Monday, December 15, 2008

Non-Colon News

A poll that occurred in the spring is just seeing the light of day. It's interesting that talk radio listeners are among the most informed, compared to, say, Leno viewers or New Yorker readers.

Percent that could name that Democrats controlled the House of Representatives:

1 - Hannity & Colmes: 84 percent
2 - Rush Limbaugh: 83 percent
3 - NPR: 73 percent
4 - Colbert Report: 73 percent
5 - The New Yorker/Atlantic: 71 percent (correctly identified Democrats as the majority in the House)
6 - O’Reilly Factor: 70 percent
7 - NewsHour: 66 percent
8 - Daily Show: 65 percent
9 - C-SPAN: 63 percent
10 - CNN: 59 percent
11 - Letterman/Leno: 51 percent
12 - National Enquirer: 44 percent

Percent that could name Condoleezza Rice as the U.S. Secretary of State

1 Hannity & Colmes: 73 percent
2 NPR: 72 percent
3 Rush Limbaugh: 71 percent
4 The New Yorker/Atlantic: 71 percent
5 Colbert Report: 65 percent
6 O’Reilly Factor: 60 percent
8 C-SPAN: 59 percent
9 NewsHour: 52 percent
10 Daily Show: 48 percent
11 Letterman/Leno: 42 percent
12 CNN: 48 percent
13 National Enquirer: 32 percent

Percent that could name Gordon Brown as the Prime Minister of Great Britain

1 The New Yorker/Atlantic: 59 percent
2 NPR: 57percent
3 Hannity & Colmes: 49 percent
4 Colbert Report:49 percent
5 NewsHour: 47 percent
6 Rush Limbaugh: 41 percent
7 O’Reilly Factor: 41 percent
8 Daily Show: 36 percent
9 C-SPAN: 35 percent
11 Letterman/Leno: 31 percent
12 CNN: 29 percent
13 National Enquirer: 22 percent

Full(er) story here

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