So they took a poll of people in New Jersey and found out they were stupid. Yeah, not surprising.
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
So they took a poll of people in New Jersey and found out they were stupid. Yeah, not surprising.
FUCK THE POLICE (11-21-2011), LadyT (11-23-2011), Rune (11-23-2011)
Cancel 2016.2 (11-22-2011), DamnYankee (11-22-2011), Minister of Truth (11-21-2011), The Dude (11-22-2011)
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.
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.
How's the HuffPo doing these days?
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
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.
poet (11-21-2011)
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
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.
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.
DamnYankee (11-22-2011)
"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.
DamnYankee (11-22-2011)
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