# Yet more proof Fox News is a literal danger to the country (as if we needed more examples) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 23, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429 "2020-04-23T12:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/41 "2020-04-24T22:45:40Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > … > However, since Fox News viewers are [better informed](https://www.people-press.org/2010/09/12/section-4-who-is-listening-watching-reading-and-why/) than the general public … Did you just say that with a straight face??? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/42 "2020-04-24T22:51:32Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > … > > However, since Fox News viewers are [better informed](https://www.people-press.org/2010/09/12/section-4-who-is-listening-watching-reading-and-why/) than the general public it would not surprise me if Hannity viewers were more likely to be cautious than nonFox news viewers. This study did not examine that, so people are leaping to a conclusion for a question that this study did not ask. Exactly where in that long article does it say that? It does show that Fox news listeners are less educations. It shows that under **Knowledge of Politics and Current Events** : Fox news is near the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/43 "2020-04-24T22:58:41Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Well the Mayor of New York did tell his subjects to go out and mingle with the masses in order to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Maybe he should have checked with Carlson first. And Trump was demanding the end of the lockdown just a few days ago. The danger was known far better then than it was back in early Feb. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/44 "2020-04-25T01:10:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And Trump was demanding the end of the lockdown just a few days ago. You should tell Governor Kemp that. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/45 "2020-04-25T02:07:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It does show that Fox news listeners are less educations. Should we have a Fox News supplement to Gaudere’s Law? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/46 "2020-04-26T11:54:45Z")
I just checked; the top eight stories on their website right now are as follows: - Biden accuser blasts CNN’s Cooper, others for not asking ex-VP about her claims - Biden campaign adamantly denies allegation of sexual assault - Rose McGowan stands behind Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade after mother’s 1993 clip resurfaces - CNN finally covers Larry King clip in which Biden accuser’s mom purportedly alludes to daughter’s assault - Clip surfaces of Biden accuser Tara Reade’s mother phoning into ‘Larry King Live’ in 1993 alluding to claim - CNN video linked to claim against Biden vanishes from Google Play - Greenwald: Biden sexual assault accuser Tara Reade ‘isn’t going away’ - Former Clinton adviser calls on Biden to withdraw over assault allegations Next, stuff about Korea; and stuff about _“Pelosi holding up coronavirus relief, top Republican says”_ — and, hey, a ‘celebrity’ piece, about Susan Sarandon: > [@](#): > > Bernie-backing star retweets story about Biden accuser’s claims ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/47 "2020-04-26T20:20:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I just checked; the top eight stories on their website right now are as follows: > > [Biden attack pieces] Very consistent. Biden is more dangerous than COVID. And the audience can inject all the bleach and Drano they want. Has Amazon seen a surge in hypo orders? Will junkies suffer a needle shortage? Were I a conspiracy theorist, I’d posit that Fox is working to kill-off Tromp voters while boosting Amazon’s revenues. No, that can’t be! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/48 "2020-04-26T23:51:04Z")
> [@The Other Waldo Pepper](#): > > I just checked; the top eight stories on their website right now are as follows: > > [Biden attack pieces] I just checked, and yeah, Fox is flogging the Tara Reade thing like mad. Actually though it’s their top story (with four sidebars), followed by Trump firing/not firing his HHS secretary (two sidebars), Kim Jong Un’s health crisis/non-crisis (two sidebars), four coronavirus updates of modest significance and then one about how Iran is having a hard time. Didn’t check further to see what celebrity is isolating herself in a skimpy bikini before taking her Clorox bath. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/49 "2020-04-27T00:01:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@The Other Waldo Pepper](#): > > > > I just checked; the top eight stories on their website right now are as follows: > > > > [Biden attack pieces] > > I just checked, and yeah, Fox is flogging the Tara Reade thing like mad. Actually though it’s their top story (with four sidebars), followed by Trump firing/not firing his HHS secretary (two sidebars), Kim Jong Un’s health crisis/non-crisis (two sidebars), four coronavirus updates of modest significance and then one about how Iran is having a hard time. To be fair, I’d posted that twelve hours ago. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/50 "2020-04-27T16:23:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Exactly where in that long article does it say that? > > It does show that Fox news listeners are less educations. > > It shows that under **Knowledge of Politics and Current Events** : Fox news is near the bottom. Sorry to make you read a whole article, under Knowledge of Politics and Current Events it says that 31% Hannity viewers got all 4 answers correct and that 20% of Fox News viewers did compared with 14% of the general population. That would be more. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/51 "2020-04-27T18:33:14Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Sorry to make you read a whole article, under Knowledge of Politics and Current Events it says that 31% Hannity viewers got all 4 answers correct and that 20% of Fox News viewers did compared with 14% of the general population. That would be more. From what I read, that was compared with the baseline of people who didnt watch or listen to _any_ of the news services. So, yeah, if you dont watch or listen or read news, you wont be that well informed. \*“Regular readers, viewers or listeners of most media sources outscored the general public.” \* So, yes, people who watch Fox news score _slightly_ higher than people who dont watch anything. Sure. In any case, Fox is near the bottom. It is also near the bottom in level of education. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-more-proof-fox-news-is-a-literal-danger-to-the-country-as-if-we-needed-more-examples/852429/52 "2020-04-28T13:36:41Z")
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