Posted on 10/18/2008 1:40:08 PM PDT by vadum
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press tested the political knowledge of 3,612 U.S. adults and found that the audiences of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity with Alan Colmes were the best informed about U.S. politics.
On two questions that asked respondents to identify the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrats) and to identify the current U.S. secretary of state (Condoleezza Rice), "Hannity & Colmes" viewers scored 84% and 73% respectively. Among Rush Limbaugh listeners, the scores were 83% and 71%.
On a question involving international affairs in which the respondents had to identify the prime minister of the United Kingdom (Gordon Brown), 59% of readers of The New Yorker and the Atlantic got it right, compared to 57% of NPR listeners.
"A perfect score was obtained by 44 percent of regular listeners of National Public Radio (NPR), 43 percent of regular viewers of MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and 42 percent of the Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" audience."
NPR: 73 percent, 72 percent, 57percent
Hannity & Colmes: 84 percent, 73 percent, 49 percent
Rush Limbaugh: 83 percent, 71 percent, 41 percent
Colbert Report: 73 percent, 65 percent, 49 percent
Daily Show: 65 percent, 48 percent, 36 percent
NewsHour: 66 percent, 52 percent, 47 percent.... LOL!
O'Reilly Factor: 70 percent, 60 percent, 41 percent... Sheesh
C-SPAN: 63 percent, 59 percent, 35 percent.... ROTFLOL!
Letterman/Leno: 51 percent, 42 percent, 31 percent
CNN: 59 percent, 48 percent, 29 percent.... Pitiful!
National Enquirer: 44 percent, 32 percent, 22 percent
I disagree. Mark Levin listeners are most informed and you know it!
I've heard them report this a few years ago....don't expect any earthquakes. They really could give a sh*t about the facts. Liberals are always much more concerned about other more important things, like how they are feeling at the time, rather than facts.
Gordon Brown doesn’t know who he is half the time either!
He won’t shut the internet down-— he will put Michelle in charge of it.... heh heh heh...
Most KOS readers are in fact gay. That ought to affect sampling somehow...
Oh you mean Aunt Esther's younger sister. Washeet sucka!
Where did viewers of THE VIEW finish?
LOL
Quite a gap between Colbert and Stewart’s Stupids. What’s that all about?
And there has been ZERO comment on it. It's like it didn't happen, at least inside the beltway.
Nat'l Enq has a huge circulation read by highly impressionable individuals.
What a crying shame that the percentages of correct answers on those two simple questions are so low! That information should be common knowledge even among the ill-informed. Knowing it is certainly nothing about which to pat oneself on the back. No wonder the likes of Barack Obama can get this close to the Presidency with smooth talk and empty rhetoric.
To be honest with you, I think this site is Rush's main source of material. His job has gotten a LOT easier with the rise of this site, and he cites a lot of stuff that I only hear on FR.
We send stuff to Rush as soon as we get it. We also link him to pertinent essays and blog materials. But do realize that Rush really works hard in his show prep. He loves this nation and is dedicated to more than just building his wealth. The e-mail Rush gets would freeze some servers! And you know why Rush works so hard at his task?... Because he knows that millions listen daily, while working to keep this nation running. For many, Rush’s truth stream is the only source they trust in order to fulfill their sovereign responsibilities. Yeah, it’s that important, and to Rush, too.
People who watch the view think Whoopi Goldberg is Speaker of the House
Yep. The other night when BOR said he has no problem with Obama right now Laura Ingraham blew a fuse. She flat out told him if bambi wins they will come for his microphone. I was glad someone finally had the balls to say it out loud on national television. I have never been so scared for our country.
I saw that show. Did you hear what Laura said right at the end of that exchange with BOR? She said they would have to pry the mic out of her "cold dead hands"!
Friday Rush said he had received 200,000 emails the previous day!
All well and good, but if you were to ask the same adults “Which administration did Helen Thomas first whine about in her career?” you could pick most of us here at FR out by those that responded with “Abraham Lincoln”. :)
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