Pew Research: “Rush Limbaugh,” “Hannity & Colmes” Listeners Best Informed About U.S. Politics

Capital Research Center ^ | October 18, 2008 | Matthew Vadum

[avacado]

Bump this to the top since we have that new poll showing Obama voters dumb as a box of rocks at: http://www.howobamagotelected.com/

Indeed, the evidence is in, Conservatives and Republicans are more informed and more intelligent than those simpled minded circus fleas better known as liberals and Democrats.

[bvw]

Let's rank it by knowledge of American Politics.

I also tiered the rankings by gaps of 5 in the total, and skipped ranks where the gap was over 5.

teir.rank_in_tier show: House Condi Total

1.1 Hannity & Colmes: 84 73 157
1.2 Rush Limbaugh: 83 71 154
 
2.1 NPR: 73 72 145
2.2 New Yorker/Atlantic: 71 71 142
2.3 Colbert Report: 73 65 138
 
3.1 O’Reilly Factor: 70 60 130
 
4     (none)
 
5.1 C-SPAN: 63 59 122
5.2 NewsHour: 66 52 118
5.3 Daily Show: 65 48 113
5.4 CNN: 59 48 107
 
6     (none)
 
7.1 Letterman/Leno: 51 42 93
 
8     (none)
9     (none)
 
10.1 National Enquirer: 44 32 76

[Ditto]

Are we better informed because we’re Rush listeners? Or are we Rush listeners because we’re better informed?

Good question.

I would say the latter since few would find Rush entertaining if they were uninformed on the subjects he discusses. Rush does not really provide information as such. He provides analysis and opinion about topics which his listeners are already aware of, and he does so in a very entertaining fashion.

[Cementjungle]

If Obama gets elected, these are the two he will go after first while he moves to shut down the internet. COUNT ON IT!

Precisely whay the study was done. The targets need to be identified.

[word_warrior_bob]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1

Duh, anyone who’s ever talked to a democrat knows this. Liberals are incapable of debate, facts are met with anger, logic is met with emotion.

They don’t know that their anger is a result of cognitive dissonance and or a gestalt implosion.

They need to be deprogrammed like cult members, many Hillary voters have been converted, we need to keep bombarding them with facts.

[Yaelle]

Sean Hannity should be proud. FReepers are always putting him down for intellectual challenges, but his audience is 1% smarter than Rush’s.