Is Fox News Trying To Kill The Republican Party? Or Is It Just A Happy Accident?
Wishful thinking IMO--the 1% will keep it going no matter what.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/12/1306571/-Is-Fox-News-Trying-To-Kill-The-Republican-Party-Or-Is-It-Just-A-Happy-Accident
Once again, an academic study of the American electorate has found that "Fox News Republicans are the most uninformed." This new survey was conducted by the The Brookings Institution along with the Public Religion Research Institute. What's different about this study is that it does not merely pit Republicans against Democrats and Independents. It distinguishes between Republicans who regularly watch Fox News and those who don't. And the conclusions reveal that Fox News Republicans are even more uninformed and extreme in their views than their non-fox viewing comrades in the same party.
What this tells us is that Fox News is polluting the Republicans who tune in to the network with reporting and commentary that is biased, misleading, and downright false. The ideological corruption is evident in some basic political differences between the Foxies and the Foxless. For instance, the DREAM Act was drafted to permit undocumented residents who came to the U.S. as children, and either completed college or served in the military, to obtain temporary residency status and eventually apply for citizenship. This bill is supported by a 62% majority of Foxless Republicans, but only 42% of GOP Foxies. Likewise, the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour is supported by a majority of 56% of the Foxless, but only 33% of the Foxies. In both cases the Foxless Republicans are more closely aligned with the electorate at large. It is the Foxies who hold the extremist position on the fringes of the far right.
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