Internet, Fox News Are Most Trusted News Sources

[tooblue]

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/...et-fox-ne.html

These results are good fodder for Fox in defending its claims of being "Fair and Balanced" -- it's also interesting to note that more people in the poll described themselves as Democrats than Republicans

[Jeff Lebowski]

I would love to see some details about how that poll was conducted. If that is in fact an accurate sampling, then it speaks volumes about the ignorance and gullibility of the US public.

Another thing that makes me skeptical of the results: the two most trusted news figures are Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly? LOL.

[ERCougar]

I would love to see some details about how that poll was conducted. If that is in fact an accurate sampling, then it speaks volumes about the ignorance and gullibility of the US public.

Another thing that makes me skeptical of the results: the two most trusted news figures are Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly? LOL.

It speaks just as much about the media's disdain for the public. I'm curious about the methodology as well, but you can't deny that FNC has tapped into something that the traditional media has ignored.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It speaks just as much about the media's disdain for the public. I'm curious about the methodology as well, but you can't deny that FNC has tapped into something that the traditional media has ignored.

Sure they have. Fox is the first major news channel that is strongly biased to the right. Nothing wrong with that, as long as one utilizes multiple sources and sifts the information. I watch/listen to Fox as much as any of the others. But I chuckle every time I hear that "Fair and Balanced" line.

[ERCougar]

Sure they have. Fox is the first major news channel that is strongly biased to the right. Nothing wrong with that, as long as one utilizes multiple sources and sifts the information. I watch/listen to Fox as much as any of the others. But I chuckle every time I hear that "Fair and Balanced" line.

I do too, and I agree with you. But FNC is a monster that the traditional media has created themselves, by consistently taking a slightly-left stand on everything. I really enjoy NPR (daily listener and donor), but the liberal bias there can really get annoying at times. Rush and Hannity are 3 billion times more annoying (and absolutely useless) but I can see their appeal if only as a break from the other side.

I'd like to see the more credible news sources take a more centered point of view, but sadly, I think they now see their role as a counterbalance to FNC.

[Moliere]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/01/30/does_watching_fox_news_make_you_less_informed.html

Looks like watching Fox News actually makes you less informed about the news than if you watched no news at all. I guess this means I'm more informed than IPU when it comes to current events!

[wuapinmon]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_..._informed.html

Looks like watching Fox News actually makes you less informed about the news than if you watched no news at all. I guess this means I'm more informed than IPU when it comes to current events!

Give him some credit....he always responds to things I post on facebook, making him highly informed about why he's wrong all the time.

[USUC]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_..._informed.html

Looks like watching Fox News actually makes you less informed about the news than if you watched no news at all. I guess this means I'm more informed than IPU when it comes to current events!

Gotta love Slate and their timeliness. Breaking.... from 2012 comes this study.

[byu71]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_..._informed.html

Looks like watching Fox News actually makes you less informed about the news than if you watched no news at all. I guess this means I'm more informed than IPU when it comes to current events!

Ouch, 18% fewer people in New Jersey knew the Eqyptian government was overthrown if they watched Fox News than if they watched no news at all? So that many people had neighbors and friends let them know the Egyptian government was overthrown.

I watch Fox News so it can't be that Fox was telling people the Egyptian government wasn't overthrown.

I would like to know what the questions were and what this survey considered to be the correct answer? I tried to quickly find out by going to the original article that I guess was in some magazine back in May of 2012. I can't do it quickly but will look later.

This does reinforce my opinion Slate appeals to people who are lefties who have no desire to use their magnificent intelligence to think a little bit about what they are fed about their advesaries.

[old_gregg]

Ouch, 18% fewer people in New Jersey knew the Eqyptian government was overthrown if they watched Fox News than if they watched no news at all? So that many people had neighbors and friends let them know the Egyptian government was overthrown.

I watch Fox News so it can't be that Fox was telling people the Egyptian government wasn't overthrown.

I would like to know what the questions were and what this survey considered to be the correct answer? I tried to quickly find out by going to the original article that I guess was in some magazine back in May of 2012. I can't do it quickly but will look later.

This does reinforce my opinion Slate appeals to people who are lefties who have no desire to use their magnificent intelligence to think a little bit about what they are fed about their advesaries.

classic example of the lefty jew conspiracy, i'd say.

[byu71]

classic example of the lefty jew conspiracy, i'd say.

I have no idea what you are talking about, especially the Jew part. So I can't even say whether you make sense, are jumping to conclusions or what.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

A conservative watching Fox News answered 1.4 of the domestic questions correctly while a liberal that watched Fox News got .8 questions right. If you average the two out then it equals the overall figure for Fox News which is around 1.1 questions right.

In other words, somehow they found a sample with an equal number of liberals watching Fox News as conservatives, which seems totally bizarre to me. Taking it at face value and making the assumption that it really is a random sample, I just have to assume that when they controlled for ideology to find out which news source was the worst, they had to find the dummies who are liberals yet waste their time watching Fox News. The funny thing is the exact same thing happened with MSNBC, only vice versa, the conservatives watching MSNBC were total morons. I think there's a strong chance that a big portion of these dummies on both sides are younger, living at home still, and report that they watch whatever their parents are watching while they don't actually watch the news themselves.

[byu71]

A conservative watching Fox News answered 1.4 of the domestic questions correctly while a liberal that watched Fox News got .8 questions right. If you average the two out then it equals the overall figure for Fox News which is around 1.1 questions right.

In other words, somehow they found a sample with an equal number of liberals watching Fox News as conservatives, which seems totally bizarre to me. Taking it at face value and making the assumption that it really is a random sample, I just have to assume that when they controlled for ideology to find out which news source was the worst, they had to find the dummies who are liberals yet waste their time watching Fox News. The funny thing is the exact same thing happened with MSNBC, only vice versa, the conservatives watching MSNBC were total morons. I think there's a strong chance that a big portion of these dummies on both sides are younger, living at home still, and report that they watch whatever their parents are watching while they don't actually watch the news themselves.

Would the fact that Fox has a vastly larger viewing audience than any of the others tested have anything to do with the outcome?

Like I said, I would really like to see the questions and the correct answer.

[SCcoug]

Seems like a good time to post this.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Would the fact that Fox has a vastly larger viewing audience than any of the others tested have anything to do with the outcome?

Like I said, I would really like to see the questions and the correct answer.

You can look at the questions themselves, they have a link to it in the articale.

MSNBC and Fox do equivalent jobs informing their viewers. The dummy halves (self-described liberals watching Fox News and self-described conservatives watching MSNBC) for the FOX and MSNBC samples were equally bad.

The difference in the overall scores lies in the fact that rank and file conservatives are more likely to be watching cable news than rank and file Democratic voters (bible thumping Alabama evangelical vs. Obamaphone hag -- which one do you think is more apt to sit down for a marathon session of cable news?). The ratings for Fox vs. MSNBC bears that out, Fox basically triples MSNBC's ratings. The flip side of that coin is MSNBC attracts the upper crust Democratic voters more than Fox does upper crust Republican voters -- a college professor, who on average is more of a political junkie than the population at large, vs. a self-employed business owner making over $100k a year, clearly one is more interested in watching political news than the other. MSNBC does better than Fox overall because its non-dummy half of the sample is smarter than the non-dummy half of Fox's sample. But you're comparing upper crust vs. rank and file, college professor vs. bible-thumping Alabama evangelical.