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Old 01-10-2018, 06:48 PM
 
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Originally Posted by beb0p View Post
Trump claims he is smart.

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According to an IQ test by an anonymous university, Trump has the highest IQ of any US President.
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Old 01-10-2018, 06:50 PM
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Location: NC/SC Border Patrol
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Okay, we'll take it as a given, Trump supporters, that you loathe Maddow and will insult her any way you can - which is tough, because she's pretty good at what she does, especially the way she cites sources to back up her statements. You needn't bother taking up space with the obvious attacks.

But Maddow fans will like this. I knew she was smart, but I didn't know that she was a Rhodes scholar.


Trump's TV Nemesis
How Rachel Maddow constructs a narrative
By Janet Malcolm

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...mps-tv-nemesis
There are lots of brain washed educated idiots out there but I don't listen to them either. The brain is a terrible thing to waste.
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Old 01-10-2018, 07:00 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Unabomber was "smart."
You beat me to it!

Founders of Google, Facebook, MS were all college dropouts.

Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and became a President and intern rapist.

Maddow may be smart, but that's not a measure of her worth as a human being. I've seen some of her antics and constant repetitive BS and that never made me think to myself "WOW! She is brilliant!"

Besides, some of the smartest people I've ever met also had the common sense of a brick. VERY smart people are also likely to be introverted.

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There are lots of brain washed educated idiots out there but I don't listen to them either. The brain is a terrible thing to waste.
THAT^^^^
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Old 01-10-2018, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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There are lots of brain washed educated idiots out there but I don't listen to them either. The brain is a terrible thing to waste.

Yes education and intelligence are overrated, best to listen to some anonymous blogger that tells you exactly what you wanted to hear. I have asked this question many times, who do you go to for information.


But since you bring up education Sean Hannity has the highest ratings of any show, I'm sure he has big following of Mensa's
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Old 01-10-2018, 07:46 PM
 
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You beat me to it!

Founders of Google, Facebook, MS were all college dropouts.

Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and became a President and intern rapist.

Maddow may be smart, but that's not a measure of her worth as a human being. I've seen some of her antics and constant repetitive BS and that never made me think to myself "WOW! She is brilliant!"

Besides, some of the smartest people I've ever met also had the common sense of a brick. VERY smart people are also likely to be introverted.


THAT^^^^
Clinton was NOT a rapist. The sex with Monica Lewinsky was consensual. By adding that lie, you diminish the validity of your argument.

Rachel Maddow has a group of very good researchers who produce the info for her show. She does not personally write the show.
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Old 01-10-2018, 08:13 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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Hannity is light years better than Maddow could ever hope to be!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2.../#6bb1249212ab

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In 2012, a Fairleigh Dickinson University survey reported that Fox News viewers were less informed about current events than people who didn't follow the news at all. The survey had asked current events questions like "Which party has the most seats in the House of Representatives?" and also asked what source of news people followed. The Fox viewers' current events scores were in the basement. This finding was immediately trumpeted by the liberal media—by Fox, not so much—and has since become known as the Fox News effect. It conjures the image of Fox News as a black hole that sucks facts out of viewers' heads.
All one needs to know about Hannity and the Fox effect.
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Old 01-10-2018, 08:18 PM
 
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I respect Rachal Maddow more than Anderson Cooper or Shep Smith.
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Old 01-10-2018, 08:37 PM
 
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Hannity is now a friend of Trump. A typical boot licker. He kisses up to all these right wing politicians. He is a joke.
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Old 01-10-2018, 09:39 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Bottom line is this. How many people actually watch Maddow?
  • USA's population is ~325,000,000
  • ~87,000,000 households & businesses still subscribe to cable TV
Yet What is Rachel Maddow's viewership. via CableAdWeek

  • 761,000 on Jan 10, 2018. (25-54 demo)
  • Total viewers <1% of the US Population.
This is minuscule. A big nothing burger.


That isn't even a 1/2 of what INFOwars, or CRTV pulls in.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:30 AM
 
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She’s REALLY, REALLY smart. Like, frighteningly smart. When she first came on the radio scene BEFORE she was ever on TV, I knew that she was preternaturally gifted and was gonna go a long way in political punditry.
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