Are you smarter than a Fox News viewer? How about a CNN viewer? Take our quiz to find out.
A survey by World Public Opinion quizzed American voters on their knowledge of issues and facts raised in the 2010 midterm elections. The survey found that Fox News viewers were significantly more likely to be misinformed than those who get their news from other sources. Other news sources didn't fare much better. How well informed are you? Take our quiz to find out.
According to the Congressional Budge Office, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "increased the number of full time-equivalent jobs by 2.0 to 5.2 million compared to what those amounts would have been otherwise." Moreover a panel of 55-60 economists assembled by the Wall Street Journal was asked in March 2010 about the effect of the stimulus on growth. Seventy-five percent said that it was a net positive. Only 8 percent of respondents got this correct. Eighty-eight percent thought that most economists estimated it has only saved or created a few jobs (68 percent) or even caused job losses (20 percent). Ninety-one percent of those who watched Fox News almost daily believed that the stimulus caused job losses.
According to the Congressional Budge Office, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "increased the number of full time-equivalent jobs by 2.0 to 5.2 million compared to what those amounts would have been otherwise." Moreover a panel of 55-60 economists assembled by the Wall Street Journal was asked in March 2010 about the effect of the stimulus on growth. Seventy-five percent said that it was a net positive. Only 8 percent of respondents got this correct. Eighty-eight percent thought that most economists estimated it has only saved or created a few jobs (68 percent) or even caused job losses (20 percent). Ninety-one percent of those who watched Fox News almost daily believed that the stimulus caused job losses.
According to the Congressional Budge Office, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "increased the number of full time-equivalent jobs by 2.0 to 5.2 million compared to what those amounts would have been otherwise." Moreover a panel of 55-60 economists assembled by the Wall Street Journal was asked in March 2010 about the effect of the stimulus on growth. Seventy-five percent said that it was a net positive. Only 8 percent of respondents got this correct. Eighty-eight percent thought that most economists estimated it has only saved or created a few jobs (68 percent) or even caused job losses (20 percent). Ninety-one percent of those who watched Fox News almost daily believed that the stimulus caused job losses.
1. Is it your impression that most economists who have studied it estimate that the stimulus legislation:
In this photo, at the Fox News Studios in New York City, Glenn Beck, right, talks with guests Megyn Kelly, co-host of Fox's Americas Newsroom, left, and Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox senior legal analyst, April 21, 2009. (Newscom/File)
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