Doug Ross @ Journal

Tell me something I didn't know

Here's another essential news item that you won't be reading in the Old York Times anytime soon. The invaluable NewsBusters is reporting the results of a Pew Research Center study that demonstrates, "Rush Limbaugh Listeners Top Chart for 'High Knowledge'."

Heh.

Which party controls the U.S. House? Who is the current Secretary of State? Who is the president of Russia? If you know all three questions, you could be a Rush Limbaugh listener. According to a new study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Rush Limbaugh listeners place second in the category of "high knowledge." This is above the pretentious New Yorker, the almost as pretentious NPR, news magazines like Time, the "News Hour with Jim Lehrer," and cable news outlets. Doesn't "acting" smart count for something? It only does in New York socials and in "An Inconvenient Truth." 50% Weekly Standard/New Republic 48% Rush Limbaugh 44% New Yorker/Atlantic 42% O’Reilly Factor 41% News magazines 41% Online news (daily) 39% NPR 38% Daily Show 36% Sunday AM Talk 36% Talk Radio 33% Business Magazines 32% NewsHour

I can't help myself... Heh again.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Pravda's Manhattan Bureau Chief to print that. Maureen Dowd would sooner write a column praising "Rummy" than point out that most of her twelve Times Deselect™ readers are, uhm, challenged when it comes to history and world events.