Fox News has an accuracy rate of 18%, according to Politifact branch Punditfact (h/t Jason). This means that of the 83 statements made by the network’s talking heads reviewed by Punditfact, 15 of them were found to be “True.” Another 10% were determined to be “Mostly True,” and 22% were “Half True.” The remainder fell into the “Mostly False,” “False,” and “Pants on Fire” categories.
There are 1,440 minutes in a 24-hour day. A stopped clock is therefore right 0.14% of the time*, if you count whole minutes as single data points.
This means that Fox News is correct more than 100 times more often than a stopped clock.
![Jim Champion [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/8627999081_ebb2ce94c8_z.jpg "Jim Champion [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)], via Flickr")
“You agreed with me a few hours ago when I said it was 7:42. Why are you trying to change your answer now?”
* I’m trying to find the source of this saying, to the extent it is knowable. The most likely seems to be Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, but I’ve also seen it credited to Paulo Coelho, Stephen Hunt, and Patrick Jane. Anyone know where it comes from?
Photo credit: Jim Champion [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr.
