This is a fascinating study that will probably trigger most of the board.
The tl;dr is that Fox News has created a bubble of falsehoods and tailored news coverage that insulates its viewers from reality. While other news networks have their own biases and points of emphasis, none are as flagrant, misleading, and damaging to democracy (which places power in the hands of people and assumes a shared set of facts) as Fox News.
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The theme is tribalism, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention. But there are differential effects reinforced by self-curated echo chambers, notably including Fox News. In 2017, self-identified conservatives are more likely to brand true stories as falsehoods if they impugn a politician ideologically aligned with themselves. Self-identified liberals do the same (which is also unacceptable) but there's a statistical difference between the two groups.
But the tribalism does cut both ways, as one would expect:
The tl;dr is that Fox News has created a bubble of falsehoods and tailored news coverage that insulates its viewers from reality. While other news networks have their own biases and points of emphasis, none are as flagrant, misleading, and damaging to democracy (which places power in the hands of people and assumes a shared set of facts) as Fox News.
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I can't embed the diagrams that show which news items are over- and underemphasized on Fox compared to other networks, but it's fascinating. You'll have to click the link to interact.
The theme is tribalism, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention. But there are differential effects reinforced by self-curated echo chambers, notably including Fox News. In 2017, self-identified conservatives are more likely to brand true stories as falsehoods if they impugn a politician ideologically aligned with themselves. Self-identified liberals do the same (which is also unacceptable) but there's a statistical difference between the two groups.
But the tribalism does cut both ways, as one would expect:
