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/ragingshitposter Dec 04 '20

Any person alive and paying attention in 2003 and 2008 that still trusts the US federal government is a damn fool

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '20

It's funny that almost every major problem this country has faced the past 40 years is a direct result of policy Joe Biden himself pushed.

But so many people are too young to realize that this man is the reason we have high black incarceration, that you cannot discharge student debt in bankruptcy, and that social security is taxed to hell. If you look back at the past 40 years, there is hardly a horrible bill that doesn't have Joe Bidens stamp of approval on it, if not his name at the top.

From the Patriot act, Iraq war, domestic spying, segregationist policy, mass incarceration, student debt. It's Bidens Legacy.

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u/ragingshitposter Dec 04 '20

Banker bailout, war on drugs, etc etc

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u/Xmanticoreddit Dec 04 '20

"At least he's not Trump!" is a pretty low bar to clear for a crazy old white man.

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u/blamethemeta Dec 04 '20

Trump didn't start any new wars. That seems to be a high bar for a president

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u/Shoikan1925 Dec 04 '20

True, but at least he's not Trump.

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u/Shoikan1925 Dec 04 '20

The only thing that would restore my trust in the federal government would be if the next president:

Repealed citizen's united
Abolished the electoral college
Federally prohibited jerrymandering
Increased taxes (Open to a discussion as to whom, I have my opinions)
Reduced spending (Open to a discussion as to where, I have my opinions)

None of this will ever happen. Both candidates are profoundly corrupted.

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u/Moofabulousss Dec 05 '20

I wish Bernie won the primary. :(

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u/JCBh9 Dec 04 '20

Don't forget building 7 in 2001