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Rush Limbaugh Audience Among Most Knowledgeable and Educated in All of American Media
rushlimbaugh.com ^ | July 31, 2006 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 08/01/2006 10:23:52 AM PDT by neverdem

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RUSH: I just got this, and I'm not able to study it and really make a whole lot of sense out of it. It's a Pew survey on who watches television and what the partisan political split of various TV show audiences is and all. You get down to what the Pew -- P-e-w -- survey of this stuff, you get down to one section, who's got the smartest, who has the most knowledgeable audience, and on television -- just listen to what this says. "On television, The O'Reilly Factor, has the most knowledgeable audience, 27% of the audience are college grads, which matches the national average," but, but:

Only three audiences in the Pew survey scored higher on high knowledge than O'Reilly at his Factor TV show. Regular readers of The New Yorker and the Atlantic, regular Rush Limbaugh listeners, and regular Weekly Standard and New Republic readers. I don't know if there's anybody above that. I don't have that, because radio and this stuff is not part of the survey, at least from the website that I'm reading this from. But I have always known it. I have always known that you people are among the most knowledgeable, engaged, informed, and educated people listening to any media in the country today. I think I found documented evidence of it here from Pew, but it's just a little aside in a story about television audiences.

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RUSH: I had some time to dig deep into this Pew survey for People and the Press, and it starts out here by saying, "News audiences vary widely in age, education, and how much they know about what's going on in the nation and the world." Then there's a ranking here of various television programs. At any rate: "Judged by their answers to three knowledge questions, the most informed audiences belong to the political magazines, Rush Limbaugh's radio show, The O'Reilly Factor, news magazines, and online news sources. Close behind are the regular audiences for NPR and The Daily Show."

It doesn't look good for the major broadcast networks. At any rate, education, age, and knowledge. College grads, this program number two, at 37%. The average age of the audience of this program, 51, and the high knowledge score is 48, and it's number two. This program, number two in all of American media in education and knowledge. It is preceded only by the Weekly Standard and New Republic readers, 38% college grads, 38 is the average age. The libs are dragging us down a little bit. Eh, the libs may be dragging down the Weekly Standard a bit.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duh; pew; rush; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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Pew Research Center Study on News Audiences

1 posted on 08/01/2006 10:23:55 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem; MNJohnnie

Thank you, thank you, I'm just so proud.


2 posted on 08/01/2006 10:28:36 AM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: neverdem

Not bad for a bunch of mind-numbed robots, eh?


3 posted on 08/01/2006 10:30:55 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: neverdem
I feel smart and knowledgeable all of a sudden.

Rush is one of the few I will listen too. The show has an excellent format. Another great show for the learned people is Hume's show on the FNC. Of course this db is still the best for getting news, linking to news and analysis of the news.

4 posted on 08/01/2006 10:32:37 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: neverdem

Well color me smart.

I am honored to finally receive the recognition I so rightly deserve.


5 posted on 08/01/2006 10:34:21 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (War Monger...In the name of liberty, let's go to war!!!!)
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To: neverdem

Where's the Air America crowd place ???


6 posted on 08/01/2006 10:42:03 AM PDT by Obie Wan
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To: neverdem

No shocker here.

I would LOVE to see a battle of knowledge between Rush listeners and Err Amerika.


7 posted on 08/01/2006 10:42:13 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: neverdem

Notice anything missing from the list??

Where is 'AirHead America'??

Hmmmmmm.....Maybe they aren't as smart as they think they are!


8 posted on 08/01/2006 10:43:26 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: neverdem
Upon hearing this news, a distraught and suicidal Rita Cosby barricaded herself in an office supply closet with 87 cases of Halls and 62 cartons of Kools.


9 posted on 08/01/2006 10:43:26 AM PDT by jdm (Every photo needs a Helen Thomas presence.)
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To: Obie Wan

You beat me by mere 'seconds'!

:0)


10 posted on 08/01/2006 10:44:51 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: neverdem

"The average age of the audience of this program, 51,..."

Actually, according to the chart that's the percentage of listeners over 50 years old. (You can't expect the smartest news audience to miss something like that. ;-) )


11 posted on 08/01/2006 10:46:56 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: neverdem

I don't see "Common Sense" anywhere in this report...


12 posted on 08/01/2006 10:49:43 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left is Nothing.)
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To: neverdem; oldglory; MinuteGal; mcmuffin; sheikdetailfeather
A "we knew dat"


13 posted on 08/01/2006 10:54:13 AM PDT by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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To: neverdem

Here is a man I have found myself agreeing with (and entirely by my calculation) 98.5% of the time.


14 posted on 08/01/2006 10:54:19 AM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: neverdem

However rated lowly by various Maid services.


15 posted on 08/01/2006 10:54:39 AM PDT by The_Republican (So Dark The Con of Man)
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To: neverdem

Not sure about some of the results in the table, but I have found FReepers to be the most knowledgable group around.


16 posted on 08/01/2006 10:57:20 AM PDT by RebelBanker (If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
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To: neverdem

Apparently you can't measure the depths of the audience for Oldrubeman on PMSNBC.


17 posted on 08/01/2006 11:00:29 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
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To: Bigh4u2
Nah. Their 'audience' was just too small to measure.

;^)

18 posted on 08/01/2006 11:00:36 AM PDT by SAJ (Strongly suggest buying Dec EC, JY, AD straddles, this week. Somethin's GONNA give.)
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To: RebelBanker
but I have found FReepers to be the most knowledgable group around.

Very true. And that's because we keep our pool pure by discarding at the slightest hint of suspicion, any liberal filth that makes its way in.

19 posted on 08/01/2006 11:00:50 AM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: neverdem

I wonder if BOR will have this on his Most Ridiculus Item.


20 posted on 08/01/2006 11:04:22 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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