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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:46 PM Jun 2014

This explains a lot: "Americans Read Headlines. And Not Much Else." Washington Post link.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/19/americans-read-headlines-and-not-much-else/

"Fewer Americans invest additional time into following the news more in-depth. The survey asked people about going in-depth for news two different ways. It asked whether people generally tried to get news in-depth on any subject in the last week. It also asked, when they recalled a breaking news story they followed in the last week, whether they had tried to find out more about it after initially learning of it.

Overall, 41 percent of Americans report that they watched, read, or heard any in-depth news stories, beyond the headlines, in the last week. Slightly more people, 49 percent, report that they invested additional time to delve deeper and follow up on the last breaking news story they followed."


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"So, roughly six in 10 people acknowledge that they have done nothing more than read news headlines in the past week. And, in truth, that number is almost certainly higher than that, since plenty of people won't want to admit to just being headline-gazers but, in fact, are. Here's that breakdown in chart form:..."

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American public opinion is in the possession of the best headline writers....not a good thing for informed argument.


"Is America Harboring War Criminals, Cheney and Bush?" is one I would like to see out there.

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This explains a lot: "Americans Read Headlines. And Not Much Else." Washington Post link. (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jun 2014 OP
Which is why NPR's April 1st headline prank worked... PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #1
it's the fucking Twitter mindset Skittles Jun 2014 #2
american's dont have time between work/housework/commuting time La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #3
Plenty of time for mobile Angry Birds though. Which is what They would be if they read some more. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #4
playing angry birds dont take up cognitive resources the same way reading does La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #5
tl;dr Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #6
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