Jon Stewart Debunked: Claim that FOX News Viewers ‘Most Consistently Misinformed’ is ‘False’
- Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:59am by
Billy Hallowell
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Jon Stewart may be in for a reality check. Earlier this week, we covered his epic battle royale with FOX News’ Chris Wallace. Now, following the dialogue, a prominent watchdog is debunking one of the comedian’s anti-conservative statements. According to PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking web site, Stewart‘s recent claim that FOX viewers are consistently the most misinformed simply isn’t true.
In his interview with Wallace, the comedian asked, “Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers?” Then, he answered himself, saying, “The most consistently misinformed? Fox, Fox viewers, consistently, every poll.” Sadly for Stewart, this simply isn’t true. PolitiFact, though, found this comment to be “false:”
We found two polling organizations that have produced periodic “knowledge” surveys differentiated by the respondent’s frequent news sources. One is the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, and the other is worldpublicopinion.org, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland…
Viewers of at least one show on Fox scored quite well – The O’Reilly Factor, of whom 51 percent made it into the high knowledge group. That made it equal to National Public Radio — a longtime target of conservative complaints about liberal media bias — and only three percentage points behind Stewart’s own show, at 54 percent…
You can read the rest of PolitiFact’s analysis here.
This is not the first time that a liberal commentator or institution has claimed that FOX News viewers are less knowledgeable about current affairs. Back in December, The Blaze covered a University of Maryland study (“Misinformation and the 2010 Election: A Study of the US Electorate”) that came to similar conclusions. According to Meredith Jessup:
[The study] looked to judge how likely viewers of various news outlets were to believe false information (note: the study did not actually measure any sort of actual misinformation presented by some media outlets). According to the study, Fox viewers were “significantly more likely” to believe the following “misinformation”
That same month, The Blaze’s Jon Seidl reported that Competitive Enterprise Institute Communications Director, and licensed lawyer, Lee Doren had released a short video expose that exposed serious flaws in the aforementioned study. In the end, Doren contended that the findings were bogus. It seems, based on PolitiFact’s corroboratory information, that he may be correct.
Sorry, Stewart. Better luck next time.
(h/t Mediaite)
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Comments (247)
concealled9mms
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:31pmsomeone should ask the foul mouthed jew if he is concerened how his black buddy is throwing isreal under the bus
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:11pmYou are right….he is Jewish first and foremost…..in my opinion…..but I guess he has no morals…
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:02pmAs I said before, he spits out whatever he wants with no repercussion under the disguise of a “comedian”. Sadly, making a lot of money doing so. Who are the fools that watch his show?
Report Post »gobnait
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:28pmLooks like Stewart’s viewers would take the title of most misinformed. Of course their favorite ‘intellectual’ would never admit that. Stewart has come to believe that he really is as influential as the press contends. What an little, little man.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:16pmActually, according the the very data being citing in this article, Stewart’s viewers rank much higher than Fox viewers in being informed. It‘s funny how so many people here just read the headlines and don’t actually read the source material. The only show on Fox that came close the the Daily Show was The O’Reilly Factor,, but even that show came up behind Stewart and Colbert in informed viewership.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:28pmGiven the average viewership age of Jon’s show, they have no clue about real life, ’cause they have yet to live it. His viewers are sound-bite babies, relegated to regurgitating the piles of spoon-fed liberal disinformation on demand.
Report Post »BigConserv
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:25pmThis guy needs a reality check
I would love to see this guy ,Van Jones, Glenn and David Barton duke
it out on a debate
And then let’s see who is misinforming and handing out the wrong spew
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:23pmThe Libs are quick to criticize and call the right all kinds of names, but they never back up their rants with any facts. Their followers won’t do their own research to find out the truth, so they believe everything these nut jobs say.
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:23pmIts easy to Debunk the whole interview…
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:21pmOh, yes, Mr. Stewart….we are SO uninformed ….that‘s why you take every opportunity you can to appear on Fox with O’Reilly, now with Chris Wallace! Any chance you’ll be changing networks soon? Hmmmm? Stewart is uninformed about the viewers of Fox, the viewers of Beck, the research that we all do ON OUR OWN…he has no idea what we really believe nor does he care. He wants to remain an elitest so he can continue to hob nob with his regulars…liberals…but I‘ll bet he’s hoping to get on Fox’s News payroll!!!
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:20pmPlus, this is Politifact.
Not necessarily known for being ‘Fair and Balanced’
.
Report Post »Brighter_Bart
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:17pmYES, Yes, that will be “FOX”
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:19pmStop carring what the left thinks when it hits the fan let them starve thats the only way they will learn!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:18pmI didn’t need to see a study to know consevatives are more informed than liberals. All you have to do is listen to them to know they’re clueless.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:18pmThe study says no such thing. If we’re going to derive “liberal” versus “conservative” by virtue of the shows, then it would seem that liberals are more informed that conservatives, according to the studies. Of course, that’s now what the study measured, but the so-called liberals shows faired much better than FNC. Read the actually source material before posting a comment based on a headline.
Report Post »CalvinandHobbes
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:17pmI DO like John Stewarts imitation of Glenn Beck, though…LMAO
Report Post »CalvinandHobbes
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:16pmIf I ever want the straight scoop, Bill O’Reilly is my guy! He tells it like it is without all the political “correctness” attached!
Report Post »SON OF JEFFERSON
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:16pmIf you can’t win the argument , attack the messenger
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:29pmNot sure if he was trying to win an argument, but rather to make a point: a point that is only wrong because he said Fox viewers were the “most” misinformed. They may not be the most, but they sure don’t rank well in any of the studies. If Stewart has said that Fox viewers are “some of the most misinformed” he would have been correct.
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:14pmThe only time we are miss-informed is when we listen to government or the left wing media that spreads their lies.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:21pmAmen to that.
Report Post »Kerby Clark
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:43pmWhen that starts up, if in public places such as when at work, I always find it helpful to pray silently (same things over and over) until hearing the objectionable material goes away.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:13pmMr Stewart is a man of the left and as such he regurgitates the belief that their opponents or as they see us their enemies are not as smart as they are. They like/need to flatter themselves that they are smarter and better people as they define it.
Report Post »stage9
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:12pmLiberals may be knowledgeable regarding current affairs, but only from the perspective of left wing radical ideologists.
Report Post »TopOfTheMuffin2u
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:08pmOf course we are informed. Fox News is fair and balanced
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:22pmhah, not according to any of the studies cited in the article.
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:08pmWho is John Sewart,, Stuart, Sewer????What network is he on?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:45pmJohn Leibowtz… Comedy Channel – it’s funny sometimes, mostly childish humor. I never watch it. It’s for kids.
Report Post »FedUpWithLeft
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:07pmI’m sure they said it because that is what they do. They say something like this and we someone comes back at them, then as always they lie and say they didn’t say that. Typical liberal.
Report Post »Divineliberty
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:07pmcoming from the guy who actually does fake news
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:52pmFake News that actually ranked higher in imformed viewers than FNC in the study.
Report Post »WHICHITSTANDS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:07pm@MAProg Doesn’t this depend on your definition of “informed?” Seems pretty vague to me.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:21pmBefore you do a scientific study, you must operationally define what terms mean, in this case “informed.” It’s not vague at all, and they actually spell it out for you in the linked article, so you can’t hide behind the old ambiguity argument.
Report Post »WHICHITSTANDS
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:43pmOk so I guess they ask some questions about current affairs… ‘Pew’s methodology is not immune from critique. Most notably, it’s not clear whether knowing the answer to a few current-affairs questions translates into being “informed.”‘
Informed != Intelligence.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:18pmBeing informed means that you have a knowledge of objective facts in reality. It may not necessarily translate to intelligence, but there is a strong correlation between the two since arguably, you cannot be intelligent without knowing said facts. Intelligence is hard to define, but in this context, I think it would be safe to define it as the ability to make logical conclusions through reason, based on objective facts about the world. As for your statement about Pew’s methodology: any study can be criticized, it’s the scientific method. The problem is we aren’t just talking about the Pew poll. The article cites several studies that all generally come to similar conclusions.
Report Post »TopOfTheMuffin2u
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:06pmOf course we are informed. Fox News is fair and balanced!
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:05pmStewart supported and voted for obama in 2008, and he will do it again in 2012 – he has no room to call anyone misinformed.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:31pmIf you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you’re not a racist,
you‘ll have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you’re not an idiot
TEA!
Report Post »tinydd
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:14pmThat’s true, but sadly this country is full of freeloading idiots who sit there everyday with their hand out.
Report Post »1stAmendment
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:05pmWell Jon Stewart let’s see how informed the daily show viewers are!!
Report Post »FOX NEWS Fair and balanced!!
stephen_a
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:47pmI believe, as Jon Stewart pointed out on his show last night, that your own Chris Matthews himself debunked the “Fair and Balanced” claim when he said that Fox News tells “the other side” of the story.
Even if any true news story could be reduced to two “sides” (which is impossible), shouldn’t the phrase be “Fair and Balancing”?
Report Post »Dakotobol
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:29pmFox is the best TV news…unfortunately they are so bogged down with regulations even they can’t be completely honest. The only 100% truth in information comes from spending a great deal of time searching out the Truth tellers on the internet.. It takes awhile to find the sites,but once you start finding them…they’ll link you up with the like minded.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:03pmStewart is a second rate comedian (at best). Why doesn anyone really care what he has to say??
He is like the insane uncle invited to Christmas (yes I said Christmas) dinner. He is there, but no one really gives a rats a$$
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:29pmJohns biggest fear in life is writer strikes.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:03pmChris Wallace should have challenged him on that statement.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:06pmOk interesting that you point to one show on Fox and few would consider the O’Reily Factor a news show. The only thing worse than a selective survey, is selective interpretation of the same.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:10pmWhy are we continuing to talk about this idiot? He‘s not funny and he’s a liar. His schtick of vilifying traditional Americans is so 10 years ago. He obviously doesn’t posses the talent to reinvent his schtick, and it is amazing the man remains relevant.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:14pmTo a liberal you are misinformed if you are pro-life,believe in lower taxes and smaller government. You are uninformed if you do not know that Obama is a God.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:15pmThe People that watch FOX NEWS want to be informed, NOT BRAINWASHED!!!
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:16pmWhy on earth would The Blaze run this article? It does NOT show that Stewart was wrong, and instead blatantly says that even viewers if O‘Reilly lag behind viewers of Stewart’s show which is a COMEDY show!
Quote from the article:
“Viewers of at least one show on Fox scored quite well – The O’Reilly Factor, of whom 51 percent made it into the high knowledge group. That made it equal to National Public Radio — a longtime target of conservative complaints about liberal media bias — ***and only three percentage points behind Stewart’s own show, at 54 percent…***”
Guys! I am on your side but if you insist on shooting yourselves in the foot like this….
To top that, this article does NOTHING to refute Stewart’s claim, which is also bogus.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:17pm@ jrook
Report Post »Then you would agree selected interpretation goes both ways? Would you not?
paperpushermj
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:19pm@HAUSCHILD
Report Post »Because so much of todays youth get what they think is news from him. Scary is it not
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:20pm@hauschild
Report Post »Fully agree.
drattastic
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:23pmJon Stewart is a complete progressive hack ,I watched that interview ,Wallace should have challenged him on that false statement. Stewart had the nerve to say that Fox was the only biased news org. with a straight face, is he knowingly lying or just so blinded by his own bias?
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:24pm@ Trolltrainer:
Given the confidence intervals and sample size 54=51. There is no statistical significance between the two numbers.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:28pmJust like Jon Stewart’s claims, Obama’s claims are almost always wrong.
Did you see the article on Obama’s Fiscal speech where he claimed they had saved 2.1 million jobs in the past 15 months. There was laughter afterwards. ( http://tiny.cc/bzx64 )That’s right because everyone know Rep. Joe Wilson was right, that Obama is a LIAR
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:28pmLooks like Stewart is the misinformed one. I would bet most of his viewers are too, mindless idiots that they are.
Report Post »OneFootRandy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:31pmStop caring about what this comedian thinks. Its not what people know in the first place, because what they dont measure is the knowledge between right and wrong. Liberals simply dont have a clue about humanity.
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:32pmNext Stewie will say in a blind and swift turn around “Oh we cant trust those poll numbers, they arent accurate.”
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:33pmRothbarden, Exactly!!! This does not support or refute Stewart’s bogus claim. It only appears to be a feeble attempt to strike back but there is nothing of substance here. What I am questioning is why even bother running with this story?
There is no doubt FNC viewers have the realistic picture, one only has to watch the clowns on any other news network lashing out at the hated Fox and all Republicans and especially conservatives such as Palin to see that their agenda is nothing but venomous hatred and that any sense of actually trying to inform the viewer in any fair manner has been left behind long ago. Why even justify Stewart’s remarks by answering him? But if you insist on trying to prove him wrong then PROVE IT!!! This article does not prove anything!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:33pmWhy does anyone even take John Stewart seriously anyhow?
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:36pm@hauschild
“He obviously doesn’t posses the talent to reinvent his schtick, and it is amazing the man remains relevant.”
That statement should be carved on Stewart’s headstone. Along with a happy face.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:40pmGet over Jon Stewart
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:55pmI would put up a group of Glenn Beck fans against Jon Stewart fans any old day.
Report Post »christian-atheist
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:55pmI agree Chris Wallace should have challenged him on his statement. The resulting conversation would be instructive. Unfortunitly, the talkshow-esque format of the 24 hour news outlets are not conducive to real debate.
Report Post »click_name_4_impeachment
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 12:59pmTexas, I totally agree. I cringed when Wallace did not follow up with even a comment, when Stewart made that claim. That is why i had to say Wallace was weak.
Report Post »Servanthussain
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:01pmStewart is in Candy Land.
tune into Alex Jones and Glenn for the news.
Report Post »LadyPatriot777
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:02pmI wondered at the time why he didn’t.
Report Post »jv
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:08pmI haven‘t lloked at all of them but the Maryland Survey was loaded with question of the nature ’The majority of experts believe that …’ which (since the majority of the so-called experts come from our leftist leaning colleges) is the equivalent of saying ‘The majority of liberals and progressives believe …’ Of course FOX viewers are going to score lower on questions like this!!! What do conservatives care what liberals and progressives believe is true? And to say FOX viewers are uninformed or misinformed because they miss these questions more often than liberals is preposterous. At best you can say of such a survey is that FOX viewers do not find important the same things MSM viwers find important. Duh!
A better way of putting it, however, is to say the surveys themselves (if interpretted properly) tell us nothing unexpected. But they are written and interpretted by people who are bent on misrepresenting the truth. In other words, they are contemtible, as are the people who conduct them and cite them
Report Post »jv
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:08pmI haven‘t lloked at all of them but the Maryland Survey was loaded with question of the nature ’The majority of experts believe that …’ which (since the majority of the so-called experts come from our leftist leaning colleges) is the equivalent of saying ‘The majority of liberals and progressives believe …’ Of course FOX viewers are going to score lower on questions like this!!! What do conservatives care what liberals and progressives believe is true? And to say FOX viewers are uninformed or misinformed because they miss these questions more often than liberals is preposterous. At best you can say of such a survey is that FOX viewers do not find important the same things MSM viwers find important. Duh!
A better way of putting it, then, is to say the surveys themselves (if interpretted properly) tell us nothing unexpected. But they are written and interpretted by people who are bent on misrepresenting the truth. In other words, they are contemtible, as are the people who conduct them and cite them
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:10pmDid anyone miss the part where Fox said it is indeed NOT ‘Fair and Balanced’?
By the way… “WHERE IS THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE MR. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA YOU COUNTRY-WRECKING COMMUNIST!!!” – Fox Viewer, 2008-2011
That is your legacy, which is destined to be a stain in the underwear of history, not the fact that Fox Viewers aren’t complete d!pshits in EVERY poll.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:11pmChris Wallace should have laughed in his face…then paused…then laughed again…then paused…then said…”oh..i thought you were making a joke…after all, you are only a comedian and not REAL news reporter or even a journalist. what else would you expect from a fool?”
and without seeing the survey question…i doubt all this crap…their idea of being INFORMED on current events probably includes NON NEWS issues like the most recent American Idol winner, some random singer/rapper album/tour dates, or some other story posted at the HuffPo or talked about on Inside Edition….
Were the questions about geo-political events, world economic matters, US history or geography – which Jay Leno proves every week that most Americans (probably liberals since he does his question on the streets of Hollywood) know NOTHING about, or world terrorism/military actions? I doubt it….
See..when you are a REAL NEWS outlet and talk about REAL news….and your viewers are questioned about Paris Hilton’s new dress and shoes for her little dog…yeah..you score poorly…
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:13pmI guess I was waiting for someone to refute the term “FOX Viewers Are Consistently Misinformed,” which to me was more descriptive than citing one or two programs whose audiences were anomalies from the FOX network baseline. But I see the point of the article:
“That smarty pants Jon Liebowitz is not just New York jewish, he’s a ******* LYING media hoar POS!”
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:19pmSeems to me like they never look at the actual NEWS portion of FOX when they are doing their surveys, they always look at the opinion shows, which are not news and don’t claim to be. O’reily himself often reminds viewers that his is an opinion show. I have never seen a survey done on the acuracies or inacuracies of the news programs, only on the opinion shows which are clearly right leaning. They skew their surveys to achieve the results they are looking for.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:20pmA progressive convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:33pmHey JROOKIE,
By chance, did you happen to click on some of the little red words in the article and read the rest of the source material, all the way to the end?
This is how you gather the information needed to compose an intelligent response.
You don’t want to be like JZS, do you?
Report Post »Bloody Sam
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:42pmI would not say that viewers of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show are anywhere near “informed”.
Report Post »Not hardly.
JJ Coolay
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:44pmWho is this guy trying to fool? People that watch Fox news are among the MOST informed because it’s people that watch Fox that are TRYING to stay informed.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:48pmThere is no way in Kenya that 54% of Stewarts viewers can sit 10 minutes with out drooling on themselves, saying they are highly knowledgeable proves the survey is bogus.
Report Post »Cptnjarhead
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:49pmwhy even bother arguing with an idiot? His hatred of foxnews clouds his ability to think logically.
Report Post »“lazy” has nothing to do with what chris was asking.
lovenfl3
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:57pmThe amazing thing about his appearence on Fox News this past weekend, is that Jon didn’t even realize what a hypocrite he sounded like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWDHs-GnHh8
Report Post »EddardinWinter
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:06pmTechnically, Troll, you are right. I also agree that Stewart’s “every poll” claim is so ridiculous it does not require a response.
This is the absolute worst I have ever seen J. Stew look in an interview/appearance ever. Chris Wallace had him completely off balance. A month or so ago he gave O’Reilly fits on “the Factor”, and has always acquitted himself well in hostile ground, but not Sunday!
To dismiss Jon or his show is a mistake. His effective blend of humor and information is a very effective opinion shaping tool. Actually, I find him to be quite likeable and his show moderately entertaining. It is a shame his political views are without any apparent merits whatsoever….
Report Post »AZfreeman
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:07pmThe Stewart / Wallace debate was a classic example of why….
“We can’t have an honest debate with dishonest people” …nor should we try.
“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend”. Alexander Hamilton
Stewart won that debate with persona, style, and lies. Honesty and truth are only a vague illusion for Progressives. Winning for them is when they get public opinion ‘on their side’ with their lies, hype, charisma, and by twisting and whitewashing the issues. The Commies did so well on that debate, that now the trolls are saying Glenn should debate Van Jones?? If Conservatives won’t debate …. they scream, “coward, chicken, all we want is a fair debate”, etc. (When what they really mean is… ‘all we want is a platform to spread more lies and recruit more imbeciles to our movement’).
This is a war, and to win a war you don’t allow your enemy to use his best weapons, you eliminate him with your best weapons. Their best weapons are lies, propaganda, and appearing “cool”. Our best weapons are GOD,TRUTH, AND THE CONSTITUTION, but we need to spread the truth without giving them a format. So I say, stand together and tell them with ONE STRONG VOICE on election day to ‘sit down and STFU’. If that doesn’t work…keep your powder dry. ….rf
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”. Th
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:38pm“Stewart‘s recent claim that FOX viewers are consistently the most misinformed simply isn’t true.”
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Depends on what your definition of misinformed is. Stewart is a liberal. Any information that does not jive with the left viewpoint is “misinformation”, in his eyes.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:41pmAZFreeMan;
Were you about to say someone should DIE to defend Fox News Honor?
Ooooooh My.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:50pmThose polls test how INFORMED the viewers are. He said MISINFORMED. Take some known false statements by the outlets and see who’s misinformed. That’s not the same as a quiz on current events. i.e. Palin‘s son Trig is really her daughter’s son. T or F?
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:56pmDah! The claim that FOX News Viewers ‘Most Consistently Misinformed’ is ‘False’… What was your first clue? Anyone with an IQ over 60 knows that it’s liberals, you the ones who think something that has never worked in the entire course of human history will somehow magically work now, are profoundly ignorant. Liberalism = Profound Stupidity. Stewart is a liberal and he ain’t too bright. He’s pretty dumb if you ask me. He’s not even funny either. He just asks like an ignorant brat. I’ve never heard anything resembling intelligence come out of his pie hole.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:19pmI agree he should of challenged him. I knew this was false and even said so my self in my post. Take FOX News 10 Stewart 0,
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 3:28pmI agree – Wallace should not have let that statement pass. My guess is that he took Chris off-guard and left him speechless. Why else would he not challenge that preposterous lie?
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:11pmHmmm MONICNE……rearrange….ENCINOM. Hey ENCINOMAN. Clever but I guess these misinformed FOX viewers can see right through you!!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha….
Report Post »Brighter_Bart
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:12pmYou will never see ME getting tricked into ugly debates like they had there
Report Post »Brighter_Bart
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:16pmCultUReWARriors
My IQ IS “over 60,” but I sure did not know that (what you said after, you said that)
Report Post »cosette
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:23pm@ Christian atheist- Huh? Is your moniker not an oxymoron? Puzzling!
Report Post »cosette
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:27pm@ Pajamash- Encinom= Monicne! How perceptive of you!
Report Post »Loveyourneighbor
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:28pmThis debate between Wallace and Stewart is a prime example of why Beck should NOT debate Van Jones. It is a no win situation. All Wallace did was give Stewart air time (on Fox News) to bash Fox News and its viewers. Not one thing was changed by this debate.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:37pmBrighter_Bart : ROTFLMAO – Dream on. Liberalism/Socialism/Marxism whatever you want to call it, is an epic failure and only an idiot would believe in it.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:46pmThe HATE and the STRESS in his voice when he said this told me that even HE didn’t believe it. He clearly sounds desperate when he is lying. His volume rises and his tone changes to a VILE sound when he spews such vitriol.
Personally, I don’t think he is very funny.
He laughs at his own jokes, and he smiles with egotistical hubris when he thinks he has made a point. He gets clearly nervous when he lies and he uses a different smile than when he is telling yuck-yuck jokes.
The HATE in his voice makes it impossible for me to watch him on television.
Oddly, on Fox News, he calms down and is less hateful – then he CHANGES and BOOM! Out spews the VITRIOL.
zzz…
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:53pmOh my, isnt this embarresing?
Report Post »I mean, come on, the article states that J. Stewart is right, except for the viewers of O´Reilley? So, Beckians or less informend than people that watch other channels and TheBlaze shows it to us? Thanks…
pajamash
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:12pm“And for the third time, particular Fox shows scored well. Hannity ranked fifth (just ahead of MSNBC’s liberal shows hosted by Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow) and O’Reilly ranked ninth. For the first time, Pew included Glenn Beck in its rankings, and the Fox host finished 12th — slightly ahead of Stewart’s own Daily Show.”
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/20/jon-stewart/jon-stewart-says-those-who-watch-fox-news-are-most/
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Ha, ha! I love it! Beck beats Stewart!!
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:31pmForeignwatcher, you might want to re-read the article. Look how they came up with their results. Ask three or four questions to determine how “informed” someone is? I don’t view that as a real good way to determine how informed an individual is. The conservatives I talk to that watch Fox consistantly are very bright and knowledgable about current domestic and foreign affairs so either I run in different circles then what they covered in the poll or they cherry picked the conservatives they polled.
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:36pmSo the study found that viewers of ONE Fox show were three points BEHIND in terms of “High Knowledge” of current events compared with those brain-dead unemployed stoners, The Daily Show viewers? Forgive me, but I’m at a loss as to how this disproves Stewart in the slightest.
And a Blaze story that cites other Blaze stories? That’s like building a house of cards on top of a house of cards. You’re all well on your way to making your own cozy little groupthink-based reality here. Thanks for allowing me to observe, and occasionally turn on the fan.
Report Post »Kerby Clark
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:37pmIt just occurred to me why they at FOX hired that Ed Henry off of the CNN.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:52pm“You’re all well on your way to making your own cozy little groupthink-based reality here. Thanks for allowing me to observe, and occasionally turn on the fan.”
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Well if they did a poll of who has the higher view of themselves I guess we know which side would have the higher score! The one with the fan on blowing hot air.
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:11pmI knew it was BS the instant he said it.
Report Post »K1NGZ
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:30pmpoor fox news viewers…you guys got slammed!!!…don’t worry though, wasn’t the first time…I just wish I could say it was the last time and faux news would go away forever!
Report Post »Italia
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 7:41pmWhy challenge the truth?
Report Post »Bonesaw
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:49pmWait a second.
Fox news is the most watched news network in the nation by a HUGE margin. Soooooo 51% of an audience in the millions is larger than the 54% of an audience in the thousands. (yes I know Jon has higher viewrship than that but I am illustrating a point)
Bottom line… who freakin cares who’s smarter than what. Show me results.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:08pmLet me tell you something
This story proves Mr Stewart’s contention.
His statement was twisted into something he did not say.
Stop Stop
Mr Stewart did not say that fox viewers were uninformed. He said they were misinformed. Misinformed is a polite euphemism for told lies.
Like Obama is a socialist, Obama is a Muslim, Obama is a Marxist, Obama is out to destroy the country, Obama is a racist, Gemany’s National Socialist Party was (is) Communist Etc Etc Etc. The litany is endless.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:28pmWow big surprise, a late night comedian was proven wrong!
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:02pm@marybethelizabeth
It‘s the same old tune with you Progressives isn’t it? He didn’t mean this he meant that, taking over corporations, healthcare, and controlling banks and oil company‘s isn’t socialism, it’s just good business. Your words and actions destroy yourselves.
Seriously none of your liberal friends in power ever deny being socialists, however they do want to cover it up with pretty names like progressiveism. But seriously if you don’t know that Liberals are socialist than you should learn more about your own party. The actual term for you modern liberals is and I quote “Social Liberals” believing in social justice, tolerance, and social market economy. You are nothing like the Classic Liberals of earlier times which were more like the Libertarians of today. No instead the liberal party turned to “Socialism” to solve the economic crisis of the time which only made things worse for everyone. Even today we are still feeling the terrible after effects of FDR (Fannie Mae, New Deal) and Woodrow Wilson (Federal Reserve, WW!, and Amendments 17/18).
Now that is out of the way let me say this. John Stewart is bias, and he is a liar. This article proves it as what he said was and you should read it again: “The most consistently misinformed? Fox, Fox viewers, consistently, every poll.” Which in the polls it actually states otherwise, sometimes Fox viewers being the most informed. But in almost every poll they are above Stewart’s viewers.
Stop dri
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:02pm“The O’Reilly Factor, of whom 51 percent made it into the high knowledge group. … and only three percentage points behind Stewart’s own show, at 54 percent…”
… wait what?
A NEWS show scoring below a COMEDY show in its ability to inform its viewers on current events. And then pretending that is some sort of victory for journalism? …Thanks, but I’ve read enough.
Fox viewers, this is reality knocking. Are you going to let me in?
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:43pm@Pajamash:
Report Post »That’s also an excellent point.
survivorseed
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:35amLMAO, so 1 show has viewers ALMOST as informed as JON FREAKIN STEWART (a comedian) and stewarts comment is debunked. HAHAHAHAHA give me a break, I don‘t think even the most ignorant Blazer will buy that but of course I’m sure it will be proved otherwise
Report Post »Renee0120
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:24amI think Chris Wallace understands that the truth does not penetrate the libatards, so of course he thinks we are being misinformed! Make sense?
Report Post »HankScram
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:44amStewart hung Wallace up by his Penards. Wallace copped that Fox tells “the other side of the story.” Unfortunately, Fox edited this statement out of the broadcast, so you have to go online to see the unedited version.
Stewart pointed out on his show that by telling “the other side of the story,“ Fox is obviously not ”fair and balanced.” But instead, Fox is just doing what it thinks is necessary to balance other sources of information. Conservatives, wake up – we don’t have to shuck and jive to win the argument, we don’t have to reject education and science, we don’t have to name-call – we can win the debate by just making our points.
As Huntsman said today when he announced – to paraphrase – it’s not going to be an election about who is a better American, but who has a better vision for the future. I’ve been a Romney supporter, but Huntsman bears a good look over, if for no other reason than the foregoing statement he made.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:42amRight… and why did he have on in the first place????
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:44amaaannnddd…. Stewart hits it out of the park on last night’s show.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:01amhttp://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-21-2011/fox-news-false-statements
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:30pm@tifosa
Amazing! If only everyone on this site had enough backbone to watch the link you’ve provided.
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