According to a new study by Farleigh Dickinson University, Fox viewers are the least knowledgeable audience of any outlet, and they know even less about politics and current events than people who watch no news at all.
Respondents to the survey were able to answer correctly an average of 1.8 of 4 questions about international news and 1.6 out of 5 questions about domestic affairs. "Based on these results, people who don't watch any news at all are expected to answer correctly on average 1.22 of the questions about domestic politics, just by guessing or relying on existing basic knowledge," said Dan Cassino, the poll's analyst.
When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one. The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law prohibited corporations from running television commercials for or against Presidential candidates for thirty days before primaries. During that period, Citizens United, a nonprofit corporation, had wanted to run a documentary, as a cable video on demand, called "Hillary: The Movie," which was critical of Hillary Clinton. The F.E.C. had prohibited the broadcast under McCain-Feingold, and Citizens United had challenged the decision. There did not seem to be a lot riding on the outcome. After all, how many nonprofits wanted to run documentaries about Presidential candidates, using relatively obscure technologies, just before elections? Read more
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the September 1, 2008, issue of National Review.
Who is Barack Obama? Obama the presidential candidate presents himself as a man who has loved America from his earliest childhood, a man proud of his mixed-race roots who comfortably transcends polarized racial politics, a man who eschews the ideologies of Left and Right, an optimistic healer. But in his critically acclaimed autobiography, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Obama is something else entirely.
WSJ-MarketWatch---Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. Although there was a big stimulus bill under Obama, federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since Dwight Eisenhower brought the Korean War to an end in the 1950s. Even hapless Herbert Hoover managed to increase spending more than Obama has.
Capitalism is not perfect and is vulnerable to both human nature and some major flaws that have flourished since the Presidency of Ronald Reagan. In order for true Capitalism to function correctly, the government has to counter the flaws of capitalism, without hindering the market place, and provide a level playing field to insure competition as it facilitates the favorable elements of growth.
PHOENIX (AP) – A white supremacist has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix.
A jury earlier found 61-year-old Dennis Mahon guilty of three federal charges stemming from the package bomb that injured Don Logan, who is black and was Scottsdale's diversity director at the time.
Jurors stopped short of finding Mahon guilty of a hate crime after a six-week trial that included dramatic testimony from Logan and a government informant dubbed a "trailer park Mata Hari" by defense attorneys.
U.S. District Judge David Campbell says the bombing was "an act of domestic terrorism." Read more
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A month after the Secret Service was rocked by allegations that agents brought prostitutes to a Colombia hotel where they were preparing for a visit by President Obama, the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that at least three of its agents are also under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena.
Two of the agents allegedly had encounters with masseuses in the apartment of one of the agents, according to Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday downgraded Japan's sovereign rating to A+ and said it was maintaining a negative outlook due to the "leisurely" pace of the county's efforts to remedy its dire fiscal situation.
It also strongly criticized Japan's plans to improve its fiscal situation as the gross debt load continues to rise above 200% of annual GDP. "The country's fiscal consolidation plan looks leisurely relative even to other fiscally challenged high-income countries, and implementation is subject to political risk," Fitch said.
The government has been trying to push an increase in the national sales tax through a deeply divided parliament with the prospects highly uncertain. The move, which would double the consumption tax to 10% in two stages by 2015, is considered insufficient to restore the country's fiscal balance. Read more
According to CNN, a French woman on the flight handed a note to a flight attendant, claiming that she had a surgically implanted device inside her. Two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the flight over the Atlantic, NORAD said. The plane landed safely in Bangor. Read more
A uniformed NYPD sergeant was caught on video unleashing a vulgar tirade against a group of Brooklyn men -- threatening them with his gun even while condoning their criminal behavior, The Post has learned.
"I have the long d--k. You don't," the cop bragged.
"Your pretty face -- I like it very much. My d--k will go in your mouth and come out your ear. Don't f--k with me. All right? I'll take my gun and put it up your a-- and then I'll call your mother afterwards. You understand that?"
(Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators called for a review of the initial public offering of Facebook last week, putting fresh pressure on the company, its embattled lead underwriter and the Nasdaq.
After Friday's nearly flat close and Monday's 11 percent plunge, Facebook shares were down 8 percent at $31.28 in late afternoon trading on heavy volume of 88 million shares. At that price the company has shed more than $17 billion in market capitalization from its $38-per-share offering price last week. Read more
MIAMI -- Porn star and former Tiger Woods' mistress Josyln James will be appearing in a coffee table book dedicated to the honor of slain teenager Trayvon Martin.
According to Miami New Times' music blog Crossfade, James has already done a photo shoot and interview for the book that will soon be announced.
Senior administration officials said Tuesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) isn't going to win if he keeps up a fight about tying trillions in spending cuts to raising the debt ceiling.
Boehner raised some eyebrows last week when he said he will "insist" on linking matching spending cuts to a debt ceiling hike when it hits its cap late this year. Top Senate Republicans have since signaled that they are on board with Boehner's demand.
But senior administration officials, who held a background briefing with reporters and spoke on the condition they wouldn't be quoted, said President Barack Obama isn't about to reenact the debacle that occurred last year when Republicans demanded spending cuts in exchange for a debt limit increase, a vote that historically has cleared Congress with little fanfare. The result of last year's protracted fight drove the U.S. to the brink of default and resulted in the country's credit rating being downgraded for the first time.
Dog bites cost insurance companies about $479 million in 2011, accounting for an increasingly large chunk of payouts under homeowner's liability policies, according to a recent study. Kevin M. Phillips, a Beverly Hills based attorney who specializes in representing dog bite victims around the country, told msnbc.com that studies suggest that the popularity of pit bulls in the United States are likely a contributing factor in the rising cost of claims paid out by insurance companies. "Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs," concluded a study published in the Annals of Surgery in April 2011.
Facebook shares are melting down again on Tuesday, and though the rest of the stock market doesn't seem to care, it should: This episode will likely further cement Main Street's hatred and distrust of Wall Street.
That's because the Facebook IPO had examples of pretty much everything that is wrong with the stock market today. Media and analyst cheerleading? Check. The destructive influence of high-speed trading? Check. A system built for insiders to profit while retail investors pick up scraps? Duh. Read more
