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PEW: Limbaugh and Hannity Fans Politically Smarter Than Colbert's, CNN's and Stewart's

“ They are better educated and much more affluent than most Americans. They are much more knowledgeable than most about what goes on inside the Beltway, and, although they are among the least trusting of federal government, they are also among the most politically engaged voters. Dittoheads. Regular listeners of the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show, according to a new national survey conducted by The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University, also turn out at the ballot box with more consistency than most other voters. (Washington Post, 1996 ... cont) ”

Twelve years ago that WaPost article validated what I knew to be true of my homeboys, almost all hidebound Maryland Democrats. When it came to discussing politics they were  dumb as sand.  Don't need more validating to know nothing's changed, but it is nice to know someone is noticing. “ The Pew Research Center conducted a survey to see what the audiences of the various political shows knew about politics, and what they found goes against the conventional wisdom about whose audience is better informed about current events. With a simple three-question survey about politicians in high office, it turned out that the audiences of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity answered more questions correctly than fans of the "Colbert Report," "The Daily Show," and CNN. The quiz asked the names of two of the world's leaders and one party in power to determine what audience is most well informed. Survey participants were asked the names of the Secretary of State, the British Prime Minister, and the name of the party currently controlling the House of Representatives. According to the report on livescience.com, the audiences of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report have more college graduates than that of Hannity and Colmes, yet the Hannity audience answered more of the questions correctly than did that of Colbert and Stewart. Apparently the audiences of conservative shows are more politically informed than those of liberal shows. ” The results were based on ability to identify political players.  Had the study included critical thinking ability, well, there would be no  Daily Show, and no Obama, would there?