I know, the title is absolutely shocking. Who would have thought that fair and balanced doesn't mean fair and balanced when you have Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity as your major on air personalities. Thankfully, the University of Maryland just completed a study that found exposure to news sources correlates to being better informed. In a number of cases, however, greater exposure to a news source lead to greater misinformation.
Key finding: Fox News viewers were were "significantly" more likely than non-viewers to erroneously believe false information about the economy, taxes, climate change, bailouts and whether President Obama was born in the United States.
Again, who would have thought the gin-up-some-anger machine could lead to misinformation?
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