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Originally Posted by kirant
Agree with parts of the article...this one seems a bit silly to state. Confirmation bias is pretty well known I think. People watch agencies that reinforce their bias: Conservatives watch conservative stations while liberals watch liberal stations.
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This article would argue that watching Fox is actually quite different from just seeking confirmation bias in other news sources. The article states that those who watch fox are actually much more misinformed on events than others. It goes so far to suggest that those who seek out Fox are actually seeking out a reality that does not exist.
So it is actually wrong to suggest that "Liberal" news stations are the opposite of Fox and therefore should be treated in the same way as an equal opposite. The article says that no, the fundamental viewing habits among those who watch stations that aren't Fox are to become more informed, for those who watch Fox it's to become more insulated from information and satisfied that their ideology infact holds.