When an author uses ethos and pathos he or she is ethically responsible to use them in a way that will help the argument along instead of confusing the reader into believing falsities. For example, shifting statistics in order to change their meanings is an ethical misuse because the arguer is not convincing the reader of his point, but of a point that does not exist instead. Often our media and even our government fail to live up to these ethical expectations. Openly biased reporting agencies like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, or even the New York Times suffer from political biases that rule over their articles. These are ethically imperfect because they are not presenting a fair argument for the reader to understand. Our government works to spin events and statements in order to make their meanings different from the original intent because of pressures from various news agencies and the opposition. The existences of these unethical uses in our media and government do provide one positive effect however. They show that while our press may be as unethical as others, it is definitely freer then other countries allow their presses to be. Since there are biases for each wing of beliefs in our society, each person is capable of finding a source that appeals to them.