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Friday, December 17, 2010

Huffington Post: FOX News viewers are most misinformed


 A study, conducted by the University of Maryland, judged how likely consumers of various news outlets and publications were to believe misinformation about political issues.

Ninety per cent of respondents said they felt they had heard false information during the 2010 election campaign.  The study found that Fox News viewers were "significantly more likely" to believe that:

  1. Most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely)
  2. Most economists have estimated the health care law will worsen the deficit (31 points)
  3. The economy is getting worse (26 points)
  4. Most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (30 points)
  5. The stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (14 points)
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  7. The auto bailout only occurred under Obama (13 points)
  8. When TARP came up for a vote most Republicans opposed it (12 points)
  9.  And that it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (31 points)

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    Their own income taxes have gone up (14 points)





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