Source: Pew Research Center
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Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.
I mean, we knew that like 100 years ago but. Polls.
And the New York Times is there too
Now we have to answer the question : are less educated people drawn to right wing news or are conservative news drawn to less educated people ?
I believe that the conventional wisdom here is that higher education tends to expose you to new ideas that directly challenge the conservative mindset.
Personally i think there are a lot of quite intelligent conservative politicians, so i would hazard to guess that they have identified the easiest blocs of general public to influence and sway the votes they require.
I mean, I don't think this says "Idiots Watch conservative news". Telemundo isn't particularly conservative. CBS was the most Liberal Broadcaster of the Big 3 (hence Ellison's need to buy it out).
I do think this shows US Spanish speakers have more trouble getting into college. And that TV News is more popular among the less educated. But consider that The Atlantic is at the top of the list. And that magazine might as well have been authored by the Cheney administration.
You think so? I wouldn’t have agreed, but of course it’s a moot point now. Le sigh.
I don't think it was an accident that Dan Rather was the target for the Killian Documents scandal.
It's a low bar. With ABC controlled by Disney and NBC by Microsoft, it was the last organization that could claim a semblance of independence.
Yeah I thought that was particularly odd because of his refusal to do or say anything to otherwise hurt Gee Dubz during the theft if the election, the obvious corruption, war for nothing, and the destruction of privacy. He was a reliable cog in a giant propaganda machine and they decided to fuck with him.
Kind of reminded me of What’s the frequency Kenneth for no real reason.
Rather was way out in front of all three of these stories.
Was he? Hm. I guess I didn’t watch a lot of tv news then.
Could you do it quietly? Kthx.
You think IQ is a measure of intelligence?
I'm guessing you didn't go to college.
IQ is a measurement showing how good you are at solving IQ tests.
Very broadly, in the "has the concussion caused permanent damage?" or "is your child suffering from debilitating lead poisoning?" sense. It's good for diagnosing disability. But the joke of it is that high IQs (and we're talking legitimately high, not I-took-some-bullshit-test-online high) don't correlate with specific academic or economic or social aptitudes.
Turns out the natural ability to quickly identify the correct subsequent pattern in a series of patterns only gets you so far.