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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- It's official -- watching Fox News makes you ignorant.

To be precise, researchers from the Program on International Policy at the University of Maryland found that those who relied on Fox for their news were more likely than those who relied on any other news source to have what the study called "significant misperceptions" about the war in Iraq.

Pollsters asked more than 9,000 Americans about three commonly held canards: that the United States had hard evidence Saddam Hussein had been working closely with al-Qaida; that weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq; and that world public opinion was in favor of the U.S.-led war.

Overall, a scary 60 percent believed at least one of these fallacies. Eight percent believed all three.

The most commonly held was -- unsurprisingly -- the Iraq/al-Qaida link. Fully 48 percent of respondents believed this. The totals for the other two were in the 20 percent to 25 percent range.

But among those who get their news from Fox, 80 percent had at least one "misperception" and 45 percent -- nearly six times the overall average -- had all three.

Originally posted by Jimi Hendrix
This is all i found.

At national organizations (which includes print, TV and radio), the numbers break down like this: 34% liberal, 7% conservative. At local outlets: 23% liberal, 12% conservative. At Web sites: 27% call themselves liberals, 13% conservatives.

I worked in the newsroom at three large newspapers for 22 years, and many of the journalists who rate themselves as politically moderate are well to the left of center, especially on social issues

www.instapundit.com...

[edit on 29-9-2004 by Jimi Hendrix]

Originally posted by Loki
God, I feel like I've been taking crazy pills for the last few years...

ease up on yerself, mugatu.

(apologies if that's not an intentional zoolander reference.)

Interesting headline in today's Wall Street Journal:

News Corp will consider buying the 18% of Fox Entertainment it doesn't already own.

To me, that means it's a done deal. Fox is already controlled by the draconian News Corporation, and our impartial buddy in big business, billionaire Rupert Murdoch.

Oligopoly brief: News Corporation

Of all the great media oligopolies, the News Corporation is the most multinational. This $20 billion company derives 75% of its revenue from the US, but its presence in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia is very strong. While its greatest assets are now in broadcasting and satellite TV, it has is a major movie studio, a newspaper leader in the UK and in Australia, and a major book publisher, as well.

In spite of its multinational scope, the company is identified with one man: Australian newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch who built the company in 1980 and directs it like a private holding, which it is not. He runs it like an exacting autocrat, giving key roles to his sons and other relatives.

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The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, which represents 32 pension funds managing 85 billion Australian dollars, or $62 billion, and Corporate Governance International, last week said they would advise members to oppose the move if News Corp. abolished Australian rules.

Murdoch wants to shift to the United States to have News Corp. included on the benchmark S&P 500 index, allowing more U.S. investors to buy the stock. Some investors are concerned that the proposal, to be voted on this month, would strengthen the Murdoch family's control over the company.

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