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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.

I mean, we knew that like 100 years ago but. Polls.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago

And the New York Times is there too

[–] polotype@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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 ?

[–] night_petal@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

I believe that the conventional wisdom here is that higher education tends to expose you to new ideas that directly challenge the conservative mindset.

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.

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.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

CBS was the most Liberal Broadcaster of the Big 3

You think so? I wouldn’t have agreed, but of course it’s a moot point now. Le sigh.

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[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just a reminder, having a college degree doesn't make you smart. Not saying education is bad, but look at conservative media. Plenty of dumb motherfuckers have some sort of degree.

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[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Telemundo and Univision stats are interesting. Hispanic population is not far off from white as far as number of college graduates showing that educated hispanic populations go to other news sources.

Does that mean Telemundo and Univision are poor quality?

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

Does that mean Telemundo and Univision are poor quality?

HYPOTHESIS: Telemundo and Univision are watched by a lot of recent immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. The reason they immigrated was because in their countries of origin they didn't have a lot of opportunities including education. However their children, who are more likely to go to college, are also more likely to have news sources that are not Telemundo and Univision. END HYPOTHESIS.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the similarity in graduation rates recent or decades old? As a fraction of adults 25 and older there appears to be a wide margin of about 30% vs 11%.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily. The kids of Hispanic immigrants would naturally speak English far more commonly than their parents thus they'd have more choices for their news. I hear Univision is starting to get more conservative lately though so that might have an impact on the viewership statistics.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have met some questionable American academics who enjoyed the Joe Rogan Experience, which has puzzled me for a while. The fact that it's less popular among the college educated than Fox News, Tucker Carlson Network and Breitbart certainly helps reinforce my world view a bit.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

useful in drawing men towards conservativism, speaks about conspiracies.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Kind of a weird graph....

  • the "percentage of US adults who has a college degree" is on a scale of all US adults
  • the "percentage of US adults who get their news from a given source" is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

But they're shown on the same bar graph, which implies they're shown on the same scale. Right? or am I misreading this?

[–] hesh@quokk.au 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's not "what % of college graduates get their news from this source", it's "what % of adults that get their news from this source have a college degree"

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[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

no, "Among US adults who regularly get news from ____, % who hav ea bachelor's degree or more," not all US adults with a degree, just all adults

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

Telemundo and Univision are sadly filled with sensational news casts. And also the Hispanic population is not well represented in college because we're too dam poor to pay for higher education.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m surprised PBS and NPR have such a disparity in their audience. PBS is close to average which is good and makes sense as a public service.

Why does NPR skew so much higher towards college grads?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NPR has very little enterainment. PBS and such has a bit more to capture a wider audience. I don't think its so much that the college educated don't watch pbs as much as more non college educated watch pbs and don't listen to npr. These are percentages of the audiences. Given that I catch npr all the time as I only seek elswhere on the radio when in the car if I just don't like whats on npr but I sorta got to go outa my way to catch npr. Also you have to catch or stream later like the new hour but news on the radio is throughout the day every day including rebroadcast of bbc.

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[–] agingelderly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a Tucker network? What kind of braindead idiotic shit is that?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He openly promoted the debunked and bullshit white replacement theory for one. Dude is basically all but an avowed Nazi at this point. He was buddying up to Nick Fuentes recently as well, who is an avowed Nazi.

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Why the fuck is the Joe Rogan Experience even being given credibility as a "news source?"

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Fox News figure is definitely inflated

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FOX News is the network of, by, and for grumpy old white people.

Plenty of them have degrees. Quite a few even have advanced degrees.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This feels classist. The new York times is a piece of shit.

A LOT of these sources are. The majority, even.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The top is more eloquent regime garbage.
But still regime garbage.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago

Statistical proof of what I already knew - conservatives are ignorant idiots.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

NPR, Democracy now, Al Jazeera and local public radio are my jam. Why is Fox missing?

[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

WDYM why is Fox missing? Fox News is 4th from the bottom.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

newsmax has a higher amount og college funny enough.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can’t believe USA Today is so high. Wasn’t it’s whole schtick being ultra simplified?

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Well, it's still below average.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was hoping NPR would be 1 but 3 is not bad.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you want it to be lower? The issue is that high quality news isnt be consumed uniformly by the country.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

The country also elected Trump twice, so let's hold out some hope things could change.

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