The dumbing down of American public
A 2012 Fairleigh Dickinson University study found that watching Fox News “had a negative impact on people’s current events knowledge.”
The study revealed that regular Fox News watchers actually knew less about both domestic and international events and issues than those who watched no news at all. Even people who only got their news from political comedy shows like “The Daily Show” score higher in current-event knowledge that Fox Newsies, the study noted.
Unsurprisingly, particularly well-informed were National Public Radio listeners. NPR is famous for its balanced, authoritative and broad news reporting.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I find it disturbing the number of posts on this site thar are links from FB/AOL/Yahoo. I don't think is a burden to link to original sources (whose credibility/veracity can be verified/judged !
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Here you go. Patheos - Godzooks: The Faith in Facts Blog
@rogueflyer "Fox News Makes You Less Informed" is old news :
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