Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don’t watch news at all.

By , on 23 November, 2011
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We’ve mentioned here on SEB before that studies have shown that watching FOX News will make you stupid. So it probably shouldn’t be a big surprise that there is yet another study that pretty much says the same thing.

OK, to be fair, what it says is that not watching any news at all will . . . → Read More: Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don’t watch news at all.

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The Washington Post wants to know your favorite webcomic of the past decade.

By , on 26 January, 2010

Webcomics are a topic near and dear to my heart. While they don’t show up in my sidebar blogroll that’s only because I have a whole separate list of webcomic links I keep in my Google Reader and it would make an already long sidebar list even longer.

The folks at the Washington Post are . . . → Read More: The Washington Post wants to know your favorite webcomic of the past decade.

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Another survey says more Americans believe in angels and devils than evolution.

By , on 11 December, 2008

Another Harris Poll with more proof that many Americans need a mental enema:

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll(R), a new nationwide survey of 2,126 U.S. adults surveyed online between November 10 and 17, 2008 by Harris Interactive(R). Some of the interesting findings in this new Harris Poll include:

—80% . . . → Read More: Another survey says more Americans believe in angels and devils than evolution.

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New Poll shows slight majority favors keeping religion out of politics.

By , on 22 August, 2008

It’s a very slim margin—only 52% of respondents—but it’s a majority just the same and hopefully the start of a continuing trend. The big surprise was in regards to where the shifts in opinion occurred:

The results suggest a potentially significant shift among conservative voters in particular. In 2004, 30% of conservatives said the church . . . → Read More: New Poll shows slight majority favors keeping religion out of politics.

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Neil Gaiman seeks your opinion on which book to give away.

By , on 11 February, 2008

One of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman, has just celebrated his blog’s seventh anniversary and in celebration he’s asking fans to vote for which book will be made available online for free:

As you may have deduced, it’s the blog’s 7th birthday today. On February the 9th 2001, I started writing this thing. And now, . . . → Read More: Neil Gaiman seeks your opinion on which book to give away.

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