[rface]

CONCLUSION: Radio listeners - especially Limbaugh listeners - are bad extreemists, while newspaper readers are reasonable people that like to get along with others.

This study was paid for by the powers behind thew "Main-Stream-Media"

what a bunch of horse shit

[RedStateRocker]

To paraphrase my favorite conservative of the last century-
"Polarization, in the defense of liberty, is not a vice".

[Rodney King]

Conservative listeners have their ideals reinforced by the shows, which ultimately lead to even more extreme views,

What a load of crap.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I believe Pew is the same group that ginned up that phony groundswell support for "Campaign Finance Reform" that resulted in the McCain-Feingold Act.

With this, are they trying to open the door for a revival of the Fairness Doctrine?

[Maceman]

Conservative listeners have their ideals reinforced by the shows, which ultimately lead to even more extreme views, Wanta said.

The horrors.

The use of an unscientific term like "extreme" renders this entire study worth less than a festering bowl of dog snot.

[Mike Bates]

Well, we can't all be nuanced like Kerry.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[ClearCase_guy]

"I am a radio listeners. I would like lower taxes" <-- Extremist

"I read newspapers. I support partial birth abortion, homosexual marriage, and government ownership of the means of production." <-- Moderate.

[JennysCool]

"Overall, our findings point to radio as a reason for the increasing polarization of the U.S. public"

That's right, it's all about Rush. The Left's descent into complete insanity has nothing to do with it.

[concerned about politics]

"Overall, our findings point to radio as a reason for the increasing polarization of the U.S. public"

Ok. I'll bite. The good people are just saying "No" to liberalism because the liberal news papers can't fool them anymore.
So what's the problem? It sounds like good news to me!

[Dog Gone]

I read the entire newspaper before going to work each day as well as listening to the radio, which includes about 30-40 minutes of Rush most days.

This probably explains the schizophrenia.

[mmercier]

I miss David Brudnoy.

[stands2reason]

You forgot: The only extremists are on the right.

[ken21]

leave it to the puke research center to come up with a high school sophomoric scam.

[Bossy Gillis]

Gee Rush, after all these years, they are STILL blaming you for influencing your audience. I can remember when the libs thought you weren't relevent, LOL.

[Viking2002]

Snoozepapers.......*YAWN*

[marty60]

If this is the best they can do in an attempt to save their miserable behinds. The MSM deserves eveery lost reader they keep showing the door.

This is the Dean speech by the MSM. People that don't buy our papers are just a bunch of White-Christian,Conservatives, that have never made an honest living.

That ought to boost circulation....NOT.

[Sonny M]

How did they do this study and ignore Air American and NPR?

[LRS]

"By narrowly concentrating their information consumption on content that reinforces their views, Internet users potentially could experience the same reinforcing process that could be taking place with conservative radio listeners,"

Conclusion #2:Internet users could also become extremists, if no constraints are present.

Of course, this lamebrain garbage doesn't bother to address the fact that most newspaper content is recycled crap coming from the same few (lying) sources...

[sauropod]

Yup. Guess I just haveta chuck my radio out the winder to get rid of my "extremism."

Meanwhile, Bill Moyers is still on the People's Broadcasting System, spewing hate and lies...

[Reconray]

No Mention that Rush Limbaugh is right 98% of the time(documented)and when he is wrong he corrects it...The print media follows NYT, and we know about the NYTs' reliablity.How do we know about it?Right,Rush Limbaugh,Drudge..etc..this is really an attack on the alternative media........nobody is going to buy it.

[Political Junkie Too]

How about this: Radio listeners are most aggressive in communicating their political views, newspaper readers least aggressive.

I'm basing this on the fact that you have to call repeatedly, wait, pass a screener, and then get a few minutes with the host, vs. buying a paper, reading a column, and then, maybe, writing a letter to the editor.

-PJ