Anyone have facts about Faux news and their viewers? I am

[texpatriot2004]

interested in complaining to our Dr's office who shows only Faux news constantly. I would like to arm myself with some stats and facts about how it's a propaganda machine and how it's viewers are the LEAST informed Americans. I have seen Outfoxed. Anything else I could use that you know of?

[Pirate Smile]

1. Did you already see this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4962483

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/david_shuster_slams_former_employer_some_fncers_would_cut_corners_or_steal_informationor_just_make_things_up_26645.asp

[sakabatou]

2. Wasn't there an article where Faux News viewers were the least informed?

[Pirate Smile]

4. That was a survey - PIPA or something like that. I'll look when I get

back from picking up the kids from school (if no one else has already found it).

[Angry Girl]

5. Here's the PIPA thing

http://www.alternet.org/story/16892/

Study Finds Widespread Misperceptions on Iraq
WARNING! PDF FILE!
http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/Media_10_02_03_Press.pdf


http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/firststone/the_more_you_watch/


http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fox_News

[Pirate Smile]

7. Thanks. Your avatar and name go nicely together.

:) or should I do this :mad:

[Angry Girl]

8. You're most welcome! :-)

[Synnical]

3. Democracy Now: Fox News Viewers Most Likely To Have Misperceptions

About Iraq

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/08/1554236


More detail:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2001757992_kay06.html

[Lex]

6. There was a non-partisan study done by PIPA and Univ of Maryland

that showed that Fox News watchers were LESS informed. And the more they watched, the LESS informed they were.

There's a PDF of the study, but here's the html version

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:y3mBJCObArYJ:www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/Media_10_02_03_Report.pdf+PIPA+Fox+News&hl=en

[Mr Rabble]

9. I mentioned this to a real wingnut once,

and she said, "you mean THAT liberal bastion?".

There is just NO getting through to some people.

[Lex]

10. Yes, they have been conditioned to think a FACT is only an OPINION

if it doesn't come from a right-winger.

They think that 2+2 = 5 if O'Reilly said it.

[Mr Rabble]

11. Exactly correct.

These are bizarre times indeed.

[texpatriot2004]

12. That is true and such a curiosity to me. How does that happen?

I mean really. How from a thinking perspective does one get to the point where facts are opinions? We are living in a culture of this and it's quite maddening. What happened to facts and logic?

Are you familiar with the term "crazymaking" ? That's what it reminds me of.

[mnhtnbb]

13. They ought to be running health education tapes!

[texpatriot2004]

14. That would be a much better idea than Fox. n/t