{"id":44785,"date":"2020-04-11T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T20:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44785"},"modified":"2020-04-11T14:04:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T21:04:18","slug":"fox-news-viewers-and-republicans-are-more-likely-to-buy-trumps-covid-19-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44785","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Viewers and Republicans are More Likely to Buy Trump’s COVID-19 Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging America and the world continues to set new and more tragic milestones. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is still understating the threat and promising to end the “Stay at Home”<\/em> and social distancing guidelines that health experts insist are still necessary. He is, as usual, more concerned about his bank account<\/a><\/strong>, and his reelection prospects<\/a><\/strong>, than about the lives of the American people.<\/p>\n

\"Donald
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Trump’s callous disregard for the welfare of the nation’s citizenry is typical for a malignant narcissist who thinks only of himself. Unfortunately, his impact is felt more broadly by those caught up in the Cult of Trump who believe every lie he tells and who hate every enemy he targets.<\/p>\n

The depth of devotion to Trump by his glassy-eyed disciples is revealed in a new survey by Gallup<\/a><\/strong>. The responses were broken down into various groupings, including what Gallup called the “news diet.”<\/em> A conservative news diet is one where the respondents view only sources such as Fox News, One America News Network, and Breitbart News. A liberal news diet consisted of sources such as MSNBC, CNN, and the New York Times.<\/p>\n

Among the questions in the survey was one that asked respondents if “the coronavirus is less deadly than, or as deadly as the flu.”<\/em> More than twice as many in the conservative group believe that that COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu (57-28%). Never mind that all of the scientific data proves just the opposite by a wide margin.<\/p>\n

Another question asked if “the Media is giving too much attention”<\/em> to the pandemic. Once again, the disparity between the conservative group and the liberals is striking. Those who consume exclusively right-wing media (71%) already think think they’ve heard enough. Only 28% of liberals feel that way.<\/p>\n

Finally, another question sought respondents’ opinions on Trump’s job performance. A whopping 94% of those who only view conservative media say that “Trump is doing an excellent\/good job.”<\/em> Those are unambiguously “cult”<\/em> stats.<\/p>\n

There was another survey released this week that further affirms the worshipful obedience to conservative lunacy. The Pew Research Center<\/a><\/strong> asked respondents whether they believed that the coronavirus came about naturally or was created in a lab. Once again, nearly twice as many Republicans (37%) as Democrats (21%) believe in the Frankenstein theory. This is the sort of conspiracy crackpottery that can only be produced by committed propagandists like those at Fox News.<\/p>\n

Right-wing media and Donald Trump are the most productive purveyors of bullpucky about COVID-19, or any other subject for that matter. Trump continues to lie about the availability of medical supplies, the progress of testing, the success of his administration’s response, and virtually everything else related to this ongoing crisis. And Fox News is right there to back up his flagrant falsehoods.<\/p>\n

No wonder people who confine themselves to conservative media are so dreadfully ill-informed. The only problem with that is that their ignorance could have an impact on the measures being taken to address the still considerable risks posed by the coronavirus. If they aren’t able to be educated, we are all likely to be in greater danger. And relying on the ability of Trump cultists to grasp reality is a precarious position for the nation to be in. Good luck everybody.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging America and the world continues to set new and more tragic milestones. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is still understating the threat and promising to end the “Stay at Home” and social distancing guidelines that health experts insist are still necessary. 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