Mobile
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Poll: FoxNewsies ignorant about health care
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Here’s a quick follow-up to this week’s story on health care reform lies. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal and NBC News announced a wide-ranging poll looking at how Americans feel about the health care reform debate. Among other things, including reports of poor PR by the Obama folks, the poll showed that many Americans believe an unhealthy chunk of the “misinformation” (aka “brazen lies”) swirling around the country about health care reform. The poll specifically measured the percentages of Americans who believe that legislation includes “death panels” (45 percent); that illegal immigrants will be covered (55 percent); and that abortions will be paid for with taxpayer dollars (40 percent).
The most interesting parts of the poll, at least to this writer, were the comparisons of respondents who get their news from CNN or MSNBC with those who prefer FoxNews. To no one’s surprise except perhaps their own, those who primarily get their news from FoxNews believe the misinformation about health care reform in far greater numbers than other respondents. For instance, 72 percent of FoxNews watchers believe the illegal immigrant misinformation, 69 percent believe the abortion lie, and 75 percent — three out of every four FoxNews watchers — still believe the “death panels” nonsense, even though it has been thoroughly, and repeatedly, debunked by the more “reality-based” media. Oh, and 79 percent of Foxies think health care reform will lead to a “government takeover” of health care.
Speaking of...
Comments (3)
Showing 1-3 of 3
Latest in The CLog
More by John Grooms
-
Lunch Break (9/1/16): Organizers unveil "People, Not Polluters" platform in Charlotte as McCrory officials testify in Raleigh
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
-
Jigsaw, Dating App That Hides Users’ Faces, launches in Charlotte, NCTo Fight Superficial Dating App Culture 3
-
Question the Queen City: The story of Mabel Rea 4
The Charlotte native went Hollywood, returned home and met a tragic demise.
