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It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party snoopcester Send a noteboard - 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM
It might be that Republicans are just less questioning of what they are told.

“A generation ago you would have expected Americans to place their trust in the most neutral and unbiased conveyors of news,” said PPP President Dean Debnam in his analysis of the poll. “But the media landscape has really changed, and now they’re turning more toward the outlets that tell them what they want to hear


I think this is the most interesting comment, I've noticed in the UK that when people say they trust a source more it often just means that it tells them what they want to be true.
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Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM 583 Views
Good thing reality is chosen through consensus. *NM* - 27/01/2010 12:17:17 AM 87 Views
umm it is survey on trust - 27/01/2010 12:47:04 AM 193 Views
Of course it's an accurate poll. But my point is that trust has nothing to do with accuracy. *NM* - 27/01/2010 01:14:59 AM 87 Views
do you have any real evidience that Fox is less acurate? - 27/01/2010 01:28:22 AM 176 Views
Does the poll suggest otherwise? - 27/01/2010 02:32:14 AM 163 Views
well... - 27/01/2010 12:37:40 AM 168 Views
Good for Fox. - 27/01/2010 12:38:39 AM 202 Views
Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 01:00:52 AM 229 Views
Well, I did say it was remarkable particularly for foreigners. - 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM 225 Views
I don't think their bias is their problem - 27/01/2010 02:57:33 AM 274 Views
I've always liked ABC's World News Tonight. - 27/01/2010 03:44:59 AM 168 Views
Jim Lehrer, definetly *NM* - 27/01/2010 04:11:17 AM 95 Views
That would be my most trusted TV news source. - 27/01/2010 07:22:51 AM 152 Views
I don't watch much PBS news - 27/01/2010 02:04:12 PM 159 Views
Yes, but The NewsHour has been criticized for being too conservative. *NM* - 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM 187 Views
well there are people who think Nancy Pelosi is to conserative *NM* - 27/01/2010 08:13:56 PM 126 Views
Re: Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 06:18:34 PM 162 Views
I am sad for this country after hearing this. *NM* - 27/01/2010 01:45:18 AM 182 Views
Re: Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 02:51:04 AM 260 Views
Precisely. *NM* - 27/01/2010 11:26:15 AM 91 Views
A generation ago, the only news channel on TV was CNN. - 27/01/2010 06:20:07 PM 155 Views
Hmmm....now here's the question: - 27/01/2010 03:10:02 AM 178 Views
PPP has a poor record - 27/01/2010 05:01:57 AM 172 Views
And CNN is SECOND?!!! What a badly broken poll.... - 27/01/2010 07:16:09 AM 157 Views
It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party - 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM 172 Views
the article does break it down by party - 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM 166 Views
Only for FOX, which makes trying to analyse it impossible - 27/01/2010 02:51:46 PM 162 Views
here is a link to the full results - 27/01/2010 03:02:50 PM 230 Views
So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:19:59 PM 168 Views
Re: So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:36:08 PM 152 Views
I guess it makes sense - 27/01/2010 11:33:25 PM 157 Views
It does - 28/01/2010 12:09:14 PM 156 Views
They also treat them like a single group which I find ironic - 30/01/2010 05:40:28 PM 158 Views
I personally think both sides are wrong - 27/01/2010 04:40:36 PM 149 Views
Besides the fact who wins or loses, it's a very sad state of affairs for democracy... - 27/01/2010 01:15:34 PM 155 Views
Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 27/01/2010 02:18:58 PM 198 Views
Re: Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 28/01/2010 03:42:55 AM 159 Views
Well, at least Fox is better than the BBC - 27/01/2010 01:43:32 PM 162 Views
I'm fairly certain you don't really mean that... - 27/01/2010 05:33:47 PM 175 Views
One does wonder. - 27/01/2010 05:52:30 PM 179 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 04:28:47 AM 161 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 12:12:48 PM 154 Views
haha you got me. Though I do mean it. - 30/01/2010 12:36:03 AM 162 Views
Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:23:16 PM 179 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:31:57 PM 160 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:53:04 PM 159 Views
It was the most watched cable channel last week - 27/01/2010 03:08:36 PM 161 Views
You can't offend me by saying that. - 27/01/2010 03:23:26 PM 141 Views
I know - 27/01/2010 04:23:18 PM 169 Views
I almost said something earlier. - 27/01/2010 06:34:18 PM 133 Views
Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 27/01/2010 06:59:01 PM 188 Views
I think the same thing everytime I see European TV - 27/01/2010 08:13:13 PM 138 Views
Re: Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 28/01/2010 03:49:10 AM 130 Views
That's like saying so-and-so won a Grammy. - 27/01/2010 07:39:54 PM 131 Views
That's like going a high security prison for a visit - 28/01/2010 03:38:45 AM 144 Views
telephone polls are no longer an accurate representation of popular opinion - 28/01/2010 04:12:52 AM 125 Views
I verbally abuse people who call to poll me. I'm going to keep doing it. - 28/01/2010 04:21:20 AM 223 Views
funny how people suddenly dismiss polls when they say something they don't like - 28/01/2010 05:57:10 AM 151 Views
Funnily, the first person who did that is Issac who has seemed a right wing type to me. - 28/01/2010 12:19:05 PM 152 Views
I there is nothing wrong with questioning what a poll tells us - 28/01/2010 02:02:29 PM 148 Views
Those where the only type of replies I saw though - 28/01/2010 02:24:55 PM 138 Views
I made it a comment to main thread for a reason - 28/01/2010 04:22:14 PM 139 Views
Isaac, not Issac - 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM 142 Views
Bah, I only have your word for that being how your spell your name - 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM 253 Views
It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM 184 Views
I would have complained about the telephony regardless of the results - 28/01/2010 01:55:03 PM 134 Views
I've pretty much stopped watching news on TV - 29/01/2010 04:18:44 PM 139 Views

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