http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298969

Interesting.

 

Considering the source is well known for liberalism and the collegiate poster boy for the Dumbocratic party, it's no wonder they came up with this.

 

OSU & Survey Sampling International are liberal groups?

 

The groups that decided if the rumors were true or false are FactCheck.org, run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, or PolitiFact, a service of the St. Petersburg Times.

The article does not go into the techniques used by the surveyors. There is plenty of room for error and/or intentional data maniuplation in these sorts of surveys.

To me, the whole reason for the survey is driven by an agenda.

Fox News viewers = dumber than those that rely on newspapers like the St. Petersburg times or websites like FactCheck.org.

 

Any survey not done by Fox or Rush Limbaugh is Liberal and wrong!

 

Wow, over-generalize much? I know you're trying to make fun of conservatives there, but here's a tip: When you go that far over the top, your point is lost in the drivel.

As for the survey, I have no doubt that the results are probably accurate. It's interesting to note, however, that all the questions asked were about the Mosque... a topic that was covered extensively on Fox... probably more than other stations. Among the respondents it was noted that Fox viewers were more AWARE of the rumors AND more likely to believe them. If you're aware of a rumor to begin with, you're more likely to believe it... no? So you can say then that Fox viewers are more likely to believe a false rumor... but that's not the whole picture because they're also more likely to have heard the false rumors to begin with as well. Add to that the fact that the Mosque was an emotional issue, more so for conservatives than liberals, and that emotions can tend to cloud understanding, and the results don't shock me at all.

I'd be willing to bet that the same study asking four questions about Arizona's immigration law would result in more MSNBC viewers believing rumors. I'd bet a lot.

 

How about the rumors that indicate Bush was an driveling idiot, and Obama a sane, competent genius? Who fell for that one? Or that Bill Clinton was impeached for getting a BJ? I think that people are more likely to buy a rumor that comes from people who they trust. Hence all the libs regurgitating Bill Maher drivel, Chris Matthews mania, Oprah non-sense, Jon Stewart bologna, and Arianna Huffington insanity.

 

Bush brought his criticism on himself for numerous missteps in his speeches. We all say things that we wish we could take back but he had a real knack for it.

Obama is myth to date...he certainly hasn't proved himself to be a genius...talks a good game but fails at action.

Clinton was impeached for giving misleading information to Ken Starr's probe. It was politically motivated and while he was/is morally bankrupt...it more or less centered around his truthfulness about his sexual activities. Paula Jones/Monica Lewinsky.

As far as myth believing...both sides like to take stuff out of context and spin it to sound like something it isn't.

 

What about the rumor that Obama is a Keynesian?

 

Yeah well I didn't realize Bush was a Keynesian too!!!!

 

"I dabbled in witchcraft."

"I am not a witch."


Would it be "just a rumor' to say that the person who said these things is probably not the sharpest knife in the drawer??

 

No, that wouldn't be a rumor. That would be showing how prone you are to believing rumors. Obama spent most of his life with his head up the butts of a bunch of Marxists, but he gets a free pass from the same people who would vilify a woman who got mixed up with some weird kids when she was a teenager, and made the mistake of making fun of herself on Politically Incorrect.

 

http://tizona.wordpress.com/2008/02/...ically-insane/

 

There's a study that suggests liberalism is genetic... Sort of like they say homosexuality is.


http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ed...sm-be-genetic/

 

Learn to be very skeptical of what you read, hear and see on the 'news'.

What were the four 'rumors' that they 'believed'? Notice how no facts are presented, just that they 'believed' rumors? Sort of like global warming, take our word for it.

The FactCheck.org site lists five:

1) Is it a mosque, or a cultural center?
2) How far away from ground zero will the proposed center be?
3) Are there other mosques near ground zero?
4) Is the center scheduled to open on Sept. 11, 2011?
5) Is Imam Rauf an anti-American radical?

How many of those can you get 'right', with or without Fox News?
What are the 'right' answers? How do you/they know? Is it opinion or fact?
If you said less than a block for #2, is that considered believing a rumor? How about if you said a couple of blocks?

How close is near when they say are there other mosques near? Within one block, within one mile?

Just exactly how do you 'correctly' answer #5? What is the 'rumor', that he is an anti-American radical? I'd seriously challenge calling that a rumor.

It is nonsense without the specific facts.