Study says Fox News may ‘harden conservative views’ of its audience
June 10, 2014
A Public Religion Research Institute/Brookings Institute study of Americans’ views on immigration reform finds that people’s media choices have a strong effect on their beliefs.
In fact, the study finds, Fox News may “reinforce and perhaps harden conservative views.” 60 percent of Republicans who trust Fox News most say immigrants “Burden our country because they take our jobs, housing, and health care.” 38 percent of Republicans who trust other news sources most say the same thing.
A quarter of all Americans said Fox News was their most trusted TV news source -- the highest rating for any TV news concern. The research also found that Jon Stewart may not be the most trusted man in news, but he's more trusted than MSNBC.
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