• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think one of the scariest parts here is how only one news source cracked 50% for Republicans. That indicates a rejection of the concept of news

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      17 hours ago

      I’ve said for a while now that I’d love to see the demographics for Ground News users. Because I can almost guarantee that the vast majority are left-leaning. Because right-leaning people have zero interest in comparing news stories or getting different takes. They just want a single narrative, with their opinions for the week piped directly into their brain.

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      21 hours ago

      Exactly the takeaway. They do not value different sources corroborating a set of facts. They prefer a specific narrative. Which has been the feeling we’ve all had for years as it relates to Republicans. It’s very interesting to see it in data.

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      21 hours ago

      I also reject the concept of any for-profit 24 hour news station. There isn’t that much news and they need to hype up nonsense to keep attention and get advertising dollars.

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      1 day ago

      I think it’s more that they reject information / knowledge / learning. That’s why they’re so prone to disinformation, grift, and conspiracy theories.

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        21 hours ago

        They accuse all of the other sources of media of being leftist. They reject any narrative that puts their ideology in a bad light. Their politicians have been pushing them away from news sources that they deem “leftist”. They’ve been entirely brainwashed by centralized messaging from a handful of sources yet accuse the left of being the brainwashed ones. It’s wild.