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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]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)162. Wow ok I was wrong.
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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