Yet another study has found that those who rely on Fox News as their primary source of news tend to be the least informed on what’s actually going on in the world: Slate. In fact, this study found that not paying attention to the news at all was superior to using Fox as your primary source. The study controlled for partisanship, education and other demographic factors, finding that Fox News watchers knew substantially less about contemporary issues like the Egyptian and Syrian revolts than those who watched the Daily Show, read a newspaper or watched Sunday talk shows.
Fox News responded by claiming the new study is not “fair and balanced” and will treat it like they do reports on global warming, anything negative said about Republican presidential candidates and any claim that President Obama isn’t to blame for the financial crisis, growing poverty or the war in Iraq.
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