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People who exclusively watch Fox News have been shown to be less informed about politics than people who watch no news. Guess which party's loyalists watch excl

People who exclusively watch Fox News have been shown to be less informed about politics than people who watch no news. Guess which party's loyalists watch exclusively Fox News? Education correlates with increases in Democratic votes. Christianity with Republican ones. It's not about information, it's about income.

_-david-_ 6y ago
>People who exclusively watch Fox News have been shown to be less informed about politics than people who watch no news. There is a few issues. 1. That study was from 2012. Things have quite possibly changed since then. 2. The study did not take a look at age. The average Fox News viewer is older than most news shows. Older people have worse memory. A study should look at the various age groups to make sure that it is not just old people not knowing stuff. I am guessing young people who watch Fox are more informed than old people who watch Fox. 3. What is the correlation between Fox News viewers and voters? Its possible that most Fox News people don't actually vote and as such bringing up Fox news is irrelevant to the conversation. 4. What is the correlation between poor people and Fox New views? Since we are talking about poor people it seems like you should have included this. >Guess which party's loyalists watch exclusively Fox News? There have been studies that show the majority of Fox News viewers watch news from multiple news sources. >Education correlates with increases in Democratic votes. Being educated does not mean informed about politics. Having a bachelors in biology doesn't mean somebody knows anything about various policies. >Christianity with Republican ones. In 2014 it was estimated that 84% of democrats believed in God to varying levels. Christianity is common throughout both parties. >It's not about information, it's about income. I agree that there is a difference in voting based on income but that does not mean it is because of income.

_-david-_ 6y ago

>People who exclusively watch Fox News have been shown to be less informed about politics than people who watch no news. There is a few issues. 1. That study was from 2012. Things have quite possibly changed since then. 2. The study did not take a look at age. The average Fox News viewer is older than most news shows. Older people have worse memory. A study should look at the various age groups to make sure that it is not just old people not knowing stuff. I am guessing young people who watch Fox are more informed than old people who watch Fox. 3. What is the correlation between Fox News viewers and voters? Its possible that most Fox News people don't actually vote and as such bringing up Fox news is irrelevant to the conversation. 4. What is the correlation between poor people and Fox New views? Since we are talking about poor people it seems like you should have included this. >Guess which party's loyalists watch exclusively Fox News? There have been studies that show the majority of Fox News viewers watch news from multiple news sources. >Education correlates with increases in Democratic votes. Being educated does not mean informed about politics. Having a bachelors in biology doesn't mean somebody knows anything about various policies. >Christianity with Republican ones. In 2014 it was estimated that 84% of democrats believed in God to varying levels. Christianity is common throughout both parties. >It's not about information, it's about income. I agree that there is a difference in voting based on income but that does not mean it is because of income.