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Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Things They Believe

Dec 16th, 2010


Average Murdoch Drone
AlterNet picked up on an interesting study by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. The story is gaining in popularity under the banner headline, "Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid." 

Indeed, as regular visitors to The Hand know, we no longer refer to FOXNews as "FOXNews"; Rather, we call it The Murdoch Device. In this examination of factual awareness on the part of their viewers, there weren't any real surprises but it's good to have the data for confirmation. 

  • 91 percent believe the stimulus legislation lost jobs
  • 72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit
  • 72 percent believe the economy is getting worse
  • 60 percent believe climate change is not occurring
  • 49 percent believe income taxes have gone up
  • 63 percent believe the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts
  • 56 percent believe Obama initiated the GM/Chrysler bailout
  • 38 percent believe that most Republicans opposed TARP
  • 63 percent believe Obama was not born in the U.S. (or that it is unclear)

1 comment:

  1. If you are still so sure Obama is really all he says he is then you should look up Obama-Monsanto, and look at how he has hired Monsanto lobbyists and big agribusiness buddies in key governmental positions.

    http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_15573.cfm

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-puts-monsanto-lobbyist-in-charge-of-food-safety.html

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