Monday, April 9, 2012

The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers are the Most Misinformed

"I have located seven separate studies that support (Jon) Stewart’s claim about FOX, and none that undermine it. Six of these studies were available at the time that PolitFact took on Stewart; one of them is newer." "Most strikingly, Fox watchers who paid more attention to the channel were more likely to be misled."
http://www.alternet.org/story/154875/the_science_of_fox_news%3A_why_its_viewers_are_the_most_misinformed?akid=8547.153143.tUk0K1&rd=1&t=3
"In other words FOX News is both deceiver and enabler simultaneously. First, its existence creates the opportunity for conservatives to exercise their biases ...." "But nevertheless, it took the emergence of a station like Fox News before these tendencies could be fully activated—polarizing America not only over politics, but over reality itself."

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