Rob said:

By "The attentive audience", they mean simply those who are tuned to international and financial news, not those who are "looking at issues in detail or arguing them well" as you previously stated. In other words they are saying only that 38% of Republicans follow the hard news, while 30% of Democrats follow the hard news.

I believe that better arguing and a knowledge of details follows the watching of more "hard" news since it gives more ammunition and/or opportunites for them. It also helps explain why, again anecdotally, I see conservatives willing to engage in thoughtful debate more often than not.

Rob said:

You have made the mistake of mentally joining one of the two "teams". Turn of your fucking talk radio and think for yourself. Don't you realize that you sound identical to a "liberal" retard who is railing on about the heartless, unenlightened, unedjucated, conservative lemmings.

Ahh, see? Now, here's the interesting part. I never said coservatives were automatically right, or automatically using correct logic just because they focus on the details of issues a bit more. In fact, I believe people tend to reassure themselves too much when they expose themselves to additional information. Also, a lot of what they learn while getting the news is general groupthink (ideas and arguments that might not be true but fit a group's sensibilities). I'm not claiming that's a good thing.

I'm just trying to explain life as I see it.