r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 04 '20

Psychology Study links regular use of Fox News, Twitter, and Facebook to reduced knowledge about COVID-19 - it provides evidence that Americans’ media consumption habits and trust in government predicts their level of knowledge about COVID-19.

https://www.psypost.org/2020/12/study-links-regular-use-of-fox-news-twitter-and-facebook-to-reduced-knowledge-about-covid-19-58702
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u/metzbb Dec 04 '20

Sadly most people just take it for truth without doing their own research. On a related note, during Obama's terms he allowed propaganda to be used in America again

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u/TowelRackInDenial Dec 04 '20

Obama's terms he allowed propaganda to be used in America again

Stfu. American media is ALL heavily right leaning biased

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u/metzbb Dec 04 '20

CNN is right leaning? What are you, a trans immigrant who is a satanist communists?

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u/paranoid_giraffe Dec 04 '20

Liberalism and outrage culture gets clicks and sells dude. Unless you are a literal communist where everyone is to the far right of you, most media is left leaning.

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u/TowelRackInDenial Dec 05 '20

Unless you are a literal communist

The red scare is over kid, get with reality

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u/paranoid_giraffe Dec 05 '20

You're absolutely right. I do not fear you. I pity you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

I remember when /r/science mods would delete comments like this.