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Read the study itself instead Lews_TherinThelamon Send a noteboard - 17/12/2010 10:26:39 AM
Which says nothing about stupidity, just misinformation.

What I found alarming with this study was the sheer amount of misinformed people on almost every single question asked, regardless of their preferred political party or news source.
Misinformation and the 2010 election
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Extended exposure to Fox News makes voters stupid, university study finds - 16/12/2010 11:02:18 PM 994 Views
Correlation != causation - 16/12/2010 11:16:58 PM 507 Views
to be fair - 16/12/2010 11:35:58 PM 683 Views
Seems like one of those chicken/egg scenarios, as alluded to by Macharius. - 17/12/2010 01:09:15 AM 520 Views
Normally yes, in this case the author's just an incompetent idiot - 17/12/2010 02:28:50 AM 602 Views
Honestly, even some of the numbers look fishy in that. - 17/12/2010 03:22:44 AM 600 Views
Re: Wow. - 17/12/2010 03:27:50 AM 509 Views
Interesting - 17/12/2010 05:56:58 AM 595 Views
Read the study itself instead - 17/12/2010 10:26:39 AM 576 Views
what are the affects of being exposed to inaccurate articels about biased surveys? - 20/12/2010 11:30:35 PM 481 Views
My brain is broken. - 20/12/2010 11:44:14 PM 493 Views
it isn't a very good summary if it changes the questions ask - 21/12/2010 01:54:46 PM 562 Views
Whereas people who watch CNN & MSNBC were that way to begin with... - 21/12/2010 11:30:00 PM 470 Views

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