Thread: Study Shows Fox News Viewers Are Misinformed

A day late and a dollar short. Maybe three.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee Plain

A recent done for WorldPublicOpinion.org by researchers at the University of Maryland surveyed U.S. voters on a variety of issues to determine how well informed the voters were, their sources of news, and how often they watched or read these sources. The survey found that those who got their news from MSNBC or public broadcasting (PBS or NPR) were better informed than others. Those who said they watched Fox News were the worst informed.

Incredibly, the study also showed that the more often people watched Fox News, the more misinformed they were!

For example, those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to falsely believe that:

• most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (in fact, the National Academy of Sciences has concluded unambiguously that climate change is occurring)

• the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (the stimulus legislation included about $288 billion in tax cuts)

• it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (the claim that Obama was not born within the United States was proven to be false in 2008)

Do you think this is negligence on the part of Fox News, or are they deliberately misleading their viewers?

For more on the subject and a link to the entire report, please visit:
Plain Honest Truth: Study Shows Fox News Viewers Are Misinformed

It appears to be deliberate because they have been shown the facts repeatedly and still the pattern goes on.

My question is: Why? What is the motive?

My best guess is that the owner is an immigrant and wishes ill for America.