Ace Nova Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 A new study shows that people that watch only Fox News (Very Conservative) or only MSNBC (Very Liberal) are the least informed citizens of our society. (On international affairs). The dangers of only watching "ideological" news broadcasts:http://deadstate.org/study-reveals-people-who-watch-fox-news-are-less-informed-than-people-who-watch-no-news-at-all/Media outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC have a negative impact on people’s current events knowledge while NPR and Sunday morning political talk shows are the most informative sources of news, according to Fairleigh Dickinson University’s newest PublicMind survey.Researchers asked 1,185 random nationwide respondents what news sources they had consumed in the past week and then asked them questions about events in the U.S. and abroad.On average, people correctly answered 1.6 of 5 questions about domestic affairs.Because the aim of the study was to isolate the effects of each type of news source, they then controlled for variables such as other news sources, partisanship, education and other demographic factors.They found that someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer 1.04 domestic questions correctly compared to 1.22 for those who watched no news at all. Those watching only “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” answered 1.42 questions correctly and people who only listened to NPR or only watched Sunday morning political talk shows answered 1.51 questions correctly.In terms of international news, people correctly answered an average of 1.8 of 4 questions.With all else being equal, people who watched no news were expected to answer 1.28 correctly; those watching only Sunday morning shows figured at 1.52; those watching only “The Daily Show” figured at 1.60; and those just listening to NPR were expected to correctly answer 1.97 international questions.Those watching only MSNBC were expected to correctly answer only 1.23 out of 4, while viewers of only Fox News figured at 1.08. The study noted that the effects of Fox News, MSNBC and talk radio depended on the ideology of the consumer.“Ideological news sources, like Fox and MSNBC, are really just talking to one audience,” Political scientist and poll analyst Dan Cassino said in a press release. “This is solid evidence that if you’re not in that audience, you’re not going to get anything out of watching them.”Thus, those who watched no news—answering questions by guessing or relying on existing knowledge—fared much better than those who watched the most popular 24-hour cable news network (i.e. Fox News).Cassino concluded that “the most popular of the national media sources—Fox, CNN, MSNBC—seem to be the least informative.”It is a follow-up to a 2011 survey of 612 New Jerseyans that found, among other things, that those who watched Fox News were 18 points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all.This article originally appeared in Business Insider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MikeHunt Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) The survey also found that those who get their news from DoubleTalkinJive News were the least informed about new music from Guns N Roses but the most knowledgeable about superstar forum leader Jarmo, MSL and his expanding waistline and the all the latest developments from MYGNR. Edited January 31, 2014 by MikeHunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 They needed to do a study to figure this out? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 They needed to do a study to figure this out? True. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Well, neither Fox nor MSNBC cover much with respect to international news. It's not really in their programming mandate. They're focused on matters that relate to the American viewers. Hence it's not surprising that a network that gears its programming on domestic issues (particularly political issues) is watched by people who have little interest for international events.Also consider that the Daily Show is watched mostly by college students, who are likely better educated on domestic and international events than someone who didn't attend college but still possesses an interest in domestic affairs. I'd also find it funny that you conflate the two networks, considering how MSNBC and CNN viewers tied on domestic affairs (isn't CNN suppose to be a centrist, if not a centre-right network), and the drop off between MSNBC and Fox regarding both domestic and international news is fairly substantial. Edited January 31, 2014 by downzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Take a hard lined ignorant approach to anything and you'll come out an idiot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Is there a study showing how well informed the "I'm too cool for any of them" crowd are?Edit: I see the no news but not the rebellious group. Edited January 31, 2014 by Rustycage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shades Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) People who watch ONLY FOX news are bound to be right leaningPeople who watch ONLY CNN are bound to be left leaningOther than that I find it hard to opine that either would be any more more or less informed on international affairs,they both cover international affairs equally and almost identically, unless it is in relation to US policy toward international affairs.In which case see aboveAs far as MSNBC goes, does anyone really watch that channel for news, that is so far left leaning it may as well be called the OBAMA network Edited January 31, 2014 by shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Cool. I get my news from NPR in the morning, so I guess I'm well informed.I guess I'm also 65 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 People who watch ONLY FOX news are bound to be right leaningPeople who watch ONLY CNN are bound to be left leaningOther than that I find it hard to opine that either would be any more more or less informed on international affairs,they both cover international affairs equally and almost identically, unless it is in relation to US policy toward international affairs.In which case see aboveAs far as MSNBC goes, does anyone really watch that channel for news, that is so far left leaning it may as well be called the OBAMA networkFOX "right leaning." If MSNBC is the OBAMA network, FOX is the ANTI-OBAMA network.Nice attempt to make FOX seem credible with your "right leaning" post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 People who only watch xy TV' news are the least informedwow what a surprise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 People who watch ONLY FOX news are bound to be right leaningPeople who watch ONLY CNN are bound to be left leaningOther than that I find it hard to opine that either would be any more more or less informed on international affairs,they both cover international affairs equally and almost identically, unless it is in relation to US policy toward international affairs.In which case see aboveAs far as MSNBC goes, does anyone really watch that channel for news, that is so far left leaning it may as well be called the OBAMA networkFOX "right leaning." If MSNBC is the OBAMA network, FOX is the ANTI-OBAMA network.Nice attempt to make FOX seem credible with your "right leaning" post.God Rusty, don't you know that Fox is both fair and balanced!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrandyk Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 People with die hard political affiliation are fucking dumb. The world isn't black and white, quit acting like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 People who watch ONLY FOX news are bound to be right leaningPeople who watch ONLY CNN are bound to be left leaningOther than that I find it hard to opine that either would be any more more or less informed on international affairs,they both cover international affairs equally and almost identically, unless it is in relation to US policy toward international affairs.In which case see aboveAs far as MSNBC goes, does anyone really watch that channel for news, that is so far left leaning it may as well be called the OBAMA networkFOX "right leaning." If MSNBC is the OBAMA network, FOX is the ANTI-OBAMA network.Nice attempt to make FOX seem credible with your "right leaning" post.God Rusty, don't you know that Fox is both fair and balanced!?!?!Oh yes. I know that. They tell everyone about 100 times a day so it MUST be true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) People who watch ONLY FOX news are bound to be right leaningPeople who watch ONLY CNN are bound to be left leaningOther than that I find it hard to opine that either would be any more more or less informed on international affairs,they both cover international affairs equally and almost identically, unless it is in relation to US policy toward international affairs.In which case see aboveAs far as MSNBC goes, does anyone really watch that channel for news, that is so far left leaning it may as well be called the OBAMA networkFOX "right leaning." If MSNBC is the OBAMA network, FOX is the ANTI-OBAMA network.Nice attempt to make FOX seem credible with your "right leaning" post.Pretty hard to make Fox look credible when the study showed the people who got their news from that network answered the least amount of questions correctly related to National and International events..........or it may just show that liberals are just more intelligent in general......................... .. Edited January 31, 2014 by classicrawker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Wasn't there already a scientific study on people with lower IQ's typically 'leaning' right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Wasn't there already a scientific study on people with lower IQ's typically 'leaning' right?Well most college students tend to be liberal so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Wasn't there already a scientific study on people with lower IQ's typically 'leaning' right?Well most college students tend to be liberal so...That's blamed on those "Communist professors brainwashing their students." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Wasn't there already a scientific study on people with lower IQ's typically 'leaning' right?Well most college students tend to be liberal so...That's blamed on those "Communist professors brainwashing their students."College education will be the downfall of this country........................bunch of heathens they are.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Wasn't there already a scientific study on people with lower IQ's typically 'leaning' right?Well most college students tend to be liberal so...That's blamed on those "Communist professors brainwashing their students."College education will be the downfall of this country........................bunch of heathens they are.......... Damn them and their theories of how the growing income gap is unsustainable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 You do get a lot of rubbish at unis, though. I couldn't keep a straight face when one girl, who I'd previously considered very intelligent, expounded on the theory that race is entirely a social construct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 You do get a lot of rubbish at unis, though. I couldn't keep a straight face when one girl, who I'd previously considered very intelligent, expounded on the theory that race is entirely a social construct.Don't mistake common sense with intelligence mate....I have known some brilliantly intelligent people who had zero common sense..................... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 A new study shows that people that watch only Fox News (Very Conservative) or only MSNBC (Very Liberal) are the least informed citizens of our society. (On international affairs). The dangers of only watching "ideological" news broadcasts:http://deadstate.org/study-reveals-people-who-watch-fox-news-are-less-informed-than-people-who-watch-no-news-at-all/Media outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC have a negative impact on people’s current events knowledge while NPR and Sunday morning political talk shows are the most informative sources of news, according to Fairleigh Dickinson University’s newest PublicMind survey.Researchers asked 1,185 random nationwide respondents what news sources they had consumed in the past week and then asked them questions about events in the U.S. and abroad.On average, people correctly answered 1.6 of 5 questions about domestic affairs.Because the aim of the study was to isolate the effects of each type of news source, they then controlled for variables such as other news sources, partisanship, education and other demographic factors.They found that someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer 1.04 domestic questions correctly compared to 1.22 for those who watched no news at all. Those watching only “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” answered 1.42 questions correctly and people who only listened to NPR or only watched Sunday morning political talk shows answered 1.51 questions correctly.In terms of international news, people correctly answered an average of 1.8 of 4 questions.With all else being equal, people who watched no news were expected to answer 1.28 correctly; those watching only Sunday morning shows figured at 1.52; those watching only “The Daily Show” figured at 1.60; and those just listening to NPR were expected to correctly answer 1.97 international questions.Those watching only MSNBC were expected to correctly answer only 1.23 out of 4, while viewers of only Fox News figured at 1.08. The study noted that the effects of Fox News, MSNBC and talk radio depended on the ideology of the consumer.“Ideological news sources, like Fox and MSNBC, are really just talking to one audience,” Political scientist and poll analyst Dan Cassino said in a press release. “This is solid evidence that if you’re not in that audience, you’re not going to get anything out of watching them.”Thus, those who watched no news—answering questions by guessing or relying on existing knowledge—fared much better than those who watched the most popular 24-hour cable news network (i.e. Fox News).Cassino concluded that “the most popular of the national media sources—Fox, CNN, MSNBC—seem to be the least informative.”It is a follow-up to a 2011 survey of 612 New Jerseyans that found, among other things, that those who watched Fox News were 18 points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all.This article originally appeared in Business Insider. Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!Take a hard lined ignorant approach to anything and you'll come out an idiot.Amen!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shades Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) or it may just show that liberals are just more intelligent in general......................... .. yea, just ask um Edited February 1, 2014 by shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 or it may just show that liberals are just more intelligent in general......................... .. yea, just ask umIt's "Yeah"...............you pretty much prove my point.......... ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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