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The Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll has tested similar questions, broken out by what news sources they consume. Michael McKenna, a pollster and a top legislative aide in the Trump White House, said it does matter — somewhat. McKenna, who writes an opinion column for The Washington Times.

Haskins said. So the narrative has less impact, or more impact, when you know the facts. Manage Newsletters. Click here for reprint permission. Click to Read More and View Comments. Click to Hide. With all else being equal, people who watched no news were expected to answer 1.

Thus, those who watched no news—answering questions by guessing or relying on existing knowledge—fared much better than those who watched the most popular hour cable news network i. Fox News. It is a follow-up to a survey of New Jerseyans that found , among other things, that those who watched Fox News were 18 points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all.

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A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. LONDON — Fox News may have proved the most popular news channel in the US during the war in Iraq, but a study has shown that viewers of the channel may have been better informed if they had paid less attention to it.

A study by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland and Knowledge Networks sought to find out how well informed consumers were about the war. The study showed that these misconceptions were linked to the high level of US public support for President Bush's decision to go to war on Iraq. The study also found that those people most likely to believe inaccurate statements about the war were supporters of Bush, and Fox, which owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, is largely regarded as a pro-Bush channel.

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