srh88
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Another study has concluded that people who only watch Fox News are less informed than all other news consumers.
Researchers at Fairleigh Dickinson University updated a study they had conducted in late 2011. That study only sampled respondents from New Jersey, where the university is located. This time, the researchers conducted a nationwide poll.
The poll asked questions about international news (Iran, Egypt, Syria and Greece were included) and domestic affairs (Republican primaries, Congress, unemployment and the Keystone XL pipeline.)
The pollsters found that people were usually able to answer 1.8 out of 4 questions on foreign news, and 1.6 of 5 questions on domestic news, and that people who don't watch any news were able to get 1.22 of the questions on domestic policy right.
As the study explained, though, people who watched only Fox News fared worse:
The largest effect is that of Fox News: all else being equal, someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer just 1.04 domestic questions correctly -- a figure which is significantly worse than if they had reported watching no media at all. On the other hand, if they listened only to NPR, they would be expected to answer 1.51 questions correctly; viewers of Sunday morning talk shows fare similarly well. And people watching only "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" could answer about 1.42 questions correctly.
Other networks also did badly in some sections; MSNBC viewers and Fox News viewers both fared worse in answering international questions than people who watched no news.People who only listened to NPR or watched Sunday morning talk shows or "The Daily Show" did the best in the study.
(h/t Poynter)
UPDATE: Fox News hit out at the school responsible for the study on Thursday. A spokesperson for the network told The Hollywood Reporter, "Considering FDU’s undergraduate school is ranked as one of the worst in the country, we suggest the school invest in improving its weak academic program instead of spending money on frivolous polling – their student body does not deserve to be so ill-informed."
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because you are really ill informed
9/11 was a verry sad day a many many died but if you listen to shaggy you would be led to belive that no one died in the pentagon and it was a missile that hit it not a plane. so my question to him is all the passengers abord the plane that hit the pentagon they didt die either did they shaggy wait it never hit so what happend to the plane? what happend to all of the passengers and the pilots they also died its verry sad that all of these people died for no reason and now someone is gonna act like it never happend no matter how many facts you bring to shaggy he isnt going to listen to them so there isnt any point in trying. you have a better chance convinceing him that 2 pac is relly dead rofl 
