Study finds Fox News viewers' average IQ is slightly above retardation - Polidicks

I'm pretty sure it is a hoax, but still Fox news people were found to less informed in actually studies (no correlation to IQ).

[QUOTE=valkery;38771095]Watch the fact that IQ isn't a very good determiner of intelligence be completely ignored by this thread.[/QUOTE] It IS Fox news we're talking about...

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;38771467]This is the site the article sources: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/fox-news-less-informed-new-study_n_1538914.html[/url] Which refers to a study by Fairleigh Dickinson University, which came to the conclusion that Fox News viewers are the least informed; making no mention of intelligence. Googling "The Intelligence Institute" only turns up the OP article and random unrelated bollocks.[/QUOTE] fucking huffpo did it again

What disturbed me about this is that my father has a Ph.D in math, probably the best mathematician in the city, and he still watches Fox News.

[QUOTE=dass;38771647]It IS Fox news we're talking about...[/QUOTE] Look, I'm not saying that Fox news isn't retarded. I'm simply pointing out the hypocrisy of Facepunch.

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;38771681]fucking huffpo did it again[/QUOTE]The Huffpo article is based on a genuine study (which labels Fox News, CNN and MSNBC as the least informative news sources), it's the OP article that's fabricated. [URL]http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2011/knowless/[/URL] [URL]http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2012/confirmed/[/URL]

I knew it was too funny to be true.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;38771585]As amusing as the article is, it's fabricated bollocks. Judging by the e-mail address at the bottom of the article, a user of this site is responsible: [url]http://www.prweb.com/[/url] In their "how it works" section: So either someone did it for a laugh, or as a (rather superfluous) defamation attempt.[/QUOTE] Hmm... [quote=what I'd put on that PR site]STUDY FINDS THAT THE AVERAGE FACEBOOK USER'S IQ IS BELOW MENTAL RETARDATION LEVEL WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - A new study conducted by the University of Manitoba made a shocking discovery: the average Facebook user's intelligent quotient level is on par with the IQs of people that are mentally retarded. The new study conducted by the U of M has determined that the average Facebook user's IQ is 60 - ten points below the widely considered mental retardation level of 70. The university surveyed ten thousand people from all around the world, including people from countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, and many more countries, Canada and the United States included. There were some people that fell below the average, but there were a few more people that were above the study's average of 60 than below. "The results of the study were shocking to some the researchers and analysts conducting the study," said John Doe, lead researcher and analyst of the study. "Most of us placed bets that the average IQ of a Facebook user would be above the [mental retardation] level. However, the rest of the people that said it would be below were right." Facebook is widely used by close to one seventh of the Earth's population, which translates to about half of the internet's users. "We've had analysts from different universities look over the data just to be sure, and they didn't smell anything fishy", Doe added. "It's really concerning." Doe concluded that "further studies and research still need to be completed to determine whether using Facebook attracts people that have such low IQs or whether it actually contributes to low IQs. <some random about blurb>[/quote] Hell, according to their site, for $370, I could have this bullshit published to The New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal (for $500), and more!

Of course it's bullshit, any study that claims to prove people with certain beliefs or members of a certain group are stupid invariably turns out to be false.

Well I know a lot of people who are actually quite informed and I would say they have average intelligence, but they're just so far right politically that they watch Fox This "study" is obviously a fucking joke.

[QUOTE=DiscoMelon;38771166]Heh, not really surprising, Fox news is pretty much propaganda in the worst sense of the word.[/QUOTE] Every Fox News watcher I know always is about as anti-intellectual as you can get. And in case someone doesn't get what anti-intellectualism is [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectual[/url]

We've gone from shitting on Fox News for being dumb, to shitting on Yahoo for fabricating stories for web traffic. oh, i love the irony.

[QUOTE=DiscoMelon;38771166]Heh, not really surprising, Fox news is pretty much propaganda in the worst sense of the word.[/QUOTE] So are a lot of News stations. Really, the only show I watch on Fox is Red Eye, simply for the amount of fucking satire they put in.

[QUOTE=DiscoMelon;38771166]Heh, not really surprising, Fox news is pretty much propaganda in the worst sense of the word.[/QUOTE] Fox News is what Hunter Hellquist is in Borderlands 2.

Damn shame that this article is just a hoax. That would have been a slap in the face for the FOX NATION

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;38771689]The Huffpo article is based on a genuine study (which labels Fox News, CNN and MSNBC as the least informative news sources), it's the OP article that's fabricated. [URL]http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2011/knowless/[/URL] [URL]http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2012/confirmed/[/URL][/QUOTE] So the 3 biggest news companies in America are the least informative? Well if that doesn't tell you American Media is shit, I dunno what does.

"Whats a Evolution?"

[QUOTE=Moustacheman;38774089]So are a lot of News stations. Really, the only show I watch on Fox is Red Eye, simply for the amount of fucking satire they put in.[/QUOTE] Name one major US news outlet that even approaches Fox News level of reach and rhetoric. I'll head you off by saying no MSNBC doesn't count. MSNBC is a shitty network, but not because it's the liberal version of Fox News or whatever ridiculous thing people are going to call it.

These people vote. The world is fucked.

[QUOTE=valkery;38771095]Watch the fact that IQ isn't a very good determiner of intelligence be completely ignored by this thread.[/QUOTE] It is actually with large groups. With individuals it means nothing.

[QUOTE=laserguided;38771228]I'm surprised. I'm surprised that its higher [b] then [/b] I expected.[/QUOTE] okay

Rats, tricked again!