Study Compares the Truthiness of Major News Networks

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? Analysis: Over Half of All Statements Made on Fox News Are False

The comparisons are interesting, but be cautious about using them to draw broad conclusions. We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check, so we certainly don’t fact-check everything. And we don’t fact-check the five network groups evenly. CBS, for instance, doesn’t have a cable network equivalent, so we haven’t fact-checked pundits and CBS personalities as much.

For example, a PublicMind survey out of Fairleigh Dickinson University found that “people who said they consumed no news” fared better on a current events questionnaire than people who had been using Fox News to find out what was going on in the world. Let that sink in for a moment. People who categorically don’t watch the news know more than people who watch a network whose primary function is ostensibly to relay the news.

Adding insult to injury, it was the only network that ranked below “blind ignorance” the survey. (By the way, the most informed audience was that of NPR.)

How do Fox News viewers know less than people who literally don’t know anything about current events? If you would allow me to hazard a guess, it could be because unlike people who didn’t bother to watch any news programs, Fox viewers thought they were watching informational content – instead they were being lied to under a carefully constructed veneer of responsible journalism. Later, when someone asks them about what’s going on, they feel like they know the answer when they haven’t a clue.

 

[kiwiman127]

My thoughts.
Addicting Info, isn't exactly a non-biased resource. I gathered that by just visiting their website.
Secondly, it wouldn't surprise me at all the Fox News and MSNBC did stretch the truth anyway. They both have clear bias. And it wouldn't surprise me that CNN is the most honest of the three major cable news channels.
I'd love to see a news channel with at least 90% accuracy, but in my opinion, that'll never happen with the Big Three cable news networks.

 

[ClosedCaption]

My thoughts.
Addicting Info, isn't exactly a non-biased resource. I gathered that by just visiting their website.

Great, but why are you dismissing a study PunditFact because Addicting Info wrote about it?

Secondly, it wouldn't surprise me at all the Fox News and MSNBC did stretch the truth anyway. They both have clear bias. And it wouldn't surprise me that CNN is the most honest of the three major cable news channels.
I'd love to see a news channel with at least 90% accuracy, but in my opinion, that'll never happen with the Big Three cable news networks.

NPR was the winner with the most informed audience btw

 

[Bush92]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/category/info/historical-information/

His more crap from site quoted by Closed Caption. This site also has story of how ice cream truck melody is racist. This site is pure socialist bullshit.

 

[westwall]

? Analysis: Over Half of All Statements Made on Fox News Are False

The comparisons are interesting, but be cautious about using them to draw broad conclusions. We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check, so we certainly don’t fact-check everything. And we don’t fact-check the five network groups evenly. CBS, for instance, doesn’t have a cable network equivalent, so we haven’t fact-checked pundits and CBS personalities as much.

For example, a PublicMind survey out of Fairleigh Dickinson University found that “people who said they consumed no news” fared better on a current events questionnaire than people who had been using Fox News to find out what was going on in the world. Let that sink in for a moment. People who categorically don’t watch the news know more than people who watch a network whose primary function is ostensibly to relay the news.

Adding insult to injury, it was the only network that ranked below “blind ignorance” the survey. (By the way, the most informed audience was that of NPR.)

How do Fox News viewers know less than people who literally don’t know anything about current events? If you would allow me to hazard a guess, it could be because unlike people who didn’t bother to watch any news programs, Fox viewers thought they were watching informational content – instead they were being lied to under a carefully constructed veneer of responsible journalism. Later, when someone asks them about what’s going on, they feel like they know the answer when they haven’t a clue.

Yeah these guys are going to be non-biased! CREATIVE COMMONS. A nice little progressive group with no dog in the hunt Whats funny is when I clicked the "About Us" tab nothing happens! They don't want you to know who and what they are....

How unsurprising.

 

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? Historical Information

His more crap from site quoted by Closed Caption. This site also has story of how ice cream truck melody is racist. This site is pure socialist bullshit.

Good because they didnt do the study

Now whats your next excuse?

 

[martybegan]

 

[Bush92]

? Historical Information

His more crap from site quoted by Closed Caption. This site also has story of how ice cream truck melody is racist. This site is pure socialist bullshit.

Good because they didnt do the study

Now whats your next excuse?

craigconnects.org/public-diplomacy

Oh, I'm sorry. Seed $$$ for site came from "craigconnect" who supports terrorsist.

 

[kiwiman127]

My thoughts.
Addicting Info, isn't exactly a non-biased resource. I gathered that by just visiting their website.

Great, but why are you dismissing a study PunditFact because Addicting Info wrote about it?

Secondly, it wouldn't surprise me at all the Fox News and MSNBC did stretch the truth anyway. They both have clear bias. And it wouldn't surprise me that CNN is the most honest of the three major cable news channels.
I'd love to see a news channel with at least 90% accuracy, but in my opinion, that'll never happen with the Big Three cable news networks.

NPR was the winner with the most informed audience btw

OK, point taken.
PunditFact has come out with some facts about Rachel Maddow's inaccurate comments which I discovered after doing a Google search by simply using the term "PunditFact", I looked at two pages on Google.

 

[ogibillm]

link to the ongoing study
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/jul/01/introducing-scorecards-tv-networks/

 

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? Historical Information

His more crap from site quoted by Closed Caption. This site also has story of how ice cream truck melody is racist. This site is pure socialist bullshit.

Good because they didnt do the study

Now whats your next excuse?

craigconnects.org/public-diplomacy

Oh, I'm sorry. Seed $$$ for site came from "craigconnect" who supports terrorsist.

This is a weird way to support terrorist:

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Anymore excuses Nancy?

 

[Stephanie]

You poor dears will buy into ANY STUDY if it FITS you biased views

bravo, no thinking required.... just go to addictingbsinfo...they'll do the thinking for ya

 

[ogibillm]

You poor dears will buy into ANY STUDY if it FITS you biased views

bravo, no thinking required.... just go to addictingbsinfo...they'll do the thinking for ya

what evidence do you have to dispute it.

not only does the study give the results, but it gives the individual claims that the study is based on, and why they are found to be as they are.

so... what evidence do you have that contradicts it?

 

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You poor dears will buy into ANY STUDY if it FITS you biased views

bravo, no thinking required.... just go to addictingbsinfo...they'll do the thinking for ya

Go find any study that says otherwise. When you fail to do so just remember, I accept your apology.

 

[warf]

It seems the only complaint about the opening post is the site that published the article.

The righties, or other true believers, who complain don't seem to be able to look at the "news" and use logic and history to determine if it's truth or BS.

This seems to be the age of dis-information. Everyone has a source that confirms their preconceptions. No one has to worry about truth. The loudest, most obscene voice wins the argument (in their minds).

Maybe the dumbing down of America is complete.