Can we trust the established media?

Have you seen the Fox News 'terrorist expert' discussing the recent terrorist attacks in Paris? He states that some British cities (Birmingham) are 'muslim only'. As laughable and offensive as his comments are, should we be concerned? Is this creating a negative representation of the Muslim community? Is it also creating a negative representation of the UK and more specifically, Birmingham? Whilst we, as a British audience can use our own social and cultural knowledge to identify the inaccuracies in what he is saying, an American audience are less likely to be able to do this. Can you apply the dependency theory and two step flow in your analysis of this clip?

 Try searching #foxnewsfacts on Twitter and see the public's humerous response to this mistake. Citizen journalism? Two step flow? Does this show the growing power of social media and citizen journalism?