• Optional@lemmy.world
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    Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.

    I mean, we knew that like 100 years ago but. Polls.

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      Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.

      I mean, I don’t think this says “Idiots Watch conservative news”. Telemundo isn’t particularly conservative. CBS was the most Liberal Broadcaster of the Big 3 (hence Ellison’s need to buy it out).

      I do think this shows US Spanish speakers have more trouble getting into college. And that TV News is more popular among the less educated. But consider that The Atlantic is at the top of the list. And that magazine might as well have been authored by the Cheney administration.

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        CBS was the most Liberal Broadcaster of the Big 3

        You think so? I wouldn’t have agreed, but of course it’s a moot point now. Le sigh.

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          You think so?

          I don’t think it was an accident that Dan Rather was the target for the Killian Documents scandal.

          I wouldn’t have agreed, but of course it’s a moot point now.

          It’s a low bar. With ABC controlled by Disney and NBC by Microsoft, it was the last organization that could claim a semblance of independence.

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            Yeah I thought that was particularly odd because of his refusal to do or say anything to otherwise hurt Gee Dubz during the theft if the election, the obvious corruption, war for nothing, and the destruction of privacy. He was a reliable cog in a giant propaganda machine and they decided to fuck with him.

            Kind of reminded me of What’s the frequency Kenneth for no real reason.

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              his refusal to do or say anything to otherwise hurt Gee Dubz during the theft if the election, the obvious corruption, war for nothing, and the destruction of privacy

              Rather was way out in front of all three of these stories.

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      Now we have to answer the question : are less educated people drawn to right wing news or are conservative news drawn to less educated people ?

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        I believe that the conventional wisdom here is that higher education tends to expose you to new ideas that directly challenge the conservative mindset.

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        Personally i think there are a lot of quite intelligent conservative politicians, so i would hazard to guess that they have identified the easiest blocs of general public to influence and sway the votes they require.

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          You think IQ is a measure of intelligence?

          Very broadly, in the “has the concussion caused permanent damage?” or “is your child suffering from debilitating lead poisoning?” sense. It’s good for diagnosing disability. But the joke of it is that high IQs (and we’re talking legitimately high, not I-took-some-bullshit-test-online high) don’t correlate with specific academic or economic or social aptitudes.

          Langan’s high IQ had not led to greater success in life – Langan has no degree, having twice dropped out of college. The book compared him with J. Robert Oppenheimer and focused on the influence of their respective environments on success.

          Langan has spent many years working on his idea that he calls the “cognitive-theoretic model of the universe” which proposes that reality is a self-simulation. He self-published a book about it in 2002. In interviews and self-published writings, he has expressed beliefs in a variety of fringe proposals and conspiracy theories, including arguing in favor of eugenics to prevent “genomic degradation”, opposition to interracial relationships, and support for the 9/11 truth movement. His political opinions have gained him a following among the alt-right.

          Turns out the natural ability to quickly identify the correct subsequent pattern in a series of patterns only gets you so far.