Is that just one day of ratings? - Feb. 5th?

Just your typical day. Fox the only one reporting - news. That's why no replies to post.

Fox is reporting inaccurate news. - And there are studies on that.

From personal experience, - Fox is the most accurate news source.

From studies, the LEAST informative network, and, at that - the others are not good. nm

"Studies, schmudies," they think. And, ironically, more educated conservatives... - mrakerkava

are even less likely to give science/scientific studies any credence.  

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Conservatives Lose Faith in Science over Last 40 Years

A new academic analysis finds conservatives expressing more and more distrust in science in recent decades, particularly educated conservatives

By Evan Lehmann and ClimateWire

Conservatives' trust of science has gradually decreased over the past 40 years, beginning perhaps when empirical research was increasingly used to justify government regulations, according to a new academic analysis.

The study, appearing this week in the April edition of the journal American Sociological Review, identifies a 25 percent drop among conservatives who express trust in the scientific community since 1974. That decline is striking to researchers because conservatives were more trusting of science than other political groups when data were first collected nearly four decades ago.

Today, they are the most distrustful, while the attitudes of liberals and moderates have held steady. The conservatives' migration into negativity makes liberals the most trusting group now, by default.

"[T]his study shows that public trust in science has not declined since the 1970s except among conservatives and those who frequently attend church," the study concludes.

The research also challenges popular beliefs that increased academic achievement and educational outreach will persuade people to believe in the scientific underpinnings of issues like climate change and evolution. It doesn't work that way, says Gordon Gauchat, the author and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Conservatives tend to be about even with liberals in terms of attaining high school and undergraduate degrees, he said. But the research suggests that well-educated conservatives are more skeptical of science than their less-educated counterparts.

"That was the biggest surprise finding," Gauchat said in an interview. "Highly educated conservatives are more fluent in what the [conservative] ideology means and its relationships with institutions. So they understand where the conflicts lie, what the value system is. In other words, they're more ideological." ....

Sad not just for them, but for our country. Just as they - can't "believe" gravity away, so

What an interesting article! Thanks - doe

:) I knew it was you and guessed pretty correctly at the reason for the moniker revamp. - mrakerkava

exactly. Thanks! - doe (nm)

imperfect world - blondee

Foxy - I agree with the ignorant part.