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ElwoodBlues · M
@oldguy73 Actually, according to several studies, the NPR audience is the best informed, and the Fox News audience is the least informed.
2011: Fox News Viewers Uninformed, NPR Listeners Not, Poll Suggests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/11/21/fox-news-viewers-uninformed-npr-listeners-not-poll-suggests/#531a082f4fd8
2012: Survey: NPR’s listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/survey-nprs-listeners-best-informed-fox-news-viewers-worst-informed/
2014: 5 facts about Fox News
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/14/five-facts-about-fox-news/
Also http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/
2015 Fox News viewers tend to be less informed, says new study
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/politics/fox-news-viewers-tend-to-be-less-informed-says-new-study/article/4337622015-2019
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/tv/fox/
Interestingly, Fox won a lawsuit in court ensuring their right to lie and misinform the public.
See: http://www.philly2philly.com/politics_community/politics_community_articles/2009/6/29/4854/fox_news_wins_lawsuit_misinform_public

2011: Fox News Viewers Uninformed, NPR Listeners Not, Poll Suggests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/11/21/fox-news-viewers-uninformed-npr-listeners-not-poll-suggests/#531a082f4fd8
2012: Survey: NPR’s listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/survey-nprs-listeners-best-informed-fox-news-viewers-worst-informed/
2014: 5 facts about Fox News
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/14/five-facts-about-fox-news/
Also http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/
2015 Fox News viewers tend to be less informed, says new study
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/politics/fox-news-viewers-tend-to-be-less-informed-says-new-study/article/4337622015-2019
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/tv/fox/
Interestingly, Fox won a lawsuit in court ensuring their right to lie and misinform the public.
See: http://www.philly2philly.com/politics_community/politics_community_articles/2009/6/29/4854/fox_news_wins_lawsuit_misinform_public
