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In reply to the discussion: An encounter with a Trump supporter [View all]Caliman73
(11,738 posts)I would say "as high as 40%" but whatever the percentage is, it is still too high. The problem is that conservatives no longer have to live in reality. They do not hear the same information that the vast majority of other people hear. They are to use an over used phrase, "in a bubble".
Before the advent of Fox, right wing radio (which I know, preceded Fox), and the right wing internet, we all had to argue from the same information. You could certainly spin the information and right wingers were are dedicated to their viewpoints as they are now.
The major difference today is that when all you watch is Fox and all you listen to is right wing radio, you get a completely skewed and inaccurate picture of reality. You get two messages when you go down that rabbit hole. 1. Whatever the information they are feeding you. AND 2. That all other news is "liberal" and thus biased and wrong. That keeps people from fact checking or looking to other sources to verify anything. They believe they have the only truth and everyone else is out to get them.
The problem is how to eliminate the influence of right wing media without damaging or destroying the freedom of speech.