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Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed

Posted by samzenpus on from the fair-balanced-and-simple dept.

A survey of American voters by World Public Opinion shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. One of the most interesting questions was about President Obama's birthplace. 63 percent of Fox viewers believe Obama was not born in the US (or that it is unclear). In 2003 a similar study about the Iraq war showed that Fox viewers were once again less knowledgeable on the subject than average. Let the flame war begin!

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  1. In other news; by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot readers are shown by a recent survey to have significantly higher IQ scores than average, yet with higher rates of social anxiety. What is it about Slashdot that makes its readers so smart, yet so awkward?

    THIS JUST IN- people who buy the most gas/petrol also tend to have larger cars than average. Scientists are trying to find out why putting more gas in a car's tank causes the car to grow.

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  2. Re:Seriously? by ray-auch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wikileaks

  3. Re:Seriously? by poetmatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    colbert report

  4. Re:Seriously? by adonoman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reality has a decidedly left-leaning bias.

  5. Re:bias maybe? by Zen_Sorcere · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't your have circled various letters on those groups to spell "George Soros" or something?

  6. Re:MOD PARENT UP by linzeal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I miss the logical fallacy Nazis, they used to eat these freshman and drop outs for breakfast, while the rest of us were like tourists watching a lion eat a gazelle.

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  7. Re:Seriously? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    And here's what I observed: World Public Opinion is sponsored by the Liberal-leaning, socialist-loving University of Maryland

    Well, you've just confirmed the headline of this article.

    "That's the problem with all the research done on climate change: It's all being done by scientists who everyone knows are liberals. The only way I'm going to believe any climate change research is if it's done by right-wing talk show hosts."

    (the state where 70% of the government is Democrat)(and 90% of professors are too)

    So you only believe research that comes out of South Carolina? Good luck with that.

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  8. Re:Discount the above by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    You keep talking sense like that and I'll have to start revising my opinion of libertarians.

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  9. Re:Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pay... cash... $20,000... What planet do you live on? There's a reason I don't drive a new car. The old one is paid for and $20,000 is a bit out of my current budget. I make good money and one or two little doctor visits like that in a five year period would completely decimate me.

    Well then you deserve to die motherfucker. You're not worth using healthcare resources on. You should have worked harder and made more money. I'm not paying for your mistakes. Me! Me! Me! I'm entitled to all.

    Cheers,
    A FOX News Viewer

    PS: Join the armed service. That's where poor scum like you belong.