Well............. Duh!!!!!
(Never anonymous Bud has suspected this for a long time) ;)

The Verdict IS IN: TV News Is Bad For Your Brain

A new study has revealed that people who rely on television to get
their news are more likely to be misinformed.

The study polled over 3,000 people on their perceptions about
international support for the Iraq War, ties of Saddam Husein to the
events of 9/11, and the Discovery of WMD's in Iraq. What they found,
incredibly, though not suprising, was that the more people got their
news from TV, the higher the frequency of their misperceptions.

Out of all the news networks, of course, Fox News ranked highest among
misinformed viewers. The lowest was PBS.

Another angle of the poll was to group by Bush supporters or
Democratic candidate supporters. Naturally, the vast majority of the
misinformed were Bush supporters. This included Democrats that
supported Bush.

From the Program on International Policy press release:

A new study based on a series of seven nationwide polls conducted
from January through September of this year reveals that before and
after the Iraq war, a majority of Americans have had significant
misperceptions and these are highly related to support for the war
with Iraq.

The polling, conducted by the Program on International Policy
(PIPA) at the University of Maryland and Knowledge Networks, also
reveals that the frequency of these misperceptions varies
significantly according to individuals' primary source of news.

Those who primarily watch Fox News are significantly more likely
to have misperceptions, while those who primarily listen to NPR or
watch PBS are significantly less likely.

So what does this mean?

The ramifications of this study are far reaching. For one, it confirms
the long held suspicion that corporate controlled tevision networks
are not only failing to provide necessary information to viewers, but
are in fact providing false information.

It also confirms that, at least among the news networks, liberal bias
is a complete fabrication which, because of this report, is easier to
believe since a significant percentage of viewers believe liberal
media bias exist because they heard it on TV news.

But a larger issue exist here. The report shows a clear link between
misinformation and support for Bush's war. Here's where the Orwellian
factor comes in. Not only did Bush & co. mislead the public into war,
but they had ready accomplices in the network news organizations.

This forces serious questions about the motives of those who hold the
sacred trust of the public airwaves. It also demonstrates how powerful
TV news is at affecting pulic perceptions and consequently, public
policy.


http://www.americanassembler.com/issues/media/media.html


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