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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 1088 Views
Correlation != causation - 16/12/2010 11:16:58 PM 566 Views
to be fair - 16/12/2010 11:35:58 PM 759 Views
Seems like one of those chicken/egg scenarios, as alluded to by Macharius. - 17/12/2010 01:09:15 AM 579 Views
Normally yes, in this case the author's just an incompetent idiot - 17/12/2010 02:28:50 AM 669 Views
Honestly, even some of the numbers look fishy in that. - 17/12/2010 03:22:44 AM 667 Views
Re: Wow. - 17/12/2010 03:27:50 AM 566 Views
Interesting - 17/12/2010 05:56:58 AM 659 Views
Read the study itself instead - 17/12/2010 10:26:39 AM 641 Views
what are the affects of being exposed to inaccurate articels about biased surveys? - 20/12/2010 11:30:35 PM 533 Views
My brain is broken. - 20/12/2010 11:44:14 PM 545 Views
it isn't a very good summary if it changes the questions ask - 21/12/2010 01:54:46 PM 612 Views
Whereas people who watch CNN & MSNBC were that way to begin with... - 21/12/2010 11:30:00 PM 527 Views

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