I guess this shows that it's better to have a sense of humor

[shipperx]

This media study about which group is most (or least) likely to be informed of current events makes you either want to laugh or shake your head in despair.

The second most informed group... people who watch Comedy Central's Daily Show.  (The cable networks' rankings are also listed... and are what you would expect).

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[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! Not.

Needless to say, FOX News won't be covering this story, thus cementing their last-place position.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wondered if the reason they ranked worse than folks who watched no news at all was due to the fact that they were regurgitating talking point lies.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Which is why I listen to NPR: I have half a brain.

What, Fox News viewers responding with "Obama is a socialist Nazi Muslim capitalism-destroying foreigner!" WASN'T the correct answer to "Who is the current President of the United States?" Tsk.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I figured it was along the lines of "Who is the President of the United States" "There isn't one. There's an antichrist usurper!" (except using smaller words).

[molliemole.livejournal.com]

Huh. Who would have thought that being fed a steady diet of lies doesn't make you well-informed?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I know. Shocking, right?

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Of course, the real point is that those who watch FOX News for "information" don't really want to be informed, they just want to listen to someone who agrees with them already; they have no interest in changing their opinions or learning anything that will contradict what they "know."

I'd read some time ago that those who were the BEST informed were those who listened to/read a wide range of things, including those they disagreed with (i.e., NPR and FOX).

I listen to NPR, the ABC and CBS Evening News, and a lot of local news...

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Of course, the real point is that those who watch FOX News for "information" don't really want to be informed, they just want to listen to someone who agrees with them already; they have no interest in changing their opinions or learning anything that will contradict what they "know."

If 'birtherism' has taught us nothing, it's the facts, the constitution, laws (including the laws of physics) and reality... don't matter much to some.

And, I have to admit to blocking Fox News from my TVs. It happened one day after an Obama speech and Megan Kelly came on and said "Did Obama just say _____________" and it in no way whatsoever resembled anything that he had just said. Networks, written news, CNN, MSNBC, PBS? It's all good. (well not 'good' exactly, but it only intermittantly reminds me of howler monkeys). But Fox News has become so divorced from reason, shame, and reality that it just isn't worth the aggravation.