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mumon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 01:28 PM
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Fox news viewers are more stupid! Proof!
"Psychologists call it pseudo-certainty. I call it behaving like an a*hole." - Al Franken.

http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/Media_10_02_03_Report.pdf

Combining those who said views were evenly balanced with those who assumed that the majority favored the Iraq war—a more inclusive definition of misperception--the same pattern obtained. Fox viewers had the highest level of misperceiving (69%) and PBS-NPR the lowest (26%). The others also formed a familiar pattern: CBS at 63%, ABC at 58%, NBC at 56%, CNN at 54%, and print media.

Republicans are also more likely to have misperceptions. However, further analysis reveals that support for the President is the critical factor, not Republican identity--as this effect disappeared among Republicans once support for the President was controlled for.
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AliceWonderland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 01:34 PM
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1. Good grief
It's funny to see it quantified in such stark terms, ain't it?
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DemoVet Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 01:36 PM
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2. Quoting someone here at DU,
While it's not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that all stupid people are conservative.
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