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JohnMilton_Esq
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...is comprised of uneducated, slack-jawed yokels. They believe Fox is 'fair & balanced' because Fox tells them they are hundreds of times a day. The Big Lie - repeat something often enough...
JackDunphy
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JohnMilton_Esq
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nuguy46
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bigguy30
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JohnMilton_Esq
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bigguy30
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followme
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It's seems if that were so easy, Republicans would have done so long ago. Afterall, isn't the Republican party the party of Lincoln? 
bigguy30
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pot/kettle
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The actual questions that mattered asked for 4 possible responses with 4 degrees of trust ranging from “A Great Deal of Trust” to “No Trust At All”. So there were 2 levels of trust and 2 levels of distrust. This is the data that matters, not the final question, "Who do you trust the most?". The final question in the headlines is of course skewed since, for the most part, FOX stands alone. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us03092015_Umepxt98.pdf ******
If you saw Chris Hayes of MSNBC on this, he also came to this reality but then skidded into the ditch (i.e. I don’t trust non-FOX networks because that’s what FOX tells me to think, LOL) but not before inadvertently admitting (in his analogy) that everyone but FOX leans Left. http://www.salon.com/2015/03/12/chris_hayes_explains_why_fox_news_is_most_trusted/ ******
Enough of that, There actually is some interesting data in the poll. 1) First, I am always leery of polls that rely on demographic distributions but then do not publish the actual demographic distribution regarding the totals (i.e. were there equal numbers of men and women, Republicans and Democratics (sic)?). 2) Looking at the real numbers (for just the Totals) I added up the percentages of Trust vs. Distrust (see my graphic below). It turns out there’s not as big a disparity across all networks as one might have suspected. Leaving aside “Local” news for the moment (which beat everyone), all non-FOX network Totals, except MSNBC, were in the 60% to 65% Trust vs. 30% to 35% Distrust. Both FOX and MSNBC were both about the same with 50% to 55% Trust vs 40% Distrust (indentical !). Note that FOX Trust is only 5 points below CNN and NBC and FOX Distrust is only 5 points below CNN and NBC. 3) Also interesting is the spread of Democrats on CNN,NBC, ABC and CBS are all about 80% Trust to 15% Distrust, which is exactly the same spread of Republicans on FOX. MSNBC falls short with both Democrats and Republicans which reflects in their ratings 4) Republicans pretty much split (Trust vs. Distrust) on non-FOX/non-MSNBC (ranging from 50/50 to 60/40). Notice Repubs Trust is greater than Distrust. 5) Lastly, FOX’s Trust exceeds Distrust in EVERY demographic except for Democrats.
-- Modified on 3/14/2015 11:04:07 PM
If you saw Chris Hayes of MSNBC on this, he also came to this reality but then skidded into the ditch (i.e. I don’t trust non-FOX networks because that’s what FOX tells me to think, LOL) but not before inadvertently admitting (in his analogy) that everyone but FOX leans Left. http://www.salon.com/2015/03/12/chris_hayes_explains_why_fox_news_is_most_trusted/ ******
Enough of that, There actually is some interesting data in the poll. 1) First, I am always leery of polls that rely on demographic distributions but then do not publish the actual demographic distribution regarding the totals (i.e. were there equal numbers of men and women, Republicans and Democratics (sic)?). 2) Looking at the real numbers (for just the Totals) I added up the percentages of Trust vs. Distrust (see my graphic below). It turns out there’s not as big a disparity across all networks as one might have suspected. Leaving aside “Local” news for the moment (which beat everyone), all non-FOX network Totals, except MSNBC, were in the 60% to 65% Trust vs. 30% to 35% Distrust. Both FOX and MSNBC were both about the same with 50% to 55% Trust vs 40% Distrust (indentical !). Note that FOX Trust is only 5 points below CNN and NBC and FOX Distrust is only 5 points below CNN and NBC. 3) Also interesting is the spread of Democrats on CNN,NBC, ABC and CBS are all about 80% Trust to 15% Distrust, which is exactly the same spread of Republicans on FOX. MSNBC falls short with both Democrats and Republicans which reflects in their ratings 4) Republicans pretty much split (Trust vs. Distrust) on non-FOX/non-MSNBC (ranging from 50/50 to 60/40). Notice Repubs Trust is greater than Distrust. 5) Lastly, FOX’s Trust exceeds Distrust in EVERY demographic except for Democrats.
-- Modified on 3/14/2015 11:04:07 PM
bigguy30
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bigguy30
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