The release yesterday of yet another survey indicating the more you watch Fox News the less they know, has once again shone a spotlight on one of the unique features that defines Rupert Murdoch's cable news outlet - it is very, very good at misinforming people. And it's very bad at reporting the news.
In other words: Propaganda? Yes. News? Not so much.
It's true that the most recent survey, conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University, only polled adults in New Jersey and doesn't represent national indictment against Fox. Nonetheless, the findings created amedia stir because they reinforce what pollsters and academics previously discovered; that one of the country's all-news channels consistently leaves viewers less informed.
What's stunning is how many different areas of the news and public policy Fox viewers are misinformed about. For instance, the Fairleigh Dickinson survey asked viewers about recent grassroots uprisings in Arab nations [emphasis added]:
For example, people who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks, are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all..... Fox News watchers are also 6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government than those who watch no news.
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9 comments:
maybe I'll just turn off FNC and get all my news from The Daily Times....
NOT !
That's garbage!! MSNBC must have been involved in this!
The question is-who has funded these surveys?
It's like a high profile famous attorney once said-she can find an expert witness to find anything she wants.
LOL! I was wondering what excuses/blame assigning your readers would come up with. You guys are soooooo predictable.
"For example, people who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks, are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government"
Fox News viewers are less likely to not know this because it just ain't true. NATO airstrikes overthrew the Egyptian government! Now the place is complete chaos, something the MSM doesn't want people to know.
Not an "excuse" 11:15-FACT!
Wow, you people are wacky!
Not Nato but CIA backing to overthrow Mubarak.
It's true though that you have to look into who underwrites/finances any study. That is something that is pounded into the heads of anyone in the medical field.
people who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks, are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all..... Fox News watchers are also 6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government than those who watch no news.
And they come here to comment. lol
I also know that Obama is a muslim who was born in Kenya.
I believe in letting sick people die.
I think that Obama is planning to take over America with dinosaurs. Muslim dinosaurs.
P.S. I love Sarah Palin - guaranteeing democrats' victory one wink at a time.
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