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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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.
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I wasn't talking about a specific scenario. I do see your point though if we're looking at the US (and wasn't aware that it was talking about Americans in specific before posting that. It was made by reading your post on its own). Reading the article indicates that they don't claim it extends beyond their suggest Republican/Fox connection.
I'm not sure there's enough data to extrapolate outside the network. I think the problem may be with Fox itself just being a horrible news station, not the conservatives that subscribe to it.