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#39348 - 11/21/11 07:47 PM Better to watch nothing than Fox News.
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Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News.

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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."


Fox News is a disinformation source. One watches them if you dislike being informed.

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#39447 - 11/23/11 01:31 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: Lumberjack]
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According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll,
some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. In the
most recent study, the poll asked New Jerseyans about current events at home and
abroad, and from what sources – if any – they get their information. The conclusion:
Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,
while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than
those who say they don’t watch any news at all.



How does this make any sense?
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#39449 - 11/23/11 01:37 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: Lumberjack]
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I'm sure FOX cries all the way to the bank.
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#39450 - 11/23/11 01:39 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: Thumper]
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Yeah, it seems viewers would at least glean the gist of the current events, regardless of the spin. Are they getting distracted by all the dogs and ponies?
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#39453 - 11/23/11 01:56 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: mdean]
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http://vloghog.blogspot.com/2011/01/hot-anchor-women-distract-news-watching.html

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Hot Anchor Women Distract News Watching Men


Maybe not dogs and ponies.
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#39460 - 11/23/11 02:23 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: ikayak]
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Originally Posted By: ikayak

I'm sure FOX cries all the way to the bank.


I'm sure they laugh on the way there. Who knew that PT Barnum overestimated people?
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#39464 - 11/23/11 02:41 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: ikayak]
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Originally Posted By: ikayak

I'm sure FOX cries all the way to the bank.


That's the second post of yours I've read today that happily turns a blind eye to the finer details as long as the money is there in the end. "Situational ethics" was right on the *ahem* money.
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#39472 - 11/23/11 04:24 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: mdean]
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You don't think cable news networks are all about market share translating into money? Grow up.
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#39474 - 11/23/11 04:39 PM Re: Better to watch nothing than Fox News. [Re: ikayak]
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Originally Posted By: ikayak

You don't think cable news networks are all about market share translating into money? Grow up.


And they make that bank by telling you the lies you want to hear, which you then use to attempt to discredit those who aren't lying to you as "the liberal media".

Or, as Megyn Kelly puts it; "Pepper spray... it's a food product, essentially". Like waterboarding is hydration, essentially.

If you want to buy the soap that Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes sells, by all means do so. But don't fool yourself about the cost. The entertainment fiction that he provides makes you less informed than the person who used the time watching the Simpsons.
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#39478 - 11/23/11 07:36 PM Just do a little fact checking! [Re: Lumberjack]
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Time and again, you do this! Seems you would learn.

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as Megyn Kelly puts it; "Pepper spray... it's a food product, essentially". Like waterboarding is hydration, essentially.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationno...pper-spray.html
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-news-...-whole-segment/

Listen to more than just the small sound bite, you may learn something.




Edited by Thumper (11/23/11 08:51 PM)
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