pick on FOX NEWS time...

pick on FOX NEWS time...

Steven Kull, the director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, wrote us after the story appeared to say that testing for lack of knowledge is not enough. "We analyzed the effect of increased exposure to news outlets. We found that with all other outlets, increased exposure generally resulted in less misinformation. However, for Fox viewers, on nine points of information, increased exposure correlated with increased misinformation. This was true of only one point of information for public broadcasting and MSNBC viewers, and two points of information for network news. This effect was found in the 2003 study as well. Fox viewers were the only group for whom increased exposure resulted in greater misinformation."

In other words the more u watch FOX NEWS the more IGNORANT you become...rotfl.............

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/21/readers-sound-about-our-false-jon-stewart/

I often think this is putting the cart before the horse

people watch fox because it confirms their own beliefs, not because it teaches them new things. I'd imagine the majority of Fox viewers, if they switched to other news networks, would remain as ill informed

You damn liberals make it seem like Fox News is the only network that purposely edits their interviews to change the viewpoint of a guest they wish to smear, or the oh so clever tactic of putting a "D" next to the name of any given Republican politician caught in a scandal. Please.

perhaps...but I also feel that there are "on the fence" ppl who are sorta trapped (lead astray) by highly biased "news" outlets. Is it their fault given how available information is today? Could be, but I place the lion share of blame on those who are supposed to be our informers not on the hear-er (sp)

Originally posted by Robtard
You damn liberals make it seem like Fox News is the only network that purposely edits their interviews to change the viewpoint of a guest they wish to smear, or the oh so clever tactic of putting a "D" next to the name of any given Republican politician caught in a scandal. Please.

Not even what this is about....read the the linked article. Fox is doing a lot more than giving a diff perspective....

Originally posted by tru-marvell
perhaps...but I also feel that there are "on the fence" ppl who are sorta trapped (lead astray) by highly biased "news" outlets. Is it their fault given how available information is today? Could be, but I place the lion share of blame on those who are supposed to be our informers not on the hear-er (sp)

thats not really in line with human psychology though...

people seek out things that conform to things they already want to hear, and are instantly dismissive of that which they don't. Fox didn't create a fan base, they provided what a large portion of people wanted.

by your argument, there would have been no politically ignorant people were there no new-network to mislead them, when it is almost certainly the other way: there have always been politically ignorant people who simply are looking to have their misguided views reinforced.

Now, you might have a point if we talk about specific issues (like, did Iraq have WMDs), as it is likely many people didn't have opinions on issues until they saw them on Fox news, but the idea that Fox is creating or responsible for the fact that people are uninformed, rather than the idea that uninformed people seek out things like Fox, seems completely unfounded to me.

For instance, I'm sure you don't consider yourself among the uninformed. Do you think watching Fox news for a week, non-stop, would make you misinformed? conversely, do you think the average Fox viewer would become less misinformed if they watched CNN?

Originally posted by tru-marvell
Not even what this is about....read the the linked article. Fox is doing a lot more than giving a diff perspective....

Fox News is fair and honest, it's right there in their title.

Why can't for once CNN always be picked on?CNN only sides with Dems and Fox News actly if you watch it side with both sides.So what news channel sounds better?

Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
Why can't for once CNN always be picked on?CNN only sides with Dems and Fox News actly if you watch it side with both sides.So what news channel sounds better?

one that doesn't side with any part of the political establishment?

Originally posted by inimalist
one that doesn't side with any part of the political establishment?

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Says the Al-Jazeera slave. uhuh Shut up you terrorist.

No, no, no and no. He's a butt-slave to 'The Young Turks', get it right.

Symmetrical Chaos is the Al- Jazeera apologist.

Nah, inimalist was all Al Jazeera, before he went all Young Turks.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Nah, inimalist was all Al Jazeera, before he went all Young Turks.

What you said doesn't counter what I said.

Originally posted by Robtard
What you said doesn't counter what I said.

Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
Why can't for once CNN always be picked on?CNN only sides with Dems and Fox News actly if you watch it side with both sides.So what news channel sounds better?

That is completely incorrect. FOX has a severe Republican bias, much more than the bias any other main news station has. Not only that, they also have the bias in their actual news items, which leads to FOX News viewers being the least informed viewers.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Nah, inimalist was all Al Jazeera, before he went all Young Turks.

I think it is actually the opposite of that...

we just don't talk a lot about the things AJE covers vs the things TYT covers. and tyt is generally a 2-6min video with some attempt at humour, vs the longer segments on AJE.

TYT wishes it deserves mention in the same sentence as AJE

Originally posted by inimalist
I think it is actually the opposite of that...

we just don't talk a lot about the things AJE covers vs the things TYT covers. and tyt is generally a 2-6min video with some attempt at humour, vs the longer segments on AJE.

TYT wishes it deserves mention in the same sentence as AJE

Well, you used to post more Al Jazeera vids/articles, now more TYT. Probably for the reasons you stated.

I think having way less time to watch internet vids probably plays into it as well

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-roger-ailes-built-the-fox-news-fear-factory-20110525?page=1

Summary: Fox News is run by Eric Cartman and has become the primary force of Managed Democracy and is now the controlling force behind the Republican Party.

As I recall PBS was the least biased major news outlet in America. And IIRC it wasn't a close contest either, NBC, CNN, ABC, and Fox were all pretty biased for one side or the other.