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Re: Spelling error, but Faux News truly misleadsThere's a study out that correlates misperceptions about the Iraq war with news source. You can read the whole
They took 3 polls with 3334 respondents, gathering data on three misperceptions about the Iraq war
(1) Evidence found for link between Iraq and Al Queda
(2) Evidence found of WMDs in Iraq
(3) Positive world opinion about Iraq warNews_source______FOX_____CBS_____ABC_____NBC_____ CNN___Print_____NPR/
_________________________________________________ _____Sources____PBS
0_misperceptions_20%_____30%_____39%_____45%_____ 45%_____53%_____77%
1_or_more
misperceptions___80______71______61______55______ 55______47______23
Yep, you read that right; fully 80% of Faux watchers had at least 1 of the misperceptions; fully 77% of the NPR/PBS crowd had zero. Wow!They also attempted to control for demographic variations in the audience. Here's what they say (end of P.15)
Looking just at Republicans, the average rate for the three key misperceptions was 43%. For Republican Fox viewers, however the average rate was 54% while for Republicans who get their news from PBS- NPR the average rate is 32%. This same pattern obtains with Democrats and independents.
I also really like this paragraph (page 16):Misperceptions According to Level of Attention to News
Isn't that amazing? The more you read the paper, or watch CNN, the better informed you are. But the more you watch Faux News, the more likely you are to be misled!! Now of course these are correlations; they don't prove causation, but they are pretty darned persuasive.
While it would seem that misperceptions are derived from a failure to pay attention to the news, overall, those who pay greater attention to the news are no less likely to have misperceptions. Among those who primarily watch Fox, those who pay more attention are more likely to have misperceptions. Only those who mostly get their news from print media, and to some extent those who primarily watch CNN, have fewer misperceptions as they pay more attention.This study was commented on in the wash post seattle times twin cities and other places
The one place you I can guarentee you won't find it is fox news!
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Re:What?
Am I the only one just waiting for FOX news to start a radio station?
Why would anyone want this ? A recent study done by pipa shows heavy viewers of the Fox News Channel are nearly four times as likely to hold demonstrably untrue positions about the war in Iraq as those who rely on National Public Radio (NPR) or the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
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Re:but France was right
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Re:Who is going to lose more on this?
The government has no business in the content of the programming, and there is absolutely not way you could legally define and enforce "quality".
The government's job is to regulate the means of using of a public resource. Broadcasters apply for the use of certain frequence spectrum and they must meet certain requirements, but in general the content is up to them. They then compete for viewers.
I agree that there is a lot of crap on TV. That is because a large portion of the public wants to watch crap. You have two choices: (1) Deal with it. (2) Buy a gun and start shooting stupid people.
P.S.
You comment that you watch FOX which comes in fine. I'm sorry to inform you that if you get most of your news from FOX and you choose option 2 above, then the first person you probably need to shoot is yourself. A recent study revealed that people who got most of their news from FOX held signifigantly more factually false perceptions than people getting their news from any other source.
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Re:It's a matter of timing
According to a June 26-27 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, 83% of Americans disagree with the decision, while only 12% approve.
Hmmm... according to a Fox News Opinion Poll. That's nice... According to this study, the Fox News audience isn't exactly well informed.