Non-partisan University of Maryland Study finds that Fox News viewers are misinformed. Thoughts?

Question

For those of us that are open-minded & intelligent, this is not any sort of revelation.

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/maryland-study-finds-a-massive-amount-of-misinformation-spread-through-media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBA61YrA68Q

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=study+fox+news+misinformed#q=study+fox+news+misinformed&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn&fp=4f47765c364753ee

Answer 1

Your really should have taken the time to read ALL the comments about your "impartial" survey, which in FACT, is not.

The "list" of contributors and financial sponsors, for me stopped DEAD at the Tides Foundation. The man who Glen Beck ran an expose' on for a week, as a communist, radical anti-American who openly called the United States the "greatest" obstacle to world unity, none other than George Soros. I also believe but haven't taken the time yet, to associate half of the sponsors with Soros "money". Soros has MORE than enough reason to want to discredit Fox. That makes it BIASED totally.

Answer 2

I couldn't care less. I believe climate change is happening. I knew Bush started the bailouts. I knew Obama was born in the usa (once he showed his bc). And i normally watch fox.



Obviously this was just meant as slander towards fox, as noted by "open-minded & intelligent, this is not any sort of revelation." Which is a phrase that most self loving ego-centric liberals like to parrot.



And what constitutes as a fox viewer? Someone who whatches thier talkshows or the actual news?



And also I'd like to know EXACTLY how they worded the questions. Did they ask do you believe in Globab warming or do you believe in rising temperature? or Do you believe the Healthcare bill will add to the defecit or do most economists believe the healthcare bill will add to the defecit?

Answer 3

FOX has been caught time and time again giving false and fabricated information. They have been taken to court but win on the constitutional "freedom of speech and Freedom of Press" language in the constitution. They are a very radical media that takes every opportunity they can to disgrace our government and encourage people to distrust every thing our government does.



There are a lot of people who are satisfied with just believing what they hear and take what radical FOX says. These people lack the mental skills to research or even apply reasonable analysis of what FOX frequently releases. FOX's whole mission is do what they can to create distrust for our government, to make people feel our government is corrupt, inefficient, untrustworthy and is leading us to disaster.



The GOP for the past 22 months has practiced what is known in the military as "Internal Development" using FOX talk show hosts and radio talk show host Blimpbaugh. Their intent is to create citizens distrust against the Democratic Administration encouraging insurrection and an overthrow of the government.

Answer 4

I couldn't care less. I believe climate change is happening. I knew Bush started the bailouts. I knew Obama was born in the usa (once he showed his bc). And i normally watch fox. Obviously this was just meant as slander towards fox, as noted by "open-minded & intelligent, this is not any sort of revelation." Which is a phrase that most self loving ego-centric liberals like to parrot. And what constitutes as a fox viewer? Someone who whatches thier talkshows or the actual news? And also I'd like to know EXACTLY how they worded the questions. Did they ask do you believe in Globab warming or do you believe in rising temperature? or Do you believe the Healthcare bill will add to the defecit or do most economists believe the healthcare bill will add to the defecit?

Answer 5

It's so very obvious the Liberal answers remain locked in denial at even the most basic of facts when it invalidates a point they want to believe. Other answers posted exposed the fact that George Soros was directly involved, with one of his financed or supported radio, organizations, groups or newspapers and still people believe it was unbiased. Pathetic.

Answer 6

They should have had an option for "I just get my news online instead of relying on the biases of the cable TV networks." I bet they know the most.

Answer 7

Boy your still disappointed that we stupid Americans didn't vote YOUR way.I guess we all need to vote YOUR way.Yes sir we all are stupid and ignorant.

We all have to worship the Democratic Party.

Last I looked we have the right to vote.I know some want to take away my right because I think differently than them.Good luck with that!

Take your Brown shirt off......It's very unbecoming of you since your so much smarter than us.

Answer 8

What do you mean non-partisan? Well known liberal-majority institution.



Actually, most news is slanted to the left. Of course, liberals don't notice this because they agree with it.



Fox is slanted right-- just about the only major news program slanted right-- of course, because this is furthest away from the liberals, they tend to notice it more and point fingers at Fox constantly.



Basically, to real moderates, you all look like hypocrites every time you point at Fox news. LOL







How sad and biased have liberals become? Our current President makes comments that Fox is not "real news" because it's conservative biased and refuses to do interviews with it, but then acknowledges ridiculous liberal rags like the Huffington Post in official press conferences. I mean... whoa. You liberals really can see the splinter in the conservatives eye but not the log in your own these days, huh?

Answer 9

You and the University are wrong on all counts again as usual. Fox bashing is very popular among the American hating leftists who can't stand the concept that FNC is crushing the opposition in the ratings. Sad for you. I will continue to get all my news from Fox since all the other lamestream media outlets are just liberal propaganda factories and most universities have been taken over by frustrated leftist hippie liberals from the 60's. Useful idiots is what they are.

Answer 10

did you really expect any fox viewers to be open minded? lol. cognitive dissonance. bigotry or maybe just ignorance. the only defenses i am reading is that everyone is misinformed or that its a liberal conspiracy . how funny. the study tested all the networks fox rated last. as far as the other defense using a logical fallacy ( ad hominem attack) is a pretty poor way to refute. what i have realized lately is that we have to refute their justifications. we can tell people that global warming will kill us an they wont care or change. climate change for example is seen by many of these as a cause that will hurt business. the truth is that it is an amzing opportunity to sell the technology to all those countries that crave it.

Answer 11

No surprise there. Ever since that twit Palin got cornered with a "hard question" she has claimed media bias ever since and so took off the train of utter non-sense towards anything but FoxNews. Here is the funny thing, Obama does Interviews everywhere including FoxNews. Now Miss Palin refuses to do interviews with anyone but the pandering Fox company. Conservatives want to claim media bias against anything that doesn't sit well with them. Another political right wing party pulled this crap, they called themselves Nazi's.

Answer 12

Unfortunately it has a lot to do with partisanship. when there is a republican in office there will be a lot of misinformation from left leaning networks. until nobody has an r or d behind their name false information and partisanship will always occur.

Answer 13

I heard about that study. I agree, they're uninformed just like CNN, ABC, NBC, BBC... viewers.



"The notion that journalism can regularly produce a product that violates the fundamental interests of media owners and advertisers ... is absurd."-- Robert McChesney, journalist and author

Answer 14

Non-partisan my ***. Yet another Soros-funded, lying hit job.

Answer 15

LOL!!! If you think the liberal University of Maryland study is non partisan, then you are a really gullible person



EPIC FAIL

Answer 16

It' no surprise, FOXPAC hasn't disputed it and none of the answers here have either. If the polling methods are flawed in some way none of the far right extremists have pointed them out.

Answer 17

Any Media Organisation that misrepresents the facts so blatantly should have it's broadcast rights removed.



This isn't a news station, it's an opinion station

Answer 18

not even sure why someone needed to study something so obvious.

Answer 19

lol

University of Maryland, a liberal school