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In reply to the discussion: Intelligence Institute Study shows Fox News viewers have an IQ that is 20 points lower than the U.S. [View all]Rob H.
(5,351 posts)142. "Except for MBAs. Most of them are idiots within their area of expertise."
In the past year I've worked with three people with MBAs (one of whom got fired a couple of months ago) and a single potted plant probably has more common sense than all three of 'em put together.
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Intelligence Institute Study shows Fox News viewers have an IQ that is 20 points lower than the U.S. [View all]
Whovian
Dec 2012
OP
Does this include their grasp of the English language or is this above and beyond?
Earth_First
Dec 2012
#1
Not if you watch Fox news. It doesn't rise, it's just there and moves around. No one understands
Whovian
Dec 2012
#3
Nothing to do with gravitational attraction. The baby Jesus makes the tides move.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#146
A Fox "News" viewer is basically a frightened dog barking at a vacuum cleaner.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2012
#8
I believed the written reports of Palin's IQ ... 83 ... this kind of gives it some credibility.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#9
Yes...I couldn't find the first one I saw...the one I found online now don't look as "weathered"
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#56
It is a proven fact that the dumbest cat that ever lived was still smarter than any Republican
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#67
ECE...Primary here. Absolutely challenged. But we had to "pass" them every year,
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#182
80 is borderline retarded. i doubt palin's iq is 80, & i know of no legal way that her actual
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#202
It recurred a number of times, as did failing college scores. Every politician is "vetted" and she
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#209
I don't think it does, I didn't say that it did, and I didn't read that it did in the excerpt....
reACTIONary
Dec 2012
#169
I was kidding. Sorry. (Suggesting they must have included people without a pulse in ther numbers.)
mojowork_n
Dec 2012
#187
Playing with a full deck? Heck they havent even figured out out how to take the cellophane off.
cstanleytech
Dec 2012
#96
Obviously you haven't spent much time talking to Fox Viewers. No one needed a
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#99
Hmmmm... Now, why does it show a popup for the Onion when I follow the link...? nt
Buns_of_Fire
Dec 2012
#12
President Obama standing next to a "ghostly" image of a child holding a tarantula.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#23
The country has already gone *2* hell thanks to stupid fox news viewers. I hope they are happy.
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2012
#40
A few misguided (or bigoted) PhD's wouldn't be enough to raise the IQ average
morningfog
Dec 2012
#69
Wasn't there another study much earlier that showed Fox "News" viewers knew less
sakabatou
Dec 2012
#32
Now THAT I believe. Believed in WMD, Saddam responsible for 9/11 etc. They don't know current
patricia92243
Dec 2012
#141
Interesting the article is on Yahoo. The 80 IQ set has taken over Yahoo blogs. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#35
It's from 'PRWEB' - for $199 they will get anything you say on Yahoo News
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#43
OYOH, I would think that people who don't beleive it is not real would be fox news viewers. nt
Whovian
Dec 2012
#55
How many viewers does Fox have? At most 2,000,000 and I think it's way less than
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#100
Thanks for doing the math, I am terrible at math. I don't think it's true either,.for one
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#188
This was done by a conservative non profit group... the findings do not surprise me
NotThisTime
Dec 2012
#39
It's fun to believe that the other side is stupid, but an IQ of 80 is a stretch.
LostInAnomie
Dec 2012
#44
So... Does this mean stupid people watch Fox "News", or does Fox "News" make you stupider?
WhoIsNumberNone
Dec 2012
#48
From last year: "“IE Users Have Lower IQs” Study Is a Hoax: Here Are Some of the Red Flags"
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#73
"While not all conservatives are stupid people, most stupid people are conservative"
mountain grammy
Dec 2012
#130
And we used to say the same about CB radios! Listen, OK, but start talking and
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#176
"we are presenting them to the necessary news wires tomorrow." LOL! You Go Gurl!
PossumSqueezins
Dec 2012
#200
personally, i don't believe this. iq 80 is more than 1 standard deviation from the norm, borderline
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#201