Wry Catcher
Diamond Member
- Banned
- #121
"The data comes from a Brookings Institute paper dealing with the nature of opposition to immigration reform and a sub-section from E. J. Dionne and William Galston on political polarization and the media, all of which is interesting but not quite as interesting as the results of this survey. The most-trusted name in news for all Americans is, unsurprisingly, Fox News, which also has the highest ratings by far in the industry.
Broadcast news the three networks come in a close second, with CNN a more distant third place. However, the honor of being the least-trusted name in news, in practically every demographic, is MSNBC, a subsidiary of NBC News which ranks below Jon Stewart among all but Democrats.
Heres the chart that lays out the bad news for Comcast, in answer to the polling question: Which of the following television news sources do you trust the most to provide accurate information about politics and current events?
Almost as many liberals and Democrats identify Fox as their most trusted news source as MSNBC; with liberals, its presumably in the margin of error.
...MSNBC is a fringe choice in all demographics, and comes in next to last even among its target demos of Democrats and liberals.
The least-trusted name in news is ? « Hot Air
In the interests of clarity, I suggest you change your name to Hiroo Onoda.
"Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hirō?, March 19, 1922 January 16, 2014) was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and did not surrender in 1945. .... Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.[1]"
Hiroo Onoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rather long ad hominem but not out of the range for PC, who once again didn't take on the argument ("Because at Fox News we report, you decide"); those who watch Fox critically understand some of the rumors are put forth by one Fox talking head and repeated throughout the day by others citing "some people are saying...".