2008-08-19

Cable Network Viewers Are Dumb

According to a new study by the non-partisan Pew, viewers of most cable networks do not have a "high knowledge" of politics and news.  Fox and CNN tied for last place among the news networks, with only 19% of viewers having high knowledge.  MSNBC didn't fare much better, with 25%. 
 
Interestingly enough, Bill O'Reilly's viewers are much less knowledagble than Chris Matthews'. 
 
Who have the most knowledge?  Readers of the New Yorker and the Atlantic, with 48%. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

O'Reilly and Fox News had higher ratings than what you stated. I don't buy that. The New Yorker and MSNBC is too far to the left. I'll give the New Yorker one thing, they did make a funny cartoon of Barack Obama in a turban. Okay, I'll lay off of the New Yorker. Maybe they aren't too much left wing but I haven't read it in a while.