Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid | Media and Culture | AlterNet
December 15, 2010 |
Yet another study has been released proving that watching Fox News is detrimental to your intelligence. World Public Opinion, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland,
conducted a survey of American voters that shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. What’s more, the study shows that greater exposure to Fox News increases misinformation.
Ya, I read the actual survey. Again, you really should do your own research. When you don't, you end up making ridiculous OP's like this.
If you were so inclined to think for yourself, instead of allowing "Alternet" do it for you, you would have been able to note such findings as, a greater number of people who identified as Democrats, thought Barack implemented TARP.
As Karrie noted, Alternet takes a huge leap in logic, and artistic license in its titling of that story. They could have, if their political ideology were so inclined, just as easily applied it to a more Liberal American news outlet. Further to that, anyone that uses a single source or even multiple sources of a single ideological slant to acquire information, without balance, without fact checking and certainly without doing a little of their own research. Runs the risk of posting idiotic OP's, such as this.
people who think Glenn Beck has anything worth listening to ??
I think he does. I also think Margolis has something worth listening to.
You are exactly what you claim the viewers of Faux News are. Only on the opposite side of the spectrum
Have no worries, with maturity oft comes balance. If one is so inclined to allow such open thoughts to enter ones head.
You are probably right there. Viewers who are exposed to a steady diet of misinformation probably appear to be less intelligent even if they are not. Misinformation It is an old technique frequently used by both fascist and communist regimes to promote their agendas. I guess the question that should be asked is why anyone of normal intelligence would deliberately submit to a steady diet of misinformation when all they have to do is change the channel.
Well said.