The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.
The study showed that it wasn't an issue of who was watching Fox News--Democrats watching Fox were less informed than fellow party-members who sought information elsewhere, so the divide wasn't just an issue of conservative "epistemic closure". The blend of hype and info-tainment Fox serves up just isn't good news. For anyone.
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