I'm not a big Fox News guy even though they were smart enough to get rid of Beck. I watch Bill O occasionally. I will check out Studio B occasionally. Other than that not at all.

 

A study just came out that says FNC viewers did not fare well in a recent test even finishing 18 points lower than those that do not watch any news in some cases.

 

Is this more of a reflection on the folks in NJ? Does it tell us anything about how the news is presented? Anything? Random?

 

http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2011/knowless/

MSNBC did not fare well either yet NPR did.

 

Is that telling us what many of us say ie these aren't news shows but rather opinion shows?

I got nothing but a blank, bordered page with a few links above the top border when I clicked on the link you posted.

I got nothing but a blank, bordered page with a few links above the top border when I clicked on the link you posted.

 

Hmm. I clicked on it and got the full page. Starts out with the following:

 

According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll,

some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. In the

most recent study, the poll asked New Jerseyans about current events at home and

abroad, and from what sources – if any – they get their information. The conclusion:

Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,

while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than

those who they don’t watch any news at all.

Among other topics, New Jerseyans were asked

I haven't read the study, but my hunch from what Clyde posted is that people simply interpret information to fit their views. Fox News is a decent proxy for conservatives, MSNBC for liberals and I imagine the questions that each group got wrong probably challenged their ideological or partisan beliefs.

I haven't read the study, but my hunch from what Clyde posted is that people simply interpret information to fit their views. Fox News is a decent proxy for conservatives, MSNBC for liberals and I imagine the questions that each group got wrong probably challenged their ideological or partisan beliefs.

 

The person who did the study says he accounted for political viewpoints.

Hmm. I clicked on it and got the full page. Starts out with the following:

 

According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll,

some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. In the

most recent study, the poll asked New Jerseyans about current events at home and

abroad, and from what sources – if any – they get their information. The conclusion:

Sunday morning news shows do the most to help people learn about current events,

while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than

those who they don’t watch any news at all.

Among other topics, New Jerseyans were asked

 

Must be something with the Mac here at work. I had the same problem when I clicked on the link at the top of the page to bring up their full list, and each one came up the same way.

The person who did the study says he accounted for political viewpoints.

 

I'll have to look later, but I'm curious how he did it.

From the school's website:

 

"The University's Mission

 

Fairleigh Dickinson University is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. The University strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical understandings necessary to participate, lead, and prosper in the global marketplace of ideas, commerce and culture."

 

Anyone still wonder why this study turned out the way it did? Shocking that a University "dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education" would identify NPR as the best source of daily TV news.

 

They did identify listeners of talk-radio as well informed, so I do have to give them credit there.

From the school's website:

 

"The University's Mission

 

Fairleigh Dickinson University is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. The University strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical understandings necessary to participate, lead, and prosper in the global marketplace of ideas, commerce and culture."

 

Anyone still wonder why this study turned out the way it did? Shocking that a University "dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education" would identify NPR as the best source of daily TV news.

 

They did identify listeners of talk-radio as well informed, so I do have to give them credit there.

 

There's a downside to global education?

Cable news networks present the stories that best fit their agendas and do not present a proper balance of the news. It's one reason why voters are uneducated come election time and one of the reasons why our nation's political arena is toxic.

There's a downside to global education?

 

"World citizens." "Global education." You don't need me to explain what the mission of that school is. At least they're right up front about it.

"World citizens." "Global education." You don't need me to explain what the mission of that school is. At least they're right up front about it.

 

So what isn't "that school" doing correctly in your opinion?

 

Secondly, you saw the questions asked? There wasn't a lot of "worldly" nuance to the questions. Pretty straight forward. You either got it right or wrong.

 

So, with that said, how do you dispute the results? Shoot the messenger?

I looked at the questions & would have gotten the last two with certainty. 2, 3 & 4 I had no clue.

 

I get my news from Bill O'Reilly & the P&R section of a website called Bluegrass Preps...

I looked at the questions & would have gotten the last two with certainty. 2, 3 & 4 I had no clue.

 

I get my news from Bill O'Reilly & the P&R section of a website called Bluegrass Preps...

 

With those two news sources, I'm shocked and awed that you got two right...