unsurprising news
November 23rd, 2011
Just about 2 years ago I posted this about FOX news and wow, now there are some facts to back me up.
The HuffPo reports that Fox Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don’t Watch Any News
The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that “people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government” and “6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government” compared to those who watch no news.
This is not actually news to people who don’t watch FOX News. We all know that people that watch FOX News only watch it over real news stations because they are
a)scared of the real news
b)uneducated/ignorant
c)under a rock
d)all of the above?
Guess what, I do not watch any news. I READ news and not even every day. I am no fancy pretentious npr listening NYTimes reader (like my husband) I still know quite a bit of current events. Amazing right?
*If you read my blog and rely on FOX “news” for your information you should probably stop one of those things. We don’t mesh.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Danielle | November 23rd, 2011 at 10:32 am
But the people who watch FOX news don’t understand that they’re being grossly misinformed.
I confess, there was a time when I got a lot of my new via Jon Stewart. These days it’s from NPR – the website, not the station.
2. Libby | November 23rd, 2011 at 10:41 am
Jon Stewart is a much more reliable news source than Fox News. So is your blog, Bari.
3. Helen | November 23rd, 2011 at 11:50 am
Wait.
You mean pepper spray isn’t a food product?
Crap.
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