Also from the link to the actual poll: "Viewers of cable news on MSNBC are the most likely to think the [Occupy Wall Street] protestors are Republicans."
Oversimplified generalizations don't do anybody any good.
Fox News is not part of my satellite package at home anymore. But when I am working away from home or travelling it tends to be the news channel I watch in my hotel room.
Originally posted by FMF Fox News is not part of my satellite package at home anymore. But when I am working away from home or travelling it tends to be the news channel I watch in my hotel room.
I used to watch it more, but they yell too much. Same with MSNBC. I just don't need people yelling at me in my own living room.
Originally posted by Kunsoo I used to watch it more, but they yell too much. Same with MSNBC. I just don't need people yelling at me in my own living room.
I tend to enjoy reading and watching things I might be inclined to disagree with, rather than reinforcing my views by consuming material with which I might be inclined to agree. When I visit the U.K. I have a habit of buying/reading conservative papers.
Originally posted by Kunsoo I used to watch it more, but they yell too much. Same with MSNBC. I just don't need people yelling at me in my own living room.
Watch Rachel Maddow. Don't watch Chris Matthews (or even Lawrence O'Donnell). 😉
Originally posted by FMF I tend to enjoy reading and watching things I might be inclined to disagree with, rather than reinforcing my views by consuming material with which I might be inclined to agree. When I visit the U.K. I have a habit of buying/reading conservative papers.
I used to read conservative material on a regular basis, but the Buckleys and Sowells have been replaced by the Hannitys and Savages. Human Events used to be a serious literary magazine from a conservative perspective. It's not so much the ideological content as the decibel level.
Originally posted by FMF I tend to enjoy reading and watching things I might be inclined to disagree with, rather than reinforcing my views by consuming material with which I might be inclined to agree. When I visit the U.K. I have a habit of buying/reading conservative papers.
Do you often congratulate yourself for being so independently-minded and capable of transcending the pervasive bias of the media?
Originally posted by Teinosuke But the thread title could be terrifyingly misleading - if you read it as "There is no news more informative than Fox news".
That's what Murdoch Inc would lead you to believe, in dare I say it, a very fair and balanced manner
Originally posted by generalissimo Do you often congratulate yourself for being so independently-minded and capable of transcending the pervasive bias of the media?
No. I just enjoy reading and watching things I tend to disagree with having been encouraged to do so by my dad since I was a teenager.
Originally posted by normbenign Oh, big surprise, a group of university types think Fox News is less informative, than what??
They probably get their information from the propaganda group at MSNBC which I also watch, just to see what some of my airhead friends are going to try to pass off as facts.
Clue - Information is not just what supports your preconceived notions. Informatio ...[text shortened]... e that people who don't read, get more than regular viewers of any news station, defies reason.
I would imagine it never occurred to the researchers that their own bias in making the questions could affect the results.
For example, did Sarah Palin say she could see Russia from her house? The correct answer is "no". I would expect conservatives would be much more likely to get that right than liberals. I'd be surprised if that question was used in the research.
Another one, and this has been trotted out in the NY Times a few times (I think it was Krugman). Did they find WMDs in Iraq? According to the NY Times, the correct answer is "no", and anyone that says "yes", is "uninformed" or "ignorant". Even though most of us realize we found nowhere near the quantity of WMDs that were expected and that those that were found were old, if asked the question as stated, I would have to say "yes". (see: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=15918). In this case, it would be possible to be "too informed" to get the NY Times question right.
Originally posted by Kunsoo I used to watch it more, but they yell too much. Same with MSNBC. I just don't need people yelling at me in my own living room.
The best part about getting older, is they let you yell back...
No news more informative than Fox news
24 Nov '11 02:02
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