I'm a Fox viewer, next time tell Pew to run their questions by me. Fox aside, relying on any one source is a recipe for misinformation. I've heard Hannity and O'Reilly misstate facts, avoid issues, and dispense kool-ade. But at least they make an effort, unlike the pure propaganda machines spewing nonsense all along the cable highway.
For example, what have you seen or heard on cable about Chris Dodd? How 'bout Barney Frank? I mean, these are the thieving nincompoops overseeing the bailout. What have you seen or heard about the torture in Mumbai? Not to mention the roughly 15 petitions currently pending before the Supreme Court demanding proof of Obama's citizenship? Fox or no, we're in a news blackout, that is, unless you're willing to look beyond the booby tube. Meanwhile, Obama voters proved they don't know their ass from a hole in the wall - thus we can safely assume none were Fox fans. No, just your everyday, ignorant liberals, like one big pot party. On Dec 4, 9:52 pm, studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 4, 5:40 pm, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The video of Obama voters being interviewed was posted (linked) in > > this forum a few weeks ago. Not surprisingly, Obama's supporters > > didn't have a clue. > > Try reading: > Studies have consistently shown Fox viewers to be among the most > misinformed Americans. > A 2008 Pew study ranked Fox News dead last in the number of “high > knowledge” viewers, > with only 19 percent of Fox viewers able to correctly identify the > majority party in Congress > (Democrats), the name of the U.S. Secretary of State (Condoleezza > Rice), and name of > British Prime Minister (Gordon Brown). > > Fox viewers are particularly misinformed about the Iraq war. > A 2003 study found three common misperceptions about the war held by > many Americans: > first, that US troops found evidence of close pre-war links between > Iraq and al-Qaeda; second, > that troops found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; and third, that > world public opinion > favored Washington’s going to war with Iraq. Fox viewers were the most > likely to believe > these falsehoods: > > Eighty percent of Fox viewers were found to hold at least one > misperception, compared to > 23 percent of NPR/PBS consumers. All the other media fell in between. > … As to the number > of misconceptions held by their audiences, Fox far outscored all of > its rivals. A whopping 45 > percent of its viewers believed all three misperceptions, while the > other commercial networks > scored between 12 percent and 16 percent. Only nine percent of [print > media] readers believed > all three, while only four percent of the NPR/PBS audience did. > > Yet Hannity and Ziegler were convinced that media malfeasance was the > only reason for > Obama’s victory. Ziegler even claimed, “Bush would have won 65-35 with > fair coverage in 2004.” > > http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/03/hannity-viewers-misinformed/ > --- > > Now seeing how Fox News IS the most watched television news there was > in 2004 and 2008... > what's the excuse again? > Excuses, excuses, excuses is all I ever get and not much else from you > guys. > > Your pathetic little errand boys for a cause that causes less for most > everyone else. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
