Friday, June 29, 2018

Fake News Bias

Shake it up is all we know
Using the bodies up as we go
I'm waking up to fantasy
The shades all around aren't the colors we used to see
--Hall & Oats

The most interesting part of these results is the breakdown by party affiliation. More than 9 of 10 Republicans think the media commonly reports fake news while only about half of Democrats do. Independents split the difference.


These differences are predictable by theory. Bias, in this case slanted media, should be most apparent to those in out-groups and least visible to those in in-groups. Collectivist tendency should accentuate the difference.

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