Where Republicans and Democrats Get Their News

[applegrove]

Where Republicans and Democrats Get Their News

February 22, 2021 at 6:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 127 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/22/where-republicans-and-democrats-get-their-news/

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A new Pew Research report finds 24% of Republicans and and 25% of Democrats “consistently” turned to “partisan news media bubbles” for their news.

“Republicans who stuck to their partisan bubbles tended to be much older than those that relied on outlets with left-leaning audiences or a mix of publications. About 80% of the Republicans who stuck to their partisan bubbles were older than 50, including 44% older than 65.”

“Democrats who get their political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences were more likely to be white and have college degrees. Democrats who consistently turned to outlets with mixed or right-leaning audiences were more likely to be Black (29%) or Hispanic (21%).”

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[applegrove]

1. I wonder if those black and hispanic mixed or right wing bubble news consumers

include the ones who voted for trump? I wonder if the hook is anti-feminism?

[JI7]

3. but more white people voted Trump. There number hispanic

and especially black people that voted Trump was small compared to whites.

You have to expect every group will have some shitty people.

Overall blacks and hispanics still voted Biden in large numbers.

I wonder what they consider right leaning and left leaning.

[applegrove]

4. Oh i know it is a small percentage but it grew in 2020.

[rickyhall]

2. Is DU a partisan news media bubble? OMG

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Does the "left-leaning partisan news bubble" mean

news organizations that have a penchant for telling the truth??

[applegrove]

6. Probably. Maybe CNN is mixed.

[SergeStorms]

8. I believe so, yes.

There is no way anyone can say CNN, MSNBC etc. are the equivalent of FUX, OAN, or Newsmax regarding propaganda. The truth does have a distinct left-wing bias.

[kimbutgar]

7. Lately I've been looking at drudge and it is no longer a mf45 love site.

Just to see what the other side is looking at. He sometimes has some interesting articles he links to.

That said, DU is my number #1 go to site.

[JHB]

9. What's the breakdown for fact-based outlets...

...versus "fantasy and horseshit"-based outlets?

[applegrove]

10. !!! I know how you feel.

[Midnight Writer]

13. Exactly. It is not so much a matter of Left or Right as it is a matter of fact or lies.

I heard, just today, on Right Wing talk shows, that masks don't help stop the spread of disease, that Nancy Pelosi engineered the Jan 6 assault on the Capitol, that President Biden is refusing to help Texas, that Biden's energy policies are to blame for the power failure in Texas. That was what I caught on my car radio during my weekly grocery run.

I can't think of anything I have read on this Left Wing media site (DU) today that compares to any one of those whoppers.

[Brainfodder]

11. Define "partisan news media bubbles"

Respondents may not consider the most toxic news sources as partisan.

[uponit7771]

12. Another "both sides" article, News outlets that ask how flat the earth is ...

... isn't the same as channels premising questions on reality !!

That's not a "media bubble" that's just media!

US outlets have to stop treating MAGA Media as credible outlets, they're not