newspapers, and so proved nothing. 

They were all things I had seen reported on television. I mean, 

the guy is so deep in the Fox Bubble, he thinks that most 

newspapers and any T. V. network but Fox News is lying. If his 

premise were true, I have visions of powerful men in 1,000 

dollar suits all gathering at a restaurant and agreeing all to lie 

to make Fox look bad over cocktails and expensive steaks with 

rice pilaf. If we can't even agree a fact is a fact, how are we 

supposed to debate?