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the article does break it down by party random thoughts Send a noteboard - 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM
It might be that Republicans are just less questioning of what they are told.

“A generation ago you would have expected Americans to place their trust in the most neutral and unbiased conveyors of news,” said PPP President Dean Debnam in his analysis of the poll. “But the media landscape has really changed, and now they’re turning more toward the outlets that tell them what they want to hear


I think this is the most interesting comment, I've noticed in the UK that when people say they trust a source more it often just means that it tells them what they want to be true.
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Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM 610 Views
Good thing reality is chosen through consensus. *NM* - 27/01/2010 12:17:17 AM 99 Views
umm it is survey on trust - 27/01/2010 12:47:04 AM 217 Views
Of course it's an accurate poll. But my point is that trust has nothing to do with accuracy. *NM* - 27/01/2010 01:14:59 AM 98 Views
do you have any real evidience that Fox is less acurate? - 27/01/2010 01:28:22 AM 201 Views
Does the poll suggest otherwise? - 27/01/2010 02:32:14 AM 187 Views
well... - 27/01/2010 12:37:40 AM 192 Views
Good for Fox. - 27/01/2010 12:38:39 AM 224 Views
Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 01:00:52 AM 251 Views
Well, I did say it was remarkable particularly for foreigners. - 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM 246 Views
I don't think their bias is their problem - 27/01/2010 02:57:33 AM 296 Views
I've always liked ABC's World News Tonight. - 27/01/2010 03:44:59 AM 194 Views
Jim Lehrer, definetly *NM* - 27/01/2010 04:11:17 AM 103 Views
That would be my most trusted TV news source. - 27/01/2010 07:22:51 AM 176 Views
I don't watch much PBS news - 27/01/2010 02:04:12 PM 184 Views
Yes, but The NewsHour has been criticized for being too conservative. *NM* - 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM 198 Views
well there are people who think Nancy Pelosi is to conserative *NM* - 27/01/2010 08:13:56 PM 139 Views
Re: Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 06:18:34 PM 185 Views
I am sad for this country after hearing this. *NM* - 27/01/2010 01:45:18 AM 193 Views
Re: Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 02:51:04 AM 289 Views
Precisely. *NM* - 27/01/2010 11:26:15 AM 101 Views
A generation ago, the only news channel on TV was CNN. - 27/01/2010 06:20:07 PM 186 Views
Hmmm....now here's the question: - 27/01/2010 03:10:02 AM 201 Views
PPP has a poor record - 27/01/2010 05:01:57 AM 196 Views
And CNN is SECOND?!!! What a badly broken poll.... - 27/01/2010 07:16:09 AM 181 Views
It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party - 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM 196 Views
the article does break it down by party - 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM 197 Views
Only for FOX, which makes trying to analyse it impossible - 27/01/2010 02:51:46 PM 187 Views
here is a link to the full results - 27/01/2010 03:02:50 PM 263 Views
So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:19:59 PM 194 Views
Re: So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:36:08 PM 181 Views
I guess it makes sense - 27/01/2010 11:33:25 PM 179 Views
It does - 28/01/2010 12:09:14 PM 176 Views
They also treat them like a single group which I find ironic - 30/01/2010 05:40:28 PM 186 Views
I personally think both sides are wrong - 27/01/2010 04:40:36 PM 174 Views
Besides the fact who wins or loses, it's a very sad state of affairs for democracy... - 27/01/2010 01:15:34 PM 181 Views
Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 27/01/2010 02:18:58 PM 222 Views
Re: Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 28/01/2010 03:42:55 AM 184 Views
Well, at least Fox is better than the BBC - 27/01/2010 01:43:32 PM 185 Views
I'm fairly certain you don't really mean that... - 27/01/2010 05:33:47 PM 203 Views
One does wonder. - 27/01/2010 05:52:30 PM 202 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 04:28:47 AM 186 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 12:12:48 PM 177 Views
haha you got me. Though I do mean it. - 30/01/2010 12:36:03 AM 186 Views
Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:23:16 PM 210 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:31:57 PM 184 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:53:04 PM 187 Views
It was the most watched cable channel last week - 27/01/2010 03:08:36 PM 182 Views
You can't offend me by saying that. - 27/01/2010 03:23:26 PM 165 Views
I know - 27/01/2010 04:23:18 PM 192 Views
I almost said something earlier. - 27/01/2010 06:34:18 PM 157 Views
Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 27/01/2010 06:59:01 PM 215 Views
I think the same thing everytime I see European TV - 27/01/2010 08:13:13 PM 167 Views
Re: Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 28/01/2010 03:49:10 AM 154 Views
That's like saying so-and-so won a Grammy. - 27/01/2010 07:39:54 PM 150 Views
That's like going a high security prison for a visit - 28/01/2010 03:38:45 AM 171 Views
telephone polls are no longer an accurate representation of popular opinion - 28/01/2010 04:12:52 AM 151 Views
I verbally abuse people who call to poll me. I'm going to keep doing it. - 28/01/2010 04:21:20 AM 247 Views
funny how people suddenly dismiss polls when they say something they don't like - 28/01/2010 05:57:10 AM 179 Views
Funnily, the first person who did that is Issac who has seemed a right wing type to me. - 28/01/2010 12:19:05 PM 181 Views
I there is nothing wrong with questioning what a poll tells us - 28/01/2010 02:02:29 PM 178 Views
Those where the only type of replies I saw though - 28/01/2010 02:24:55 PM 159 Views
I made it a comment to main thread for a reason - 28/01/2010 04:22:14 PM 166 Views
Isaac, not Issac - 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM 168 Views
Bah, I only have your word for that being how your spell your name - 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM 277 Views
It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM 213 Views
I would have complained about the telephony regardless of the results - 28/01/2010 01:55:03 PM 158 Views
I've pretty much stopped watching news on TV - 29/01/2010 04:18:44 PM 167 Views

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