Bryan Hollon: Professor’s disdain of Fox News is unfounded

Re: “Fox anything but news” (Letters, Feb. 27): Being that the writer is a college professor, I appreciate his idea of “trying to inculcate people the importance of critical thinking.” What I find troubling is the statement that people should check facts with “reliable” sources.

Sounds like the professor is drilling into the heads of students his political views. To make a general statement about Fox News not being reliable, as if nothing they report is true, is scary. Professors are there to teach students how to think critically, not indoctrinate them. People on both sides of the political spectrum omit facts that don’t back their views.

He gives Obama credit for reducing the deficit, while omitting the GOP-pushed the “Budget Control Act of 2011” which helped. The U.S. has more money coming in from taxes than in anytime in history. The problem is under Obama, we are spending at record levels (without the war he described). My “reliable” source is Whitehouse.gov budget section. I read information from many sites on both political sides so I can make an educated opinion.

I hope the professor sticks to “trying to inculcate in people the importance of critical thinking,” and not just his view of it.

This story was originally published March 12, 2015 at 11:29 AM with the headline "Bryan Hollon: Professor’s disdain of Fox News is unfounded."