Study Proves That Fox News Makes You Stupid

As if you did not already know, please be advised that watching Fox News makes you stupid. Indeed, the most recent (of many) studies reveals that watching Fox News actually makes you less informed than watching no news at all. Repeat: People who watch no news at all are better informed than those who watch Fox News. Anyone surprised?

Business Insider reports that Fairleigh Dickinson University’s newest PublicMind survey found that someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer 1.04 domestic questions correctly compared to 1.22 for those who watched no news at all. Those watching only “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”answered 1.42 questions correctly and people who only listened to NPR or only watched Sunday morning political talk shows answered 1.51 questions correctly.

Thus, those who watched no news—answering questions by guessing or relying on existing knowledge—fared much better than those who watched the most popular 24-hour cable news network (i.e. Fox News). This is a follow-up to a 2011 survey of 612 New Jerseyans that found, among other things, that those who watched Fox News were 18 points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all.

Here is a partial list of confirmed misinformation which Fox News has fed to its viewers courtesy of PolitiFact.com:

Fox said less than 10% of Obama’s Cabinet appointees have worked in the private sector. – False
Fox said, White House Political Director served as right-hand man to the ACORN chief – False
Fox said Texas Board of Education may eliminate references to Christmas and the Constitution from textbooks – False
Fox said Health Care Reform is a govt. takeover of health care – False and the PolitiFact 2010 “Lie of the Year”
Fox said the Muslim Brotherhood has openly stated that they want to declare war on Israel – False
Fox said American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation – False
Fox said Gov. Rick Scott’s approval ratings have climbed since election – False
Fox said Massachusetts’ health care plan is wildly unpopular among state residents – False
Fox said there’s been more debt under Obama than all other presidents combined – False
Fox said Health care bill includes death panels – False and the PolitiFact 2009 “Lie of the Year”
Fox said “Cash For Clunkers” will give govt. complete access to your home computer – False
Fox said halting Gulf drilling costs $8 Billion a day in imports – False
Fox said Democrats plan largest tax increase in history – False
Fox said Eric Holder was involved in the dismissal of criminal charges against New Black panthers – False
Fox said Obama voted “present” in the U.S. Senate quite often – False
Fox said John Holdren proposed forced abortions and putting sterilants in drinking water – False
Fox said labor union president Andy Stern is most frequent visitor at white house – False
Fox said America is the only country with automatic citizenship upon birth – False
Fox said Bill O’Reilly never called George tiller a baby killer only reporting what others called him – False
Fox said only fox news picked up that Anita Dunn said Mao was one of her favorite philosophers – False and
Fox said nobody at Fox news ever said you’re going to jail if you don’t buy health insurance – False

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