Fox News Viewers have an IQ that is 20 points lower than the U.S. National average

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Intelligence Institute Study shows Fox News viewers have an IQ that is 20 points lower than the U.S. National average. - Yahoo! News


Study shows that the Americans who watch Fox News have an average IQ of 80, whereas the national average is 100. Researchers were not "shocked" by findings.

Birmingham, Alabama (PRWEB) December 04, 2012
The results of a 4 year study show that Americans who obtain their news from Fox News channel have an average IQ of 80, which represents a 20 point deficit when compared to the U.S. national average of 100. IQ, or intelligence quotient, is the international standard of assessing intelligence.
Researchers at The Intelligence Institute, a conservative non-profit group, tested 5,000 people using a series of tests that measure everything from cognitive aptitude to common sense and found that people who identified themselves as Fox News viewers and 'conservative' had, on average, significantly lower intelligent quotients. Fox Viewers represented 2,650 members of the test group.
One test involved showing subjects a series of images and measuring their vitals, namely pulse rate and blood pressure. The self-identified conservatives' vitals increased over 35% when shown complex or shocking images. The image that caused the most stress was a poorly edited picture of President Obama standing next to a "ghostly" image of a child holding a tarantula.
Test subjects who received their news from other outlets or reported they do not watch the news scored an average IQ of 104, compared to 80 for Fox News viewers.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

 

[88m3]

how is that possible

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

20 points

 

[the cac mamba]

:multis:

 

[bsmooth]

A full 20 points, I call BS

Lead researcher, P. Nichols, explains, "Less intelligent animals rely on instinct when confronted by something which they do not understand. This is an ancient survival reaction all animals, including humans, exhibit. It's a very simple phenomenon, really; think about a dog being afraid of a vacuum cleaner. He doesn't know what a vacuum is or if it may harm him, so he becomes agitated and barks at it. Less intelligent humans do the same thing. Concepts that are too complex for them to understand, may frighten or anger them."
He continues, "Fox News' content is presented at an elementary school level and plays directly into the fears of the less educated and less intelligent."
The researchers said that an IQ of 80 is well above the score of 70, which is where psychiatrists diagnose mental retardation. P. Nichols says an IQ of 80 will not limit anyone's ability to lead happy, fulfilling lives.
The study did not conclude if Fox News contributed to lowering IQ or if it attracts less intelligent humans.
P. Nichols concludes that he wasn't shocked by the studies' results, rather how dramatic their range. "Several previous studies show that self-identified conservatives are less intelligent than self-identified moderates. We have never seen such a homogeneous group teetering so close to special needs levels."

Rest of the article reads like it's straight off the Onion.

 

[marcuz]

long story short, doesn't really matter if they have no guns and supplies

fox viewers can be stupider than a box of bricks, but if they have enough common sense to hoard ammo and food; what does that say about the rest of us

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Peoples' IQs lower when they get old right? This is probably due to Fox's overwhelmingly geriatric audience.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

long story short, doesn't really matter if they have no guns and supplies

fox viewers can be stupider than a box of bricks, but if they have enough common sense to hoard ammo and food; what does that say about the rest of us

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

Peoples' IQs lower when they get old right? This is probably due to Fox's overwhelmingly geriatric audience.

Or maybe it just takes a retard to buy all the shyt they're selling on there?

 

[Muzion]

Terman's Stanford-Binet Fourth Revision classification (developed by the inventor of the IQ test)
IQ Range ("Deviation IQ") Intelligence Classification
152 and over Genius and near genius
148 - 151 Very superior intelligence
132 - 148 Superior intelligence
116 - 132 Above average intelligence
84 - 116 Normal or average intelligence
68 - 84 Dullness
52 - 68 Borderline deficiency
Below 52 Mental Deficiency

Fox News viewers walking around looking like all day

 

[VerbalIntercourse]

The average IQ of the united states is 98 not 100.

I seriously doubt that Fox News viewers have an IQ of 80. If so, then that needs further investigation.

the more older people get, the more IQ is influenced by heredity. they should run a SNP test on Fox News viewers to see if there are any genes that may correlate with this occurance.

the average IQ of black america is 85 BTW, and I think 80 is well within 1 SD of 85. I'm sure IQ is "meaningless" now, right?

 

[killacal]

The average IQ of the united states is 98 not 100.

I seriously doubt that Fox News viewers have an IQ of 80. If so, then that needs further investigation.

the more older people get, the more IQ is influenced by heredity. they should run a SNP test on Fox News viewers to see if there are any genes that may correlate with this occurance.

the average IQ of black america is 85 BTW, and I think 80 is well within 1 SD of 85. I'm sure IQ is "meaningless" now, right?

You want to obtain those dna samples? :idgaf:

 

[Brown_Pride]

The average IQ of the united states is 98 not 100.

I seriously doubt that Fox News viewers have an IQ of 80. If so, then that needs further investigation.

the more older people get, the more IQ is influenced by heredity. they should run a SNP test on Fox News viewers to see if there are any genes that may correlate with this occurance.

the average IQ of black america is 85 BTW, and I think 80 is well within 1 SD of 85. I'm sure IQ is "meaningless" now, right?

I think it's safe to assume we're working with less than stellar dna. Only so much inbreeding can occur before you start to see the results manifested in the numbers.

 

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