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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Idiots watch conservative news. Got it.

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

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 3 weeks ago

And the New York Times is there too

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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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[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 31 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Just a reminder, having a college degree doesn't make you smart. Not saying education is bad, but look at conservative media. Plenty of dumb motherfuckers have some sort of degree.

[–] Jmsnwbrd@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You're comparing apples to oranges. This is about viewers, not creators. Most of the creators of conservative content know they're full of shit and only care about getting viewers and making money.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not comparing apples to oranges. I'm also talking about views. I know plenty of college educated people who watch fox news and I consider these people some of the dumbest fucking people I work with. They are still college educated views. Hence my statement of being college educated doesn't mean your smart. 53% of WSJ are college educated and the WSJ has some of the stupidest fucking articles I've ever read. And I once had to be subscribed to it for a college class.

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[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Telemundo and Univision stats are interesting. Hispanic population is not far off from white as far as number of college graduates showing that educated hispanic populations go to other news sources.

Does that mean Telemundo and Univision are poor quality?

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

Does that mean Telemundo and Univision are poor quality?

HYPOTHESIS: Telemundo and Univision are watched by a lot of recent immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. The reason they immigrated was because in their countries of origin they didn't have a lot of opportunities including education. However their children, who are more likely to go to college, are also more likely to have news sources that are not Telemundo and Univision. END HYPOTHESIS.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is the similarity in graduation rates recent or decades old? As a fraction of adults 25 and older there appears to be a wide margin of about 30% vs 11%.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not necessarily. The kids of Hispanic immigrants would naturally speak English far more commonly than their parents thus they'd have more choices for their news. I hear Univision is starting to get more conservative lately though so that might have an impact on the viewership statistics.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have met some questionable American academics who enjoyed the Joe Rogan Experience, which has puzzled me for a while. The fact that it's less popular among the college educated than Fox News, Tucker Carlson Network and Breitbart certainly helps reinforce my world view a bit.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

useful in drawing men towards conservativism, speaks about conspiracies.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m surprised PBS and NPR have such a disparity in their audience. PBS is close to average which is good and makes sense as a public service.

Why does NPR skew so much higher towards college grads?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

NPR has very little enterainment. PBS and such has a bit more to capture a wider audience. I don't think its so much that the college educated don't watch pbs as much as more non college educated watch pbs and don't listen to npr. These are percentages of the audiences. Given that I catch npr all the time as I only seek elswhere on the radio when in the car if I just don't like whats on npr but I sorta got to go outa my way to catch npr. Also you have to catch or stream later like the new hour but news on the radio is throughout the day every day including rebroadcast of bbc.

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think NPR touches on higher level topics, as well as interviews with professionals in fields that the average person might not have an interest in

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Why the fuck is the Joe Rogan Experience even being given credibility as a "news source?"

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

Telemundo and Univision are sadly filled with sensational news casts. And also the Hispanic population is not well represented in college because we're too dam poor to pay for higher education.

[–] agingelderly@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a Tucker network? What kind of braindead idiotic shit is that?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

He openly promoted the debunked and bullshit white replacement theory for one. Dude is basically all but an avowed Nazi at this point. He was buddying up to Nick Fuentes recently as well, who is an avowed Nazi.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Kind of a weird graph....

  • the "percentage of US adults who has a college degree" is on a scale of all US adults
  • the "percentage of US adults who get their news from a given source" is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

But they're shown on the same bar graph, which implies they're shown on the same scale. Right? or am I misreading this?

[–] hesh@quokk.au 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's not "what % of college graduates get their news from this source", it's "what % of adults that get their news from this source have a college degree"

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[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

no, "Among US adults who regularly get news from ____, % who hav ea bachelor's degree or more," not all US adults with a degree, just all adults

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 3 weeks ago

Statistical proof of what I already knew - conservatives are ignorant idiots.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Fox News figure is definitely inflated

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

FOX News is the network of, by, and for grumpy old white people.

Plenty of them have degrees. Quite a few even have advanced degrees.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This feels classist. The new York times is a piece of shit.

A LOT of these sources are. The majority, even.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was hoping NPR would be 1 but 3 is not bad.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you want it to be lower? The issue is that high quality news isnt be consumed uniformly by the country.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

The country also elected Trump twice, so let's hold out some hope things could change.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

NPR, Democracy now, Al Jazeera and local public radio are my jam. Why is Fox missing?

[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

WDYM why is Fox missing? Fox News is 4th from the bottom.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Never mind lol

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

newsmax has a higher amount og college funny enough.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Makes sense considering the news sources near the top are the same college students would have to cite on occasion for a research paper or whatever. Why not go back to the same old well to get their news after graduating?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The top is more eloquent regime garbage.
But still regime garbage.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, The Atlantic might as well come with "CIA Certified" stamped on the cover. NPR is just a fleshy public-sector skin suit hiding sixteen different corporate lobbyists. The Guardian is JK Rowling Approved, even if it has historically been decent on foreign policy. The NYT is just lying to you, to your face, over and over, forever.

Really bleak to see what the American media stands for now that the mask has fallen all the way off. I'm a little sad that The Economist didn't make their cut, because it's the subject of my favorite Lenin quote.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can’t believe USA Today is so high. Wasn’t it’s whole schtick being ultra simplified?

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well, it's still below average.

Aww. No Twitter. But according to Musk and his dickriders, "We're the media now".

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