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No real shocker here. :lol:
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.

Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government.

Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."
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Didn't watch this, but got a kick out of the title..

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I didn't know it was Liberals that watch Fox news :o
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Gil Dobie wrote:I didn't know it was Liberals that watch Fox news :o
People watch what they want to watch. Many people don't want to be informed as much as they want to be reinforced. They don't watch the news to get information, they watch it to be told what they want to hear.

Whether it's Fox News blasting everything donk, or MSNBC blasting everything conk. We're becoming a nation of stepford voters.
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kalm wrote:No real shocker here. :lol:
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.

Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government.

Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 06305.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
All you need to know about this "poll", not a study ( :suspicious: ), is that it claims that the Daily Show is a news source. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Baldy wrote:

All you need to know about this "poll", not a study ( :suspicious: ), is that it claims that the Daily Show is a news source. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Baldy Isn't that what News is becoming..?
Entertainment

Rush Limbaugh is an Entertainer / News source also (Right..?)
Fox News executives themselves claim that over half their News Programming is entertainment

Like I said: Hollywood / Politics = Same Same Same :nod: this is the road we're waltzing down
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Who watches the News anymore?
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Baldy wrote:
kalm wrote:No real shocker here. :lol:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 06305.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
All you need to know about this "poll", not a study ( :suspicious: ), is that it claims that the Daily Show is a news source. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
And their source was people from New Jersey. :rofl:
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youngterrier wrote:Who watches the News anymore?
Who watches TV anymore..?
I understand HBO is pretty awesome - but -TV is really a dead medium for me..
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BlueHen86 wrote:
Gil Dobie wrote:I didn't know it was Liberals that watch Fox news :o
People watch what they want to watch. Many people don't want to be informed as much as they want to be reinforced. They don't watch the news to get information, they watch it to be told what they want to hear.

Whether it's Fox News blasting everything donk, or MSNBC blasting everything conk. We're becoming a nation of stepford voters.
This!

Which is why the only MSNBC show I watch is Morning Joe which is center right (Baldy? :mrgreen: ) featuring a former conk congressman and mostly corporatist media elites with the rare actual lib sprinkled in occasionally. A conservative show on left leaning network. How's that for balance? :lol:

It's all infotainment and not really news. Anybody looking for real, unbiased news should turn to the likes of Amy Goodman at Democracy Now, or the Daily Show and Colbert Report. 8-)
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Chizzang wrote:
youngterrier wrote:Who watches the News anymore?
Who watches TV anymore..?
I understand HBO is pretty awesome - but -TV is really a dead medium for me..
This pretty much sums it up for me too. Other than sports, I blearily watch/listen to Morning Joe when I wake up (as mentioned) and watch Game of Thrones. That's about it.
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I only tune in to Morning Joe to keep up on Becky Quick.
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Wedgebuster wrote:I only tune in to Morning Joe to keep up on Becky Quick.
...who replace Erin Burnette, neither of which is difficult on the eyes. :nod:
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Chizzang wrote:
youngterrier wrote:Who watches the News anymore?
Who watches TV anymore..?
I understand HBO is pretty awesome - but -TV is really a dead medium for me..
History Channel
Discovery Channel
Fox Sports Arizona (Diamondbacks games)

That's about it.
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kalm wrote:
BlueHen86 wrote:
People watch what they want to watch. Many people don't want to be informed as much as they want to be reinforced. They don't watch the news to get information, they watch it to be told what they want to hear.

Whether it's Fox News blasting everything donk, or MSNBC blasting everything conk. We're becoming a nation of stepford voters.
This!

Which is why the only MSNBC show I watch is Morning Joe which is center right (Baldy? :mrgreen: ) featuring a former conk congressman and mostly corporatist media elites with the rare actual lib sprinkled in occasionally. A conservative show on left leaning network. How's that for balance? :lol:

It's all infotainment and not really news. Anybody looking for real, unbiased news should turn to the likes of Amy Goodman at Democracy Now, or the Daily Show and Colbert Report. 8-)
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Do us a favor...you're the last person on this forum who need to be telling anyone what is left or right of center. :lol:

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I think that we are reaching a critical mass in this country where a tv news outlet that has just news content without bias could probably carve off some viewership.

I watch Moyers on occasion. He's liberal, but you do get both sides from him, and there's little fluff. I think a neutral version of Moyers would get me on the boob tube more.

For now, I am getting used to being the last guy in the room to know about the latest sensationalized child abduction or who the Kochs/Soroses of the world are giving money to.


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I watch the Factor. Is that news? ;)
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Baldy wrote:
kalm wrote:
This!

Which is why the only MSNBC show I watch is Morning Joe which is center right (Baldy? :mrgreen: ) featuring a former conk congressman and mostly corporatist media elites with the rare actual lib sprinkled in occasionally. A conservative show on left leaning network. How's that for balance? :lol:

It's all infotainment and not really news. Anybody looking for real, unbiased news should turn to the likes of Amy Goodman at Democracy Now, or the Daily Show and Colbert Report. 8-)
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kalm,

Do us a favor...you're the last person on this forum who need to be telling anyone what is left or right of center. :lol:

:mrgreen:
1) The irony of using a Simpsons image to illustrate your point is not lost on me! :clap:

2) But you could be right.

Please list your news sources. I will consume them for one week, and report back my findings. :popcorn: :mrgreen:
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Baldy wrote:
kalm wrote:No real shocker here. :lol:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 06305.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
All you need to know about this "poll", not a study ( :suspicious: ), is that it claims that the Daily Show is a news source. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
That's not a fault of the poll. Some people do get their news from the Daily Show.
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BlueHen86 wrote:
Baldy wrote: All you need to know about this "poll", not a study ( :suspicious: ), is that it claims that the Daily Show is a news source. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
That's not a fault of the poll. Some people do get their news from the Daily Show.
And they too, are more informed than Fox viewers. :nod:
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And their source was people from New Jersey.

What's that supposed to mean? :suspicious:
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If you're informed you won't vote for BHO this time around
correct, you will be voting for ron paul. :thumb:
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Seahawks08 wrote:
If you're informed you won't vote for BHO this time around
correct, you will be voting for ron paul. :thumb:

Seriously... look at our choices
This is America and we've got that (Romney / Obama / Paul) for our three choices



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