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You prove my point. Since FOX News has left you ill informed...
2012 Study: They found that someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer 1.04 domestic questions correctly compared to 1.22 for those who watched no news at all.
2015 Study: A new study by Bruce Bartlett, a conservative economist, top official in the H.W. Bush administration and domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan, concluded that Fox News viewers tend to be less informed and engage in "self-brainwashing."
2016 Study: I have done similar surveys, both of current events and more general knowledge. In my research too, Fox News viewers scored the lowest of over 30 popular news sources (though Fox viewers did at least score better than those saying they didn't follow the news).
You see, there is a reason why so many conservatives actually believe that Global Warming is Liberal hoax. Or why Obama's birth certificate is still a matter of conspiracy. Or how Benghazi fantasies came to trap conservatives. Or how the argument about tomato paste being a vegetable became a fight for liberty. It's political propaganda and the news they report comes with a gross amount of bias, innuendo, and falsehoods. But because so much of how it is presented resonates with the pre-determined world view of conservatives, most of you are oblivious as you call everything else "fake." Oh there's plenty more. Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters quit FOX News because he couldn't stomach being a part of a "propaganda machine." He insists that it is FOX News that is promoting a witch hunt against Mueller...
"For years, I was glad to be associated with Fox. It was a legitimate conservative and libertarian outlet. And a necessary one,” Peters told Cooper. “But with the rise of Donald Trump, Fox did become a destructive propaganda machine. And I don’t do propaganda for anyone."
Peters went on to say he believes the network in general and "particularly the prime time hosts" are attacking "our constitutional order, the rule of law, the Justice Department, the FBI, Robert Mueller," and other intelligence agencies. "And they are doing it for ratings and profit," he added. "And they’re doing it knowingly, and, in my view, doing a great, grave disservice to our country."
Asked by Cooper if the prime-time hosts actually believe their own conspiracy theories about the "deep state," Peters singled out Trump’s most loyal Fox News servant. "I suspect Sean Hannity really believes it," he said. "The others are smarter, they know what they’re doing."
"I want to cry out and say, ‘How can you do this? How can you lie to our country? How can you knowingly attack our Constitution, the bedrock of our system of government, the bedrock of our country?’” Peters said. “And when you go after the Constitution, you best beware, because you are doing a phenomenal, indeed immeasurable damage."
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