Are You Smarter Than A Fox News Viewer? Take This Poll To Find Out...

[Corey_Baker08]

Last edited Sun Apr 13, 2014, 10:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Very interesting poll in so many ways. While its done by the Christan Science Monitor it is a very smart, articulate series of questions that distinguish the facts vs. the fiction that Fox noise spews out. It could also be used to distinguish a Democrat from a Republican and could also be used to have your Republican uncle take to show how very little he actually knows....

Regardless, Its a very interesting poll and I would encourage everyone to take it...

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1221/Are-you-smarter-than-a-Fox-News-viewer-How-about-a-CNN-viewer-Take-our-quiz-to-find-out/Are-you-smarter-than-a-Fox-News-viewer-How-about-a-CNN-viewer-Take-our-quiz-to-find-out

EDITED TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT THIS POLL IS FROM 2010 WHICH IVE BEEN TOLD MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE HOW THE YEAR EFFECTS IT & I FOUND IT UNDER A LATEST NEWS LINK ON NEWS.YAHOO.COM SO I ASSUMED IT WAS CURRENT....

[darkangel218]

1. I got 73%.

failed the bailout questions and the Afghanistan one

[Egnever]

9. the afghan one

was a trick question because it was as of 2010.

The bailout question was also a trick question imho assuming you mean the gm bailout.

[KaryninMiami]

20. That's what I got!

Same ones incorrect!

[darkangel218]

22. lol thats funny! :)

[Shrike47]

29. Me, too. Kinda depends on when you take it.

[ancianita]

35. Same here. "Is it your impression..." is interesting wording.

[blkmusclmachine]

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[JaneyVee]

3. 11 for 11. That was easy...unless you watch FOX News.

[darkangel218]

4. Hey! i dont watch fox and i still failed 3

[JaneyVee]

56. There was one where I guessed the correct answer

The one about chamber of commerce using foreign money to fund republican candidates, I hadn't heard or read about that story so I put (guessed) not true and it turned out not true was the correct answer. Although I wouldn't put it past them to do so.

[Jim Lane]

58. Read the material more closely.

About foreign money influencing our elections, you write that "it turned out not true was the correct answer."

Actually, the correct answer (which I got right) was that it was not proven to be true. The fact is that, because of the lack of transparency, and the ability of the Chamber of Commerce to conceal its finances, no one outside the organization knows if this was true or not.

That, in itself, is a scandal.

[Logical]

16. BS. nt

[JaneyVee]

57. That test was easy. And I don't watch tv.

[Corey_Baker08]

5. BTW I Got a 91% Missed The Question About Who The Auto Bailout Occured Under

[darkangel218]

6. that got me too

I thought it was under PBO. It was under both apparently

[scarletwoman]

13. That's the one I missed, too. (nt)

[Todays_Illusion]

41. Mine the same, and because I ignored the old rule, gut prevails over uncertainty

for any test. I don't think we have to be embarrassed.

[Control-Z]

59. That's the only one I missed!

So, of course, I also got 91 percent.

[OnyxCollie]

7. I got the question about foreign money in political ads wrong.

I'm not convinced the answer they provide is correct.

[darkangel218]

8. isnt that christian science monitor a RW site?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

10. No.

CSM is one of the most respected newspapers in the world.

[darkangel218]

11. Okays. I saw links to it several times, and glen becks adds on it

I thought they were RW. Glad to know theyre not

[Corey_Baker08]

15. LOL I Thought It Was A RW Site As Well...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. I agree.

fux being half-owned by a Saudi prince whose name I can't remember.....

I was also wrong on the troops increase and GM bailout being started under bewsh and greatly expanded under PBO.

[truebluegreen]

45. Question asked "if it was proven"

that foreign money was used. It wasn't proven, but could still be true...and likely was imo.

[mountain grammy]

48. Yeah, me too. I thought there were proven links to foreign money.

[OnyxCollie]

52. There are.

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9374333

[mountain grammy]

54. Yes, I knew I read that somewhere, in fact, everywhere. It's not a secret.

[Mr.Bill]

12. 100%, but I cheated.

I watch Rachel Maddow.

[Omaha Steve]

14. 9 of 11

Missed taxes went down & troop numbers.

[Thor_MN]

23. Same questions tripped me.

[geretogo]

17. Missed three .

[alittlelark]

18. 82%.... surprised by the 2 I got wrong.

[scarletwoman]

19. You might want to make it clear that this quiz is from 2010.

It makes a great deal of difference regarding the Afghanistan troop level question, for one thing.

[Egnever]

24. Yes it does

also the gm bailout question is a little bit of an interpretation.

Gm did get funds from tarp from the bush admin. However it went into bankruptcy after that and the Obama admin provided the funds to get it out.Well technically they provided the financing to the company that bought GM and then changed it's name to GM.

I would argue that the actual GM bailout was all Obama. Though bush did provide some bridge loans through tarp before they went into bankruptcy.

[scarletwoman]

28. I agree re: the GM bailout question.

Thanks for spelling it out in more detail.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

36. Ahhh, thanks.

I didn't realize the question was simply based on 'the surge'.

[AverageJoe90]

21. 7 out of 11. Would have been 8 if I hadn't had trouble with the first one, though. nt

[CANDO]

25. 91%! Got the Afghansitan troop levels wrong.

1 for 11. I am head and shoulders above the average focksnooze viewer's truthfulness level.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

26. I got these 4 wrong.

Is it your impression that the bailout program for Chrysler and General Motors occurred under:

As you may know, during the election campaign, some people said that the US Chamber of Commerce was spending large amounts of money it had raised from foreign sources to support Republican candidates and attack Democratic candidates. Is it your impression that:

[Assuming that you are like 97 percent of Americans] since January 2009 have your Federal income taxes:

What is your impression of what the Obama administration has done in regard to the number of US troops in Afghanistan?

Not happy with myself.

[Egnever]

39. I wouldnt beat yourself up

the troop level question is for 2010.

The GM Chrysler question is a little misleading.

The chamber of commerce question has the qualifier proof. Something that would be next to impossible to prove under the reporting requirements they live under. Doesnt mean they didnt do it and likely did, it just cant be proven.

the tax thing well...you can beat yourself up about that one

[Lady Freedom Returns]

40. That is the thing..

This is the first time I have done taxes for a while now. It was not that much.

[Ratty]

27. I got 0% :(

Then I realized I had cookie monster turned on. You have to accept cookies for the quiz to work.

[darkangel218]

30. Lmao!!!

sorry, that was just funny

[bravenak]

32. Missed two.

Troop numbers and foreign money.

[mountain grammy]

49. They got me too.

[bravenak]

50. Now i don't feel bad.

I felt like i was wrong but i clicked it anyway. Better than a fox news viewer at least, i'll give us credit for that!

[mountain grammy]

53. hahaha, for sure!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

33. 9.5 out of 11

I missed the fact that Obama has increased troops in Afghanistan, and I only chose Obama for the bailout of GM, not both. I remember that in the general Obama was arguing for the bailout when prominent voices on the right (such as dear Mr Rmoney) were saying 'let Detroit go under', so I assumed that nothing got done til after Obama made it into office. Apparently it was early enough in the general that Bush got in on the bailout action there too.

(Was the Afghanstan question merely about the 'surge' and not the later drawdowns? Are there actually still more troops in Afghanistan than when Obama took office?)

[Leith]

34. I Missed 2

The foreign money/Chamber of Commerce one and the troops in Afghanistan one.

I'm still not convinced about foreign money contributions to US elections. Nobody knows where that money comes from thanks to SCOTUS.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

37. You might have only missed one.

Upthread somebody points out that this quiz is four years old. So the troop numbers question is post 'Surge', and not about current levels.

[Gman]

38. 64%

I forgot about the this being from 2010 and missed the Afghan question. Missed the bailout question, timelines are starting to blur now 4 years later. I disagree with the answer for the Chamber question. To me the evidence proved it.

[doc03]

42. Missed one got the afgan troop level wrong n/t

[iandhr]

43. 10 of 11

Not bad given the average score was 64%

[progressoid]

44. 11/11. I'm actually surprised the general public got 64%.

[NickB79]

46. Yes I am, and I don't need a quiz to tell me that. NT

[jtuck004]

47. "Are You Smarter Than A Fox News Viewer?" Doesn't this question belabor the obvious? n/t

[davidpdx]

51. I missed three

Got tripped up on the GM bailout, the troops in Afghanistan, and whether or not it was proven the Chamber of Congress raised money from overseas (I said yes on that one).

[Gothmog]

55. Great quiz