Fox News fans misinformed, study finds

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | Oct 17, 2003 | BRIAN LAMBERT

[carton253]

No... he said that the major conflict was over... his meaning was plain... there would be no more tanks, armored personnel carriers racing toward Baghdad. But, the work, challenges and dangers still exist.

[EdReform]

Bump & Ping

[Yo-Yo]

This entire survey is a thinly disguised liberal hit piece on conservatives.

Example:

Exposure to News and Frequency of Misperceptions among Bush and Democratic Nominee Supporters

Average frequency of misperception among:

Bush supporters who follow the news:
Not closely at all - 40%
Not very closely - 43%
Somewhat closely - 44%
Very closely - 54%

Democratic nominee supporters who follow the news:
Not closely at all - 22%
Not very closely - 20%
Somewhat closely - 16%
Very closely - 11%

It seems that a "misperception" of the news means not buying the liberal slant of the news.

[cwb]

Bush nver said the war was over: He said major operations were ending. Maybe you were misinformed.

[cwb]

That's exactly what it is. It's a way of avoiding the fact that many aren't buying the lamestream media's stories.

[Wheee The People]

A mere 3 percent cited NPR or PBS

That's a tragedy. The new Boxer\Kennedy bill will mandate a 1000% increase in funding for NPR/PBS and will require everyone to tune in at least twice a week.

[Yo-Yo]

Who has the misperceptions, the public or this survey? Misperception #1:

In February, by providing more fine-grained response options it became clearer that only about one in five Americans believed that Iraq was directly involved in 9/11, but that a majority did believe that Iraq had given substantial support to al-Qaeda—both propositions unsupported by the US intelligence community.

Therefore if you said that there was a tie between Iraq and al-Qaeda, YOU'RE WRONG according to this survey!

[gcruse]

Bush said: "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."

As rose by any other name....

[Hank Rearden]

There HAS been a proven Al Qaida-SadMan/Iraq link. But the press won't report it.

If "the press won't report it", then how do you know about it?

[Spok]

This poll surveyed opinions, not facts. The left has always believed that those who don't share their views are misinformed or mentally infirm.

[sandlady]

Whatever. A lot of it has to do with trust. A majority of news viewers trust Fox News, watch Fox News, and therefor believe what Fox News tells them. I am a Fox News viewer because I don't think they mislead me. I read the reports (for instance, the Kay report) and justify the "news" I hear. I completely believe that NPR and writers like this guy taint their words with personal philosophy as do some on Fox. Simply, I consistently disagree with NPRs take on the facts! It's natural to watch the network you find yourself in agreement with most consistently and... therefor trust. I think this article reflects wonderfully on the psyche of out country right now.

[marlon]

This article is so absolutely silly it's hardly worh responding to. However, if this writer wants to understand the core of the demo/socialsts voting block he should listen to Sean Hannity's man on the street interviews. These morons by-and-large can't even name who the Vice Pressident is much less where Iraq is located. I'll bet that they don't get their news from Fox. But I would also bet that if they vote they vote democrat becasue they were promised that they wouldn't have to pay taxes, only those evil rich republicans need to pay.

Also, isn't this awfully familiar to how the left for years have tried to portray Rush listeners? They are always made out to be some dumb hicks incapable to think for themselves and therefore are mind-numbed robots. Seems to me when I listen to the callers they are way more informed than your average MTV/Hollywood/Celebrity worshiper. Read, democrat voter!

[sandlady]

What really gets their panties in a bunch is not the "Fair and Balanced" reporting. But the "You Decide Part"

So true!

[jdege]

When are the liberals ever going to address REALITY.

There is no reality. Truth is a tool of the white oppressor.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

We got snakes, scorpions, and alot of evil creatures in this ole world. Maybe they all get together and play Parcheesi and bad mouth the USA. Or maybe they don't. But what they have in common disturbs me, and that's good enough for me to sign off on they're butt kickin.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

they're = their

[cookcounty]

"Notice that the questions are liberal slanted. If I asked questions like "Did the US have any participatory allies in the War?" , "Are things going well in post-war Iraq"? or "What happened to the artifacts in the Iraqi Museum?" we'd have CNN and MSNBC viewers score worse than Fox viewers."

You got it! The selection of "which questions" is as important as the wording of them.

[cwb]

Yeah...and right under that line it says this:

"But, the U.S. president said, more work remains: "We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We are bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We are pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime who will be held to account for their crimes. We have begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated."

Some analysts say Bush wants to avoid saying the war is over..."

[cookcounty]

"The conclusion: ............. Among those who primarily watch Fox, those who pay more attention are more likely to have misperceptions. ........

"I wish I could say this surprised me."

At least he admits to being biased from the outset.

[Prodigal Son]

The War on Terror goes on, but the Iraqi war is over.

Uh, no it's not.