MadMonk64 Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1959 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 114 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 272 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 95 Achievement Points: 2569 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/09/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2022 Birthday: 05/30/1946 Posted May 25, 2012 Confirmed: Fox News makes people dumb Get short URL email story to a friend print version Published: 24 May, 2012, 02:06 Edited: 24 May, 2012, 20:25 AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski TAGS: Mass media, USA After a study published last year labeled viewers of Fox News as grossly misinformed, the researchers who conducted the poll have expanded their work and now confirm, again, that the network’s audience might want to consider changing the channel. Researchers at Fairleigh Dickinson University conducted a study last year that yielded some inarguably unsurprising information about Fox News’ viewership. At the time, researchers concluded that, based off of a study that sampled residents of New Jersey, people that only watch Fox News are less informed on current events than people that don’t watch cable news at all. Now only months later, the school’s researchers have published their finding of a similar study that calls on a sample of participants from coast-to-coast and, according to the results, confirm that their earlier report wasn’t a fluke. According to the latest study, Americans who watch only Fox News to learn about current events are indeed less informed than most everyone else. The report reveals that, on average, American’s are able to correctly answer 1.8 out of 4 questions on international news and 1.6 of 5 questions when quizzed on domestic issues. For those that disregard the television for taking in daily newscasts, they averaged 1.22 answers correctly. Fox viewers, of course, were a different story. “omeone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer just 1.04 domestic questions correctly – a figure which is significantly worse than if they had reported watching no media at all,” reveals the study. “On the other hand, if they listened only to NPR, they would be expected to answer 1.51 questions correctly; viewers of Sunday morning talk shows fare similarly well. And people watching only The Daily Show with Jon Stewart could answer about 1.42 questions correctly.” In last year’s New Jersey-centric study, the same researchers revealed 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. "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,” Fairleigh Dickinson Professor Dan Cassino explained in an accompanying statement at the time back in November. By broadening the study, though, can the university conclude that people that get theire news from Comedy Central are more informed that Fox viewers? The short — and for now, seemingly indisputable answer — is yes. And that, you see, is comedy. Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 Hehehehe... Let the shit storm begin... Awards
Spartacus Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1387 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted May 25, 2012 Please, I Won't Defend FOX News. After What They Did To Hank Williams Jr. I Stopped Watching Them Totally. They Are Just Propaganda From The "Capital" Point Of View. Their Job Is To "Air Public Grievences" From The Conservative Point Of View, To Keep People From Snapping. Or Worse, Go "Third Party" Which Would Destroy The Two Party Control We Have. A "Safety Pressure Valve" so to say... That's What Rush Does, Convince People Not To Panic & Stay In The GOP. All News Has An Agenda Unfortunately, The Ruling Class Needs To Have Their Shill's Sugar Coat & Convince PeopleThat Their Side Will Make Everything Ok So You Can Go Back To Your Selfishness, Which Is How They Ultimately Profit Politically & Financially. Sound Cynical? TheLastColdBeer 1 Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 I would like to see a third alternative, the other two seem to be broken. sabreeyes 1 Awards
Spartacus Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1387 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted May 25, 2012 I would like to see a third alternative, the other two seem to be broken. AMEN! A Constitutional Party Would Be Nice. Meaning, If You Want To Make Radical Changes, Super Majority Only To Do It. No More Executive Orders, Back Door Regulation Through The EPA, Or Judicial Activism. Not To Punish Private Enterprise or Achievments. Meaning, The Way Things Were In The Begining, REAL Choices. Not Watered Down Versions Of Each Others Control. I Personally Believe Around 33% Republicans Would Join & Maybe 20% Blue Dog Dem's Too. Then These Bastards Who Have Controlled This Country For 100 Years Would Have Competition. If They Stuck To The Constitution, Provided Common Sense Solutions Like Balancing The Budget & Cutting What Should Be Cut, People Would Support Them.... Blackbart 1 Awards
DramaLlama Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1443 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2299 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 3789 Achievement Points: 17867 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 05/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 8, 2023 Birthday: 02/19/1987 Posted May 25, 2012 what did they expect? they tested people from new jersey :w00t: Pharticus 1 Awards
billyblade Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 34 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 47 Topic Count: 182 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2097 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 1003 Achievement Points: 14880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12, 2018 Birthday: 04/29/1966 Posted May 25, 2012 OH YEAH...and of course the viewership of MSNBC, well they are more informed than all of us...all12 of em...including you Pete.....DOH!!!!!!!!!! is there really 12 viewers of MSNBC? thats about 14 more than i would have expected...especially the RAchel Maddow show...man is she HOT!!!!!..........................if your a militant transgender lesbian......................DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awards
HarryWeezer Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) The "researchers" first concluded that Fox News viewers are misinformed by sampling some number of New Jersey residents. Have you been to Jersey? Those people don't live in the same world. And so, now they have expanded their study "nationwide" by asking some number of people "coast-to-coast" nine questions, of which on average, Fox views correctly answered 2. So here are the questions. How many can you answer? 1, Have the opposition groups protesting in Egypt been successful in removing Hosni Mubarak? 2. Have the opposition groups in Syria been successful in removing Bashar al-Assad? 3. Some countries in Europe are deeply in debt, and have had to be bailed out by other countries. Which country has had to spend the most money to bail out European countries? 4. What are economic sanctions against Iran supposed to do? 5. Which party has the most seats in the U.S. House right now? 6. In December, House Republicans agreed to a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, but only if President Obama agreed to do what? 7. Who won the Iowa caucuses for Republican candidates? 8. Who won the New Hampshire Republican Primary? 9. About what percentage of Americans are currently unemployed? Fox responsed to this nonsense as follows: "Considering FDU’s undergraduate school is ranked as one of the worst in the country, we suggest the school invest in improving its weak academic program instead of spending money on frivolous polling – their student body does not deserve to be so ill-informed." Edited May 25, 2012 by SgtHarryWeezer BigPapaDean and billyblade 2 Awards
BigPapaDean Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted May 25, 2012 Harry I never watch the news but read the headlines online all the time and I answered 7 out of the nine correctly, but then I am special! Lmao! AM also FOX-xy! LOL!!!!~ Awards
Shamu Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted May 25, 2012 It's bleeding heart Liberal propaganda. sabreeyes 1
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 Lmao... I can certainly sense your outrage guys... Lol.. Take it easy, it's only some random study.. And Billy, I watch several media outlets including Fox. I rather make my own mind up on issues than get an extreme view like Fox & MSNBC. Good post guys.. Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 I would like to see a third alternative, the other two seem to be broken. AMEN! A Constitutional Party Would Be Nice. Meaning, If You Want To Make Radical Changes, Super Majority Only To Do It. No More Executive Orders, Back Door Regulation Through The EPA, Or Judicial Activism. Not To Punish Private Enterprise or Achievments. Meaning, The Way Things Were In The Begining, REAL Choices. Not Watered Down Versions Of Each Others Control. I Personally Believe Around 33% Republicans Would Join & Maybe 20% Blue Dog Dem's Too. Then These Bastards Who Have Controlled This Country For 100 Years Would Have Competition. If They Stuck To The Constitution, Provided Common Sense Solutions Like Balancing The Budget & Cutting What Should Be Cut, People Would Support Them.... I agree Sparty.. I think a certain degree from both parties would support a third party. Awards
billyblade Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 34 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 47 Topic Count: 182 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2097 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 1003 Achievement Points: 14880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 12, 2018 Birthday: 04/29/1966 Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Lmao... I can certainly sense your outrage guys... Lol.. Take it easy, it's only some random study.. And Billy, I watch several media outlets including Fox. I rather make my own mind up on issues than get an extreme view like Fox & MSNBC. Good post guys.. hxtr looks like he might be off pete....someone gotta pick up his slack and bust your balls!!!! Edited May 25, 2012 by billyblade Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 Hahaha begger! Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted May 25, 2012 Sound Cynical? Uhhh-huh! And maybe just a little bitter. Does someone need a beer? Spartacus 1 Awards
little_old_man Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted May 25, 2012 FOX viewers didn't keep Bush in office, and FOX viewers won't be the ones that kick his sorry ass out either. The last presidential election was a popularity contest and had little to do with how informed the voters were, Democrat or Republican. If only well informed people cast votes, Obama would still be a community organizer in Kenya..... Here are some Obama voters that were polled on election day in 2008, and this poll is as scientific as the one cited by the original poster (meaning it isn't). Idiots can be found on both sides of the fence. Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted May 25, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted May 25, 2012 Here is a better article thats explains this situation in better detail... Fox viewers are not Dumb, they are just as informed at MSNBC... Something I thought was the case when it came to the two most partisan of media outlets.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-j-woolley/fox-news-does-not-make-yo_b_1519284.html?ref=@pollster Awards
hxtr Posted May 26, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted May 26, 2012 Fox News loves to use missing kids, killed kids and other to promote their network. And like what we seen happen in the Casey Anthony trial... Fox News got that cunt off... Fox led the charge for YEARS!!!! They do the reverse and make everyone think the parents are guilty and milk it... milk it... over and over then when they find they are not guilty they act as if they are the hero's and try to capitalize even more. Now lets do a study on the effect of Liberal News.... ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and the rest. Fox will look like angles in comparison but they are all out to manipulate the public to make more money. It's how it has worked for years. Fox loves conservatives as they are a huge audience and very little options unlike the liberals and the ones stuck in the Fox News wonderland is like taking candy from a baby. They eat it up. Plus I see more sexual references on Fox than I do in Jersey Shore. Sex does sell.... and Fox News sells lots of sex. So when can we start talking bad about Obama here? lol
BoomSlang Posted May 26, 2012 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 565 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 375 Achievement Points: 3842 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 03:57 PM Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) I would like to see a third alternative, the other two seem to be broken. WOW! something I can agree with you on. maybe hell has frozen over. LOL Edited May 26, 2012 by BoomSlang Awards
dayton Posted May 26, 2012 Member ID: 2264 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 493 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3997 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2020 Birthday: 05/03/1979 Posted May 26, 2012 The "researchers" first concluded that Fox News viewers are misinformed by sampling some number of New Jersey residents. Have you been to Jersey? Those people don't live in the same world. And so, now they have expanded their study "nationwide" by asking some number of people "coast-to-coast" nine questions, of which on average, Fox views correctly answered 2. So here are the questions. How many can you answer? 1, Have the opposition groups protesting in Egypt been successful in removing Hosni Mubarak? 2. Have the opposition groups in Syria been successful in removing Bashar al-Assad? 3. Some countries in Europe are deeply in debt, and have had to be bailed out by other countries. Which country has had to spend the most money to bail out European countries? 4. What are economic sanctions against Iran supposed to do? 5. Which party has the most seats in the U.S. House right now? 6. In December, House Republicans agreed to a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, but only if President Obama agreed to do what? 7. Who won the Iowa caucuses for Republican candidates? 8. Who won the New Hampshire Republican Primary? 9. About what percentage of Americans are currently unemployed? Fox responsed to this nonsense as follows: "Considering FDU’s undergraduate school is ranked as one of the worst in the country, we suggest the school invest in improving its weak academic program instead of spending money on frivolous polling – their student body does not deserve to be so ill-informed." where's the answers man!!!! lol dont leave me hanging!!!! ok im gonna try and answers these lmao!!!! STOP LAUGHING!!!!! 1. no 2. no 3. ewww thats a tough one......im gonna say the british????? 4. same thing all economic sanctions are supposed to do...disrupt that countries way of life,trade,polotics...blah blah blah. i guess in this case to stop that crazy lil shit from building his nukes, and stop supporting are enemies. (us) 5. republicans 6. i dont know this one, probably give back the stolen plans for the death star? 7. i'll say.....santorum 8. mitten romney 9. 9% sooooooo how did i do?
dayton Posted May 26, 2012 Member ID: 2264 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 493 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3997 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2020 Birthday: 05/03/1979 Posted May 26, 2012 all the news here in the u.s is horrible. IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS!!!! disgusting company policy there. BUT????? isnt all our media outlets owned by europeon media corporations? IS EUROPE TRYING TO MAKE US DUMBER???? J/K LOL (TOO LATE) i can only take the news in very small doses, it gets me riled up. makes me nauseous(spellcheck) hxtr 1
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