Turns Out Fox Viewers Can't Answer Simple Questions On Iraq

[dutchdemocrat]

We report, you get it wrong
By Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - The more commercial television news you watch, the more wrong you are likely to be about key elements of the Iraq War and its aftermath, according to a major new study released in Washington on Thursday.

And the more you watch the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News channel, in particular, the more likely it is that your perceptions about the war are wrong, adds the report by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).

Based on several nationwide surveys it conducted with California-based Knowledge Networks since June, as well as the results of other polls, PIPA found that 48 percent of the public believe US troops found evidence of close pre-war links between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist group; 22 percent thought troops found weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq; and 25 percent believed that world public opinion favored Washington's going to war with Iraq. All three are misperceptions.

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ04Ak01.html

[HPLeft]

1. Yet another piece of good news from this week

This has been a great week.

1) We learned that Fox News audiences are completely deluded about the most basic facts, and that liberal voices like NPR and the NY Times are still the best sources for honest, truthful reporting;

2) We learned that Rush Limbaugh is both a hypocrit and terrible judge of football ability;

3) We learned that Arnold is a serial groper and admires Hitler;

4) We learned that at least one person in the Bush Administration is guilty of a treasonable offense, and possibly more (even though, in a very real sense, all the neo-cons are traitors to our American character and spirit);

5) We learned today (according to the NY Times) that the Bush Administration knew well before the war that the Iraqi Oil Industry infrastructure was in such terrible shape that oil revenues would never be able pay for Iraq's reconstruction - which is exactly the opposite of what the Bush Administration told Congress and the American people.

6) We learned that no evidence of WMDs have been found in Iraq - and hence the entire stated rationale for this war was bogus.

[leftchick]

2. LOL, gotta love it!

pay attention freeps..... "we report, YOU get it wrong!"

[jamesinca]

3. It is also reported on philly.com

This same study. done by the U of M at College Park MD and a group out of Menlo Park CA. Also don't forget the Al Franken book "Lies and the lying liars, a fair and balanced look at the right". FOX also won a law suit earlier this year about having to tell the truth. It was ruled that they could not be held accountable for their reporting because as facts become know the story changes and they are not responsible for more information coming in.

[maha]

4. Just for fun, could somebody post this on Free Republic?

I'd do it, but I'm banned for some reason. Can't imagine why.

[ZenLefty]

5. Excellent article - thanks

:thumbsup:

[lovedems]

6. Columbia Journalism Review about Murdoch

This is taken out of Al Franken's new book "Liers".....Murdoch uses his diverse holdings...to promote his own financial interests at the expense of real news gathering, legal and regulatory rules, and journalistic ethics. He weilds his media as instruments of influence with politicians who can aid him, and savages his competitors in his news columns. If ever someone demonstrated the dangers of mass power being concetrated in a few hands, it would be Murdoch.


Who cares if his viewers are stupid, he is rich and powerful!

(Only for those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of reading a most excellent book.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. I read an article

about Murdoch and he REQUIRES ALL of his employees to spew HIS RW rhetoric...or they don't get a job or are fired if they don't comply. Sick. Wasn't it Roger Ailes who said they (news companies/reporters) are not required, legally, to tell the truth. They are there for entertainment? I think that is the gist of his remark.