More COVID-19 cases among consumers of Fox misinformation

[Angry Floof]

Study Finds More COVID-19 Cases Among Viewers Of Fox News Host Who Downplayed Pandemic

Researchers at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at University of Chicago took a deep dive into those implications in the working paper "Misinformation During a Pandemic," in which they examined the audience that watched Hannity versus Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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The paper notes that Carlson was an outlier on Fox and, as early as Jan. 28, spent a chunk of his show discussing the dangers of a global pandemic. He continued to warn of deadly consequences.

Meanwhile, Hannity downplayed coronavirus as just the flu and emphasized that Democrats were politicizing the virus to undermine Trump.
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The paper says viewership of Hannity relative to Carlson is associated with approximately 30% more COVID-19 cases by March 14, and 21% more COVID-19 deaths by March 28.

Fox responded by saying, "No, YOU'RE the misinformation!!!!111!!!!!!~1"

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I demand a recount of that study's results and then an audit of the recount.

 

[ZiprHead]

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/hN4pVzSpuN8[/YOUTUBE]

That's a lotta crazy.

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/hN4pVzSpuN8[/YOUTUBE]

That's a lotta crazy.

I'm not watching that. Did he talk about how he was abducted by aliens (in the movie Independence Day)?

 

[ZiprHead]

That's a lotta crazy.

I'm not watching that. Did he talk about how he was abducted by aliens (in the movie Independence Day)?

Nope, talking about Fox News.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/hN4pVzSpuN8[/YOUTUBE]

That's a lotta crazy.

I'm not watching that. Did he talk about how he was abducted by aliens (in the movie Independence Day)?

Great another person I think terribly of. Luckily he isn’t in many movies I really like.

 

[crazyfingers]

Study Finds More COVID-19 Cases Among Viewers Of Fox News Host Who Downplayed Pandemic

Researchers at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at University of Chicago took a deep dive into those implications in the working paper "Misinformation During a Pandemic," in which they examined the audience that watched Hannity versus Tucker Carlson Tonight.
...

The paper notes that Carlson was an outlier on Fox and, as early as Jan. 28, spent a chunk of his show discussing the dangers of a global pandemic. He continued to warn of deadly consequences.

Meanwhile, Hannity downplayed coronavirus as just the flu and emphasized that Democrats were politicizing the virus to undermine Trump.
...

The paper says viewership of Hannity relative to Carlson is associated with approximately 30% more COVID-19 cases by March 14, and 21% more COVID-19 deaths by March 28.

Fox responded by saying, "No, YOU'RE the misinformation!!!!111!!!!!!~1"

Probably among the most predictable outcomes I can imagine.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That's a lotta crazy.

I'm not watching that. Did he talk about how he was abducted by aliens (in the movie Independence Day)?

Nope, talking about Fox News.

Hey, learn to spell!

It's Faux Noise!