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GoCubsGo

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3. It doesn't explain their large under-65 audience.

Reply to mwb970 (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:48 AM

Dec 2012

I think the real culprit is that these people refuse to use what, if any, critical thinking skills they have. Why should they? What they hear on Fox just "proves" whatever prejudices and fears they have. Fox tells them what they want to hear.

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Could THIS be why Fox "News" viewers are so gullible? [View all] mwb970 Dec 2012 OP

Oh gosh - I am over 65 and find that I trust people much LESS as I have gotten older. djean111 Dec 2012 #1

I agree, it's just that older people are targeted more by scams. LisaLynne Dec 2012 #6

I guess I'm a Contrary. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #2

It doesn't explain their large under-65 audience. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #3

Net yet 65, but close and skeptical. Oh, and plus one for "... Limbaugh's every gaseous belch." Scuba Dec 2012 #4

It certainly describes my elderly mother and my in-laws mainer Dec 2012 #5

I think it is all to do with prejudice. Democratopia Dec 2012 #7

Here is some more prejudice - referring to older people as "they" and then drawing conclusions djean111 Dec 2012 #8

I qualified my comment by saying "greater propensity" or "more likely." Democratopia Dec 2012 #9