Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 63

Thread: Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study- Duh!

  1. #1 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    8,173
    Thanks
    3,704
    Thanked 2,354 Times in 1,809 Posts
    Groans
    799
    Groaned 5,133 Times in 4,488 Posts
    Blog Entries
    20

    Default Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study- Duh!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1106305.html






    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."

    This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.


    Nail in the coffin. We can put it to rest. About conclusions we already drew. - poet

  2. #2 | Top
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    62,857
    Thanks
    3,734
    Thanked 20,362 Times in 14,089 Posts
    Groans
    2
    Groaned 649 Times in 616 Posts

    Default

    So they took a poll of people in New Jersey and found out they were stupid. Yeah, not surprising.

  3. The Following 3 Users Groan At cawacko For This Awful Post:

    FUCK THE POLICE (11-21-2011), LadyT (11-23-2011), Rune (11-23-2011)

  4. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to cawacko For This Post:

    Cancel 2016.2 (11-22-2011), DamnYankee (11-22-2011), Minister of Truth (11-21-2011), The Dude (11-22-2011)

  5. #3 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Mid-Atlantic State
    Posts
    26,917
    Thanks
    3,256
    Thanked 5,373 Times in 4,319 Posts
    Groans
    1,505
    Groaned 2,440 Times in 2,029 Posts

    Default

    Why waste you time posting bullshit from Huffington.....the Huffington Post isn't even good ass-wipe.....though my parrot shits on it with gusto....
    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


  6. #4 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    8,173
    Thanks
    3,704
    Thanked 2,354 Times in 1,809 Posts
    Groans
    799
    Groaned 5,133 Times in 4,488 Posts
    Blog Entries
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by bravo View Post
    Why waste you time posting bullshit from Huffington.....the Huffington Post isn't even good ass-wipe.....though my parrot shits on it with gusto....
    Ahem. Uh, it's a more credible source than say, Fox News, or Townhall.com, based on its' readership.

  7. #5 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    8,173
    Thanks
    3,704
    Thanked 2,354 Times in 1,809 Posts
    Groans
    799
    Groaned 5,133 Times in 4,488 Posts
    Blog Entries
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    So they took a poll of people in New Jersey and found out they were stupid. Yeah, not surprising.
    Apparently, similar results occurred in Maryland.

  8. #6 | Top
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    61,491
    Thanks
    1,041
    Thanked 3,617 Times in 2,816 Posts
    Groans
    1,008
    Groaned 1,328 Times in 1,225 Posts

    Default

    This is not surprising, considering that new jerseyans live under similar government
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

  9. #7 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Posts
    6,013
    Thanks
    96
    Thanked 848 Times in 757 Posts
    Groans
    0
    Groaned 560 Times in 506 Posts

    Default

    How's the HuffPo doing these days?

  10. #8 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    61,320
    Thanks
    7,144
    Thanked 8,821 Times in 6,166 Posts
    Groans
    5,805
    Groaned 1,532 Times in 1,444 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3

    Default

    It just confirms the results of previous studies that have shown that watchers of cable news programs know the least out of anyone. Cable news should be banned, and the CEO's and journalists who make it up should be tried for treason.
    "Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34

  11. #9 | Top
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Posts
    7,020
    Thanks
    71
    Thanked 1,567 Times in 1,114 Posts
    Groans
    2
    Groaned 272 Times in 246 Posts
    Blog Entries
    22

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    So they took a poll of people in New Jersey and found out they were stupid. Yeah, not surprising.
    Totally agree.

    And so I must because New Jersey tends to have quite a high percentage of Americans, right?
    http://www.justplainpolitics.com/blog.php?u=237
    If you feel so inclined a comment would be appreciated.

    Respect a believers right to believe, but they should damn well repect our right to challenge such utterly illogical notions.


  12. The Following User Says Thank You to Lowaicue For This Post:

    poet (11-21-2011)

  13. #10 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    61,320
    Thanks
    7,144
    Thanked 8,821 Times in 6,166 Posts
    Groans
    5,805
    Groaned 1,532 Times in 1,444 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Alias View Post
    How's the HuffPo doing these days?
    Retarded, as always. The Huffington Post is the bastion of those far right-wing Obama supporters who call themselves "Progressives". True left-wingers proudly call themselves liberals and socialists, and despise conservatives like Obama and his Democratic/Republican brethren.
    "Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34

  14. #11 | Top
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    61,491
    Thanks
    1,041
    Thanked 3,617 Times in 2,816 Posts
    Groans
    1,008
    Groaned 1,328 Times in 1,225 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Alias View Post
    How's the HuffPo doing these days?
    not good, so I hear.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

  15. #12 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Mid-Atlantic State
    Posts
    26,917
    Thanks
    3,256
    Thanked 5,373 Times in 4,319 Posts
    Groans
    1,505
    Groaned 2,440 Times in 2,029 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Lowaicue View Post
    Totally agree.

    And so I must because New Jersey tends to have quite a high percentage of Americans, right?
    Yeah....the hyphenated kind....
    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


  16. The Following User Says Thank You to NOVA For This Post:

    DamnYankee (11-22-2011)

  17. #13 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Mid-Atlantic State
    Posts
    26,917
    Thanks
    3,256
    Thanked 5,373 Times in 4,319 Posts
    Groans
    1,505
    Groaned 2,440 Times in 2,029 Posts

    Default

    "Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News" ???


    Even if true, they obviously still know more than Poet and 98% of Democrats in general......duh....

    Put blame where it belongs
    ATF decided it could not regulate bump stocks during the Obama administration.
    It that time," the NRA wrote in a statement. "The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
    The ATF and Obama admin. ignored the NRA recommendations.


  18. The Following User Says Thank You to NOVA For This Post:

    DamnYankee (11-22-2011)

  19. #14 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    8,173
    Thanks
    3,704
    Thanked 2,354 Times in 1,809 Posts
    Groans
    799
    Groaned 5,133 Times in 4,488 Posts
    Blog Entries
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Watermark Buddha View Post
    Retarded, as always. The Huffington Post is the bastion of those far right-wing Obama supporters who call themselves "Progressives". True left-wingers proudly call themselves liberals and socialists, and despise conservatives like Obama and his Democratic/Republican brethren.
    And you're beyond stupid, mantra-ing Fox News talking points. Pick a side, and stay on it.

  20. #15 | Top
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    8,173
    Thanks
    3,704
    Thanked 2,354 Times in 1,809 Posts
    Groans
    799
    Groaned 5,133 Times in 4,488 Posts
    Blog Entries
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by bravo View Post
    "Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News" ???


    Even if true, they obviously still know more than Poet and 98% of Democrats in general......duh....

    How, pray tell, do you know what I know? You don't, by definition. Please, continue to let loose your diarrhea. POS.

Similar Threads

  1. What fox news viewers say about atheists
    By BRUTALITOPS in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 157
    Last Post: 07-31-2011, 05:03 PM
  2. Fox News Study!
    By signalmankenneth in forum General Politics Forum
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 01-18-2011, 03:28 PM
  3. Most MisInformed Voters: Study says Fox News Viewers!
    By CanadianKid in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 36
    Last Post: 12-20-2010, 11:46 AM
  4. She doesn't watch the news or the internet
    By Canceled.LTroll.29 in forum General Politics Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-16-2008, 10:33 AM
  5. Fox News viewers ranked among Dumbest in the Nation
    By Cypress in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 38
    Last Post: 04-16-2007, 07:56 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •