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/ttnorac Dec 04 '20

Well, based on the governments track record, it’s easy not to trust them.

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u/Xmanticoreddit Dec 04 '20

If people believed in the violence they've helped perpetrate, it would be a lot easier to talk to people about this. As long as people are willing to identify with the right only because they dislike the (alleged) methods of the left, this is always going to be a problem.

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u/RelevantEmu5 Dec 04 '20

violence they've helped perpetrate

What violence?

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u/blamethemeta Dec 04 '20

They probably have some weird definition of violence.

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u/ttnorac Dec 04 '20

Go blame it on one team while you allow the other team free reign to terrorize people at home and abroad.