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   "duke"  wrote in message   
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   > With only 1% of Americans viewing, Fox News continues to be an irrelevant   
   > propaganda outlet frequented by dummies and other gullible right wing   
   > extremists.   
   >   
   > The Lies That Fox News Viewers Believe   
   > Filed under: General, Healthcare, Propaganda - Mark @ 2:39 am   
   > See who is still advertising on Glenn Beck   
   >   
   > Six years ago the Program on International Policy Attitudes published a   
   > study that showed that Fox viewers are far more likely to believe things   
   > that are demonstrably false, than are viewers of other networks. It's   
   > still true.   
   >   
   > A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (pdf) featured on the Rachel Maddow   
   > Show (video below) included questions centered on the recent health care   
   > debate. What made this poll unique was that four of the questions sought   
   > to ascertain whether the respondents believed statements that were known   
   > to be untrue. Here are the results broken out by which news sources the   
   > respondents favored:   
   > On Health Care Reform, Those Who Believe That It Will.   
   >                     MSNBC/CNN Viewers Fox News Viewers   
   >   
   > Give Coverage To Illegal Immigrants: 41%         72%   
   > Lead To A Government Takeover:     39%         79%   
   > Pay For Abortions:             40%         69%   
   > Stop Care To The Elderly: 3        0%         75%   
   >   
   > Let me repeat: These are statements that are known to be untrue, yet Fox   
   > News viewers believe them in overwhelming numbers. It's bad enough that   
   > approximately 40% of MSNBC/CNN viewers believe these myths, but clearly   
   > Fox is producing an audience of vastly misinformed, cultural illiterates.   
   >   
   > The problem with having a national news organization that is polluting the   
   > population with lies about critical public issues is that it makes   
   > democracy impossible. And that, of course, may be the goal of Fox and its   
   > corporate overseers. Democracy is such a messy affair, what with all the   
   > people voting and stuff. If your objective is to manipulate government,   
   > you can't get very far if voters are actually familiar with the issues and   
   > are capable of making sound judgments. So Fox News found it necessary to   
   > invent a platform of fake agendas to create fear and then purposefully   
   > indoctrinate their predominantly Republican and southern viewers to   
   > believe in them.   
   >   
   > They have enjoyed a fair measure of success in the past couple of weeks as   
   > raucous town hall meetings and shrill political disputes have dominated   
   > news coverage. There have been episodes of chaos and hostility erupting in   
   > what used to be neighborly community gatherings. Television pundits are   
   > peddling insane conspiracies that link shadowy cabals to absurd plots with   
   > tentacles reaching into evil government agencies. And weirdos with weapons   
   > are showing up at presidential events to wander around menacing peaceful   
   > demonstrators and anxious Secret Service agents.   
   >   
   > It is vitally important that sanity and honesty be restored to public   
   > discourse. As people become more aware of truthful representations of the   
   > issues, the tide could rapidly turn back to permit a rational debate to   
   > take place. The results of this poll could go a long way toward persuading   
   > people that they have been the victims of a deliberate con job. That can   
   > only occur if this poll is distributed broadly enough to be seen by a   
   > substantial portion of the electorate, including those who watch Fox News.   
   > Of course, Fox itself would never broadcast these results, so it's up to   
   > us to be the distributors of the truth; to pass this information along;   
   > and to expose Fox as the perpetrators of hoaxes that they are.   
   >   
   > Fox News viewers are being led around like Ritalin-sodden sheep. There is   
   > a case to made that they would be outraged at being so brazenly mislead -   
   > if they only knew. Data like this makes it difficult to pretend that Fox   
   > News respects its audience. This is the sort of evidence that could cause   
   > many FoxPods to revolt and free themselves. We need to help them see the   
   > light. Let's just hope that it isn't too late.   
   >   
   > Update: The Pew Research Center confirms the delusional state of   
   > Republicans and Fox News viewers. Their survey reports that a plurality of   
   > 47% of Republicans believe in "death panels" compared to 20% of Democrats   
   > and 28% of Independents. Likewise, 45% of Fox News viewers believe this   
   > myth as opposed to 27% of MSNBC viewers and 26% of CNN's.   
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   hatred or intolerance for?   
      
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