Study: Fox News Viewers Misinformed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBA61YrA68Q

what do you think?

is it sort of a "duh" thing, is there some deeper reason for the results, or is there a good reason to doubt the polls themselves?

Could be straw polls...

Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. BreakTheseLinks

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

I've always been amazed by the amount of people who watch Fox News.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. J-man45

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

It also included CNN and MSNBC.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. J-man45

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

I've always been amazed by the amount of people who watch Fox News.

UnknownSniper65

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[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. LJS9502_basic

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

aka straw polls.And they are onloy worded to get a desired answer when they NEED to get a desired answer. You won't find the same tactics being used by national organizations polling the public on issues concerning public policy and the like.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out this is true. That being said, The Young Turks are one of the stupidest political commentary shows I have ever seen. Every economic argument I've ever seen Cenk Uygur make is a logical fallacy. Ever single one. That's a feat in itself. And that's just coming from the thousands of clips they choose to put on youtube. I can't imagine the stupidity they don't upload from their show.Rhazakna

yeah i get pretty frustrated by them sometimes. idk about their econmic views, but i watch the show more for the social issues they bring up and i disagree sometimes and wanna yell at them for being so biased.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. J-man45

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

you seem to be want to assume alot about the poll.

Could be straw polls...

J-man45

could be. but do you have an actual good reason to think that it is?

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[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Meh. Every person can be considered "misinformed" to someone else. Liberals think conservatives are misinformed and vice-versa. Conspiracy theorist think everyone is misinformed. Phaze-Two

Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

you seem to be want to assume alot about the poll.

Well I would really like to learn. (Sorry, but I couldn't watch the video because I can't stand TYT)

This was done by a devision of Harvard University.. To claim they are liberally bias is quite absurd.. Especially with the questions they asked them.. sSubZerOo

Ah ok, thank you. The way that TYT treated the issue and the result led me to believe things. Probably should have known better anyway, those silly Turks...

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]This was done by a devision of Harvard University.. To claim they are liberally bias is quite absurd.. Especially with the questions they asked them.. J-man45

Ah ok, thank you. The way that TYT treated the issue and the result led me to believe things. Probably should have known better anyway, those silly Turks...

so now, what do you think of the poll?

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]This was done by a devision of Harvard University.. To claim they are liberally bias is quite absurd.. Especially with the questions they asked them.. Phaze-Two

Ah ok, thank you. The way that TYT treated the issue and the result led me to believe things. Probably should have known better anyway, those silly Turks...

so now, what do you think of the poll?

A bit surprising I suppose.

WHAT FOX NEWS MISINFORMS PEOPLE?!

Not really hard to believe,I mean people take Glenn Beck seriously. Some poeple even think Sarah Palin is smart,and would make a good president.

Persoanlly I think people that think like that have a mild form of mental retardation,or they drink to much Fox News Kool-Aid. Not to say there's a better one out there they are all bias,and bought.

WHAT FOX NEWS MISINFORMS PEOPLE?!

Not really hard to believe,I mean people take Glenn Beck seriously. Some poeple even think Sarah Palin is smart,and would make a good president.

Persoanlly I think people that think like that have a mild form of mental retardation,or they drink to much Fox News Kool-Aid. Not to say there's a better one out there they are all bias,and bought.

BloodJunkie213

Good to know you think most conservatives in the eastern US are mentally impaired....

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WHAT FOX NEWS MISINFORMS PEOPLE?!

Not really hard to believe,I mean people take Glenn Beck seriously. Some poeple even think Sarah Palin is smart,and would make a good president.

Persoanlly I think people that think like that have a mild form of mental retardation,or they drink to much Fox News Kool-Aid. Not to say there's a better one out there they are all bias,and bought.

J-man45

Good to know you think most conservatives in the eastern US are mentally impaired....

Yup,and I bet they think the Noah Story happened literally.

Wait...I smell bias (as is always the case with polls like these). One of the questions asked if the Stimulus Bill lost jobs...how the hell can you prove this right or wrong? It's the same line of thinking that you can somehow measure how many jobs were "saved".

Not surprising. Fox News is pretty much the poster child of crappy "news" channels, closely followed by MSNBC.

Not surprising. Fox News is pretty much the poster child of crappy "news" channels, closely followed by MSNBC.

GreySeal9

apparently MSNBC viewers were the most well-informed

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WHAT FOX NEWS MISINFORMS PEOPLE?!

Not really hard to believe,I mean people take Glenn Beck seriously. Some poeple even think Sarah Palin is smart,and would make a good president.

Persoanlly I think people that think like that have a mild form of mental retardation,or they drink to much Fox News Kool-Aid. Not to say there's a better one out there they are all bias,and bought.

J-man45

Good to know you think most conservatives in the eastern US are mentally impaired....

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Not surprising. Fox News is pretty much the poster child of crappy "news" channels, closely followed by MSNBC.

Phaze-Two

apparently MSNBC viewers were the most well-informed

I could watch MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, FOX and my local news 24/7, and I still wouldn't know what the hell was going on half the time.:?

Wait...I smell bias (as is always the case with polls like these). One of the questions asked if the Stimulus Bill lost jobs...how the hell can you prove this right or wrong? It's the same line of thinking that you can somehow measure how many jobs were "saved".

SpartanMSU

Not only that, the question seems to ignore the difference of opinion between the varied economic schools. Someone may believe that even the "created jobs" are a net loss because of the broken window fallacy. This point can be debated, but to say they're wrong because of job statistics from the government ignores the possible nuance of their opinion.

I could watch MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, FOX and my local news 24/7, and I still wouldn't know what the hell was going on half the time.:?

_cHEeX_

I agree 110%! All news is about is ratings now,there is no real reporting. It's all about money not truth anymore.

It's really sad that people actually take Fox news seriously.chrisrooR

Not surprising. Fox News has a conservative agenda, hence they don't cover stories that hinder that agenda, which leads to their viewers being misinformed on a lot of issues.

[QUOTE="chrisrooR"]It's really sad that people actually take Fox news seriously.BreakTheseLinks

Yes but at least I don't see CNN put stuff like this on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3J_QLtYqlk

I found it particularly interesting he hates 9/11 victims families....wow.....just wow.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"][QUOTE="chrisrooR"]It's really sad that people actually take Fox news seriously.BloodJunkie213

Yes but at least I don't see CNN put stuff like this on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3J_QLtYqlk

I can't stand watching them. I dislike Fox, but TYT was flaming the hell out of everything. That segment could have taken 2 minutes, but that dude dragged it out constantly.

*Sees The Young Turks logo at the beginning of the video....disregards thread*

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Which causes me to question the reliability of the poll. If they state that their intention is to find out if Fox viewers are misinformed, I'd say there's a good chance that they will. Remember this poll was probably conducted by liberals anyway.

J-man45

aka straw polls.And they are onloy worded to get a desired answer when they NEED to get a desired answer. You won't find the same tactics being used by national organizations polling the public on issues concerning public policy and the like.

who did the study? what are their biases, credentials?

I would say that anyone who only views one News network is likely to be misinformed about something. It's best to watch two or more, for instance I watch (well actually skim, news seems have been getting more boring in the last couple of years) both Fox and CNN.

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Not surprising. Fox News is pretty much the poster child of crappy "news" channels, closely followed by MSNBC.

Phaze-Two

apparently MSNBC viewers were the most well-informed

Even so, it's still a crappy channel.

who did the study? what are their biases, credentials?

I would say that anyone who only views one News network is likely to be misinformed about something. It's best to watch two or more, for instance I watch (well actually skim, news seems have been getting more boring in the last couple of years) both Fox and CNN.

whipassmt

It's the Young Turks. In other words, you can brush it off as liberally biased nonsense.

I did a little digging. Here is the study itselfhttp://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf

I haven't read the whole thing, but the questions themselves (they are in boxes to the right) seem fairly straight forward. Although I don't yet see where it says anything about which news station these viewers watch.

Not surprised; this isn't the first study to reach that conclusion.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/oct03/IraqMedia_Oct03_rpt.pdf

In other new findings: the sky is blue and water is wet.

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With-Hatred

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]This was done by a devision of Harvard University.. To claim they are liberally bias is quite absurd.. Especially with the questions they asked them.. J-man45

Ah ok, thank you. The way that TYT treated the issue and the result led me to believe things. Probably should have known better anyway, those silly Turks...