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It was popularized by fox news. They declare themselves as the only source of "fair and balanced news" and lot of less sophisticated people buy into it because
by stjohnswarts 4y ago
It was popularized by fox news. They declare themselves as the only source of "fair and balanced news" and lot of less sophisticated people buy into it because they feed them stories, regardless of the truth behind it, they want to see and rub their opinion all over it instead of just reporting the facts of the story.
- dlivingston 4y agoIt’s a multivariate problem. I would guess that both you and parent are right, along with half a dozen other major variables. That’s not to diminish the role that Fox or Reagan has had, but rather, that it’s a much more complex problem. And, you would be remiss laying it solely on Conservative feet.
- rayiner 4y agoFox News didn’t even exist until 1996. OP is talking about a decline in trust in institutions that started long before that: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/11/23/1-trust-in-government-1958-2015/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/11/23/1-trust-in-g...
- 99_00 4y agoThen why, as the article states, do "Independents' views are generally closer to Republicans'."