Republicans Experience "Backfire Effect" in Study on Exposure to Opposite Views

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14. RW media propaganda's role is probably not recognized

The rightwing system of propaganda includes a very deliberate effort to showcase "liberal media bias" and denigrate all other sources of news outside of their propaganda system. They've stoked distrust. My best guess is that this type of study is likely to find a pretty consistent pattern of response if researchers attempt to replicate it. I wouldn't be surprised if gender and ethnicity of the speaker played a role too, but suspect the strongest factor is the RW media's deliberate effort to ensure distrust of all other sources and messages.